One day I came home from school,changed my clothes and got ready for work. I worked at a local res?taurant in town as a cashier and waiter.

  I went to work feeling 1       .And to make mat?ters worse,I was busy that evening. It's the same thing over and over again,2       with customers who complain about their food and where they are 3        is too big or too small.  Little things like that tend to 4       a lot of us 5        but we manage to deal with them.

  Three elderly ladies walked in and sat by the win?dows. It happened to be the very 6        near where I keep the dirty 7        in the boxes. Trying to keep up with all the dirty tables,customers leaving and coming in and 8        running all over the house,it was crazy.9       these elderly women were watching 10        I was working to make sure every table was clean and ready for the next customers.

  When they 11        their meals,I took their plates back to the kitchen.  They talked to me for a while about school,how I was doing,what 12       I was in and what I planned to do in the future.

  13       they were leaving,they walked past me and one of them said to me in a 14       and gentle voice, "You are going places. " And that was it. They left the 15        and I had tears in my eyes,because they gave me 16        to believe in myself. They 17       my spirit from being down and gave me a 18       to keep on working hard.

  People used to tell me that I couldn't have a career in 19        until I had a degree.  I'm now a coanchor (联合主持人) of a studentproduced television 20       . And the best thing is : I'm only 17 years old and I am a senior in high school.

1. A. tired   B. excited   C. up   D. down

2. A. dealing   B. helping   C. talking   D. meeting

3. A. sat   B. seated   C. laid   D. dressed

4. A. attract   B. avoid   C. adjust   D. annoy

5. A. employees   B. customers   C. bosses   D. employers

6. A. table   B. box

   C. spot   D. kitchen

7. A. dishes   B. rooms   C. clothes   D. chairs

8. A. men   B. women   C. servers   D. bosses

9. A. And   B. Otherwise   C. But   D. So

10. A. what   B. how   C. where   D. why

11. A. finished   B. completed   C. ordered   D. got

12. A. place   B. grade   C. mark   D. position

13. A. Before   B. While   C. As   D. After

14. A. confident   B. loud

  C. low   D. pleasant

15. A. kitchen   B. house   C. restaurant   D. table

16. A. ability   B. courage   C. imagination   D. time

17. A. put down   B. picked up   C. took over   D. pointed out

18. A. cause   B. reason

  C. present   D. permission

19. A. television   B. government   C. school   D. restaurant

20. A. company   B. station .

  C. show   D. advertisement 

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