After the birth of my second child, I got a job at a restaurant. Having worked with an experienced   36   for a few days, I was    37   to wait tables on my own. All went    38  

Tant first week. When Saturday night came, I was luckily    39    the tables not for from the kitchen.   40  　 .I stll felt it a little hard to carry the heavy trays (托盘).

Before I knew it ,the    41    was when I saw the tray stand near the tables; it looked different from the one I was   44    on. It had nice handles, which made it    45    to move around. I was pleased with every thing and began to    46    I was a natural at this job.

Then, an old man came to me and said,“Excuse me, dear, my wife and I loved  47   you work. t seems your tray stand has been very   48   to you, but we are getting ready to  49    now ,and my wife needs her   50   back.”

At first his    51    did not get across.“What was he talking about!”Then, I got it. I had set my trays on his wife’s　orthopedic walker (助步器). I stood frozen as ice ,but my face was   52  

.I wanted to get into a hole and   53   .

Since then, I have learned from many mistakes such as the one I just    54    I have learned to be more    55    and not to be too sure of myself.

A.manager          B.assistant         C.cook          D.waitress

A.promised        B.invited               C.allowed       D.advised

A.well            B.quickly               C.safely            D.wrong

   A.left              B.given                 C.brought       D.shown

   A.Therefore        B.However           C.Otherwise    D.Finally

A.kitchen              B.street                C.resaturant   D.table

A．minding         B.changing              C.taking        D.saving

A．angry           B.calm                  C.sad               D.happy

A．fixed           B.trained               C.loaded        D.waited

A．slower         B.lighter               C.regret        D.pretend

A．believe            B.making                C.watching  D.having

letting           B.making            C.watching      D.interesting

A．useful         B.familiar              C.unusual   D.interesting

A．rest               B.order                 C.eat       D.leave

A．bag                B.walker                C.tray      D.coat

A．idea               B.praise                C.message       D.need

A．cold               B.full of joy           C.pale      D.on fire

A．lie                B.hide              C.defend            D.stay

A．repeated           B.discovered        C.corrected    D.described

A．careful            B.patient               C.honest    D.practical

   After the birth of my second child, I got a job at a restaurant. Having worked with an experienced   1   for a few days, I was    2   to wait tables on my own. All went    3   that first week. When Saturday night came, I was luckily    4    the tables not for from the kitchen.   5 .I still felt it a little hard to carry the heavy trays (托盘).

Before I knew it, the    6    was full of people. I moved slowly,   7    every step. I remember how   8     I was when I saw the tray stand near the tables; it looked different from the one I was   9    on. It had nice handles, which made it    10    to move around. I was pleased with every thing and began to    11    I was a natural at this job.

Then, an old man came to me and said,“Excuse me, dear, my wife and I loved  12   you work. t seems your tray stand has been very   13   to you, but we are getting ready to  14    now ,and my wife needs her   15   back.”

At first his    16    did not get across. “What was he talking about!”Then, I got it. I had set my trays on his wife’s orthopedic walker (助步器). I stood frozen as ice, but my face was   17   .I wanted to get into a hole and   18   .

Since then, I have learned from many mistakes such as the one I just    19    I have learned to be more    20    and not to be too sure of myself.

1. A. manager            B. assistant          C. cook                  D. waitress

2．A. promised              B. invited              C. allowed              D. advised

3．A. well                  B. quickly             C. safely                D. wrong

4．A. left                  B. given               C. brought              D. shown

5．A. Therefore             B. However            C. Otherwise            D. Finally

6．A. kitchen               B. street              C. restaurant            D. table

7．A．minding                    B. changing                  C. taking                      D. saving

8．A．angry                       B. calm                        C. sad                          D. happy

9．A．fixed                        B. trained                      C. loaded                      D. waited

10．A．slower                    B. lighter                      C. regret                       D. pretend

11．A．believe                    B. making                     C. watching                  D. having

12．A．letting                     B. making                     C. watching                  D. interesting

13．A．useful                     B. familiar                     C. unusual                    D. interesting

14．A．rest                        B. order                        C. eat                           D. leave

15．A．bag                        B. walker                      C. tray                         D. coat

16．A．idea                        B. praise                       C. message                   D. need

17．A．cold                       B. full of joy                 C. pale                         D. on fire

18．A．lie                          B. hide                         C. defend                            D. stay

19．A．repeated                  B. discovered                C. corrected                 D. described

20．A．careful                    B. patient                      C. honest                      D. practical

We were flying to a meeting. I was in the middle    36 .I found that the young woman sitting next to me was very   37 and deep in thought. Then I asked her where she was from, where she was going and   38  she did.

She was a student and had been attending   39 in Poland-----the homeland of her father. Then she told me sadly that her father had    40    . She had chosen to attend college in Poland   41 her father’s wishes and their relationship had been  42  .They hadn’t forgiven each other  43  he died.

She seemed so sad. I looked at her, trying to   44  some words to say. I asked her if she had forgiven  45  for not realizing her father’s dream. She answered that she couldn’t forgive herself  and felt so  46 .Slowly, I began to tell her about forgiveness. I encouraged her to  47  that because I believed her father wanted that too. She should forgive herself  48  how awful she thought she had been.

I told her about  49  I had done as a teenager for which I had felt guilty for many years. How I was  50  with the choice of forgiving myself or to  51  feeling guilty for the rest of my life. I had  52  to forgive myself . The light in her eyes went on. She began to understand that she was  53   forgiven and could forgive herself. She could be  54  and happy.

How about you? Is there anything in your  55  for which you feel guilty?

1.                A．chair           B．room           C．seat D．class

2.                A．mad           B．sad            C．angry D．happy

3.                A．when          B．which          C．how D．what

4.                A．meeting        B．school          C．university D．party

5.                A．died           B．come          C．returned  D．left

6.                A．for            B．against         C．with D．on

7.                A．bad            B．good           C．worse    D．better

8.                A．since          B．after           C．when D．while

9.                A．find out        B．look up         C．go over   D．think of

10.               A．myself         B．yourself        C．himself    D．herself

11.               A．unhappy        B．guilty          C．lonely D．helpless

12.               A．trust           B．understand      C．realize    D．find

13.               A．as though       B．even though     C．if only D．no matter

14.               A．anything        B．nothing         C．something D．everything

15.               A．faced          B．forced         C．satisfied   D．challenged

16.               A．try            B．continue        C．start  D．consider

17.               A．picked         B．elected         C．selected   D．chosen

18.               A．totally          B．simply          C．already    D．hardly

19.               A．calm           B．quiet          C．free  D．safe

20.               A．house          B．life            C．family D．work

We were flying to a meeting. I was in the middle    36 .I found that the young woman sitting next to me was very   37  and deep in thought. Then I asked her where she was from, where she was going and   38  she did.

She was a student and had been attending   39 in Poland-----the homeland of her father. Then she told me sadly that her father had    40    . She had chosen to attend college in Poland   41 her father’s wishes and their relationship had been  42  .They hadn’t forgiven each other  43  he died.

She seemed so sad. I looked at her, trying to  44  some words to say. I asked her if she had forgiven  45  for not realizing her father’s dream. She answered that she couldn’t forgive herself  and felt so  46 .Slowly, I began to tell her about forgiveness. I encouraged her to  47  that because I believed her father wanted that too. She should forgive herself  48  how awful she thought she had been.

I told her about  49  I had done as a teenager for which I had felt guilty for many years. How I was  50  with the choice of forgiving myself or to  51  feeling guilty for the rest of my life. I had  52  to forgive myself . The light in her eyes went on. She began to understand that she was  53   forgiven and could forgive herself. She could be  54  and happy.

How about you? Is there anything in your  55  for which you feel guilty?

阅读下面短文，撑握其大意，然后从1—20各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

After the birth of my second child, I got a job at a restaurant. Having worked with an experienced  1  for a few days, I was   2  to wait tables on my own. All went  3  that first week. When Saturday night came, I was luckily  4  the tables not far from the kitchen.   5  , I still felt a little hard to carry the heavy trays (托盘)。

Before I knew it, the  6 was full of people. I moved slowly,   7 every step. I remember how  8  I was when I saw the tray stand near the tables, it looked different from the one I was  9  on. It had nice handles (手柄)，which made it  10   to move around. I was pleased with everything and began to  11  I was a natural at this job.

Then, an old man came to me and said, “Excuse me, dear, my wife and I loved __12 you work. It seems your tray stand has been very  13  to you, but we are getting ready to  14  now, and my wife needs her  15 back.”

At first his   16 did not get across. “What was he talking about!” Then I got it. I had set my trays on his wife’s orthopedic walker (助步器). I stood frozen as ice, but my face was  17 . I wanted to get into a hole and  18 .

Since then, I have learned from many mistakes such as the one I just   19  , I have learned to be more  20 and not to be too sure of myself.

8.angry        B. calm        C. sad          D. happy