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

 (08·宁夏、海南、全国ⅠA篇)

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 

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

Before I knew it ,the   41   was full of people. I moved slowly,   42   every step. I remember how   43   I 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 everything 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.It 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．

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

45．A．slower                    B．lighter                     C．quieter                    D．easier

46．A．believe                    B．agree                      C．regret                            D．pretend

47．A．letting                     B．making                   C．watching                D．having

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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