Question

【题目】One day I came home from school, changed my clothes and got ready for work. I work at a local restaurant in town as a cashier, seater and waiter.

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

Three elderly ladies walked in and sat by the windows. It happened to be the very _____ near where I keep the dirty ______ in the boxes. Trying to keep up with all the dirty tables, customers leaving and coming

in and ______ running all over the house, it was crazy.______ these elderly women were watching ______ I was working to make sure every table was clean and ready for the next customers.

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

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

People used to tell me that I couldn't have a career in ______ until I had a degree. I'm now a co-anchor (联合主持人)of a student-produced television ______. 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．seating

【4】A．attract B．avoid C．adjust D．annoy

【5】A．employees B．customers C．boss 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．people

【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

Answer 1

【答案】【1】D

【2】A

【3】D

【4】A

【5】C

【6】C

【7】A

【8】C

【9】C

【10】B

【11】A

【12】B

【13】C

【14】A

【15】C

【16】B

【17】B

【18】B

【19】A

【20】C

【解析】【1】考查形容词。放学后还得去上班，作者心里感到很不高兴。后面的to make matters worse（使情况更为糟糕的是）说明此处填贬义词。而A项指身体很累。down在此意为“不高兴的，沮丧的”。在第17空后有from being down，也可以从这里得到暗示。

【2】考查动词。作为服务员，我要与投诉的顾客打交道，处理他们投诉的问题。deal with意为“处理”。

【3】考查动词。seat为及物动词，“坐下”应说be seated，而A项sit为不及物动词，不能用于被动语态中。

【4】考查动词。顾客投诉饭菜质量差、投诉坐的地方太大或太小，此类小事常使服务员感到很烦。要注意此空后的but所表示的是转折意义。后面说“我们都设法处理了顾客的投诉”，这暗示but前应该是贬义词。

【5】考查名词。此处的us和后面的we指“饭店里的员工”，故A项正确。此处的us与employees为同位语关系。

【6】考查名词。前面的by the wondows和后面的near where都说明此处填的是“地方（spot）”, the very spot强调“就是那个地方”。

【7】考查名词。三个老太太来用餐，正好坐在我放用过的餐具的盒子的附近。所以，此处要选A项。

【8】考查名词。在饭店中，进进出出的是顾客，来回穿梭忙碌的是服务员，故C项正确。

【9】考查连词。这些老太太是来吃饭的，而现在却看我如何工作，故前后两句在逻辑上是转折关系。

【10】考查连词。后面的to make sure every table was clean and ready for the next customers表示目的，故此处指“我”怎么做才能达到目的。

【11】考查动词。根据后面的took their plates back to the kitchen可知她们已经吃完了。且第13空后有they were leaving暗示。

【12】考查名词。他们在临走前跟我聊了一会儿，问我有关学校的情况、在学校学得怎么样、在哪个年级及将来的打算。

【13】考查连词。此处as表示“当……时候”。

【14】考察形容词。后面的gentle（温和的）说明B、C两项错误，而D项没有A项贴切。当他们要走时，其中一位老太太用一种自信且温和的声音对我说话。选A项也能说明对方确实认为作者会成功，而不是虚假情意。

【15】考查名词。此题属于原词复现。

【16】考查名词。“相信自己”也需要“勇气（courage）”。

【17】考查动词短语。三位老太太使我重新获得自信，并使我的情绪不再低落。put down“记下，镇压”；pick up“使恢复精神”；take over“接管”；point out“指明（出）”。

【18】考查名词。三位老太太给了我要继续努力的理由。在她们的鼓舞下，我决心继续努力。

【19】考查名词。此题属于原词复现。根据最后一空前的a student-produced television可知。

【20】考查名词。作者现在是电视节目（show）的联合主持人（co-anchor）。