第二部分：语言知识及运用   第一节完形填空 (共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分)

As waiters, we deal with customers every day and when something goes wrong, somehow we have the ability to keep on going．It’s our responsibility to  16  the customer．   

I remember my first waiter job was at a fine restaurant. One afternoon，the manager informed all the cooks and waiters that a VIP group were coming for lunch. The group were  17  VIPs in the city’s fashion industry．

After the group arrived and got  18  comfortably, drinks were ordered. Normally, the head waiter would be in charge of wine service. However, the manager asked me to serve that afternoon. I had never done wine service, nor had l ever served a group of twelve．

I arranged 12 wine glasses on the tray and went to the table. As I set one of the glasses in front of the first customer, somehow I had  19  my grip and six glasses fell on top of a young woman, and then to the floor and lay in pieces. I felt frightened and my face turned red. I apologized many times to the woman and to the rest of the group． 

Quickly, the manager  20  my aid and helped in the clean-up and sent out their drinks right away. I didn’t understand why, but the group were forgiving me and the young woman  21  informed me it was OK.

My manager pulled me to the side and said, “If you know why an accident happened, learn from it and move on. You still have a table to serve and you can’t show your  22 or your disappointment. Mistakes and accidents do happen. Keep your  23  up and be confident. The glasses are replaceable.”

I understood why he was truly a well-respected restaurant manager within the neighborhood. His  24  relationship with the group made the situation  25  and the group forgave me for that．

16．A. welcome         B. feed                       C. invite                    D. please

17．A. let in as             B. made up of          C. added up to              D. recognized as

18．A. introduced         B. satisfied               C. seated                      D. dressed

19．A. got                    B. caught             C. forgot                   D. lost

20．A. took over        B. came to             C. gave up                     D. rushed against

21．A. repeatedly          B. regretfully       C. impatiently            D. angrily

22．A. apology            B. excitement           C. nervousness        D. carelessness

23．A. nose               B. face                       C. head                    D. hand

24．A. new                     B. famous                 C. terrible                    D. close

25．A. calm                B. comfortable       C. special                  D. possible

 

第二部分：语言知识及运用    第一节 完形填空 (共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分)

As waiters, we deal with customers every day and when something goes wrong, somehow we have the ability to keep on going．It’s our responsibility to  16  the customer．   

I remember my first waiter job was at a fine restaurant. One afternoon，the manager informed all the cooks and waiters that a VIP group were coming for lunch. The group were  17  VIPs in the city’s fashion industry．

After the group arrived and got  18  comfortably, drinks were ordered. Normally, the head waiter would be in charge of wine service. However, the manager asked me to serve that afternoon. I had never done wine service, nor had l ever served a group of twelve．

I arranged 12 wine glasses on the tray and went to the table. As I set one of the glasses in front of the first customer, somehow I had  19  my grip and six glasses fell on top of a young woman, and then to the floor and lay in pieces. I felt frightened and my face turned red. I apologized many times to the woman and to the rest of the group． 

Quickly, the manager  20  my aid and helped in the clean-up and sent out their drinks right away. I didn’t understand why, but the group were forgiving me and the young woman  21  informed me it was OK.

My manager pulled me to the side and said, “If you know why an accident happened, learn from it and move on. You still have a table to serve and you can’t show your  22 or your disappointment. Mistakes and accidents do happen. Keep your  23  up and be confident. The glasses are replaceable.”

I understood why he was truly a well-respected restaurant manager within the neighborhood. His  24  relationship with the group made the situation  25  and the group forgave me for that．

16．A. welcome           B. feed                        C. invite                     D. please

17．A. let in as              B. made up of           C. added up to              D. recognized as

18．A. introduced          B. satisfied                C. seated                      D. dressed

19．A. got                     B. caught               C. forgot                    D. lost

20．A. took over          B. came to               C. gave up                     D. rushed against

21．A. repeatedly           B. regretfully         C. impatiently             D. angrily

22．A. apology              B. excitement            C. nervousness          D. carelessness

23．A. nose                 B. face                        C. head                     D. hand

24．A. new                      B. famous                  C. terrible                    D. close

25．A. calm                  B. comfortable         C. special                   D. possible

My mother-in-law, Dorothy, is showing me the red notebook that’s almost as precious to her as my husband’s baby pictures. Inside the notebook is a list of the books she has read since 2007. For some people waking up in the middle of the night is a terrible thing. But for my mother-in-law, that time is a gift. At 87, she is getting the education she never had by working her way through great literature. She has now read close to 100 books, including every single novel by Anthony Trollope, Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, Edith Wharton, Henry James and Thomas Mann.
My mother-in-law discusses her passion with the enthusiasm of a young girl, although she can also be a very tough critic, writing “VG’ for “ very good” in the margins next to her favorites. So far, only a handful of books have received the top prize.
Born in Ridgefield, Conn, Dorothy was the youngest daughter of an Italian gardener. She taught herself English by reading The New York Times. Eager to come to Manhattan, she became a nurse, married a dentist and spent the next several decades keeping the house and raising a family. In her later years, she put her nursing skills to good use by taking care of my father-in-law, who had lung cancer. There were many trips to the emergency room in the middle of the night and then a long hospital stay. She stayed awake to watch over him for 15 hours a day. Always a light sleeper, she developed sleeplessness as a result of the stress.
It worsened after he died. Deeply sad and lonely for the first time in her life, she began waking up around 2am. Julian and Sylvia, the elderly couple next door suggest she read literature. And so Julian, a great lover of literature, became her “professor”, providing books from his large library. Suddenly the terrifying hole turned onto a world of amazing characters.
【小题1】Why is Dorothy considered a tough critic?

A．Because no books are inspiring enough in her eyes.

B．Because only a few books are thought highly of by her.

C．Because she only reads books by famous writers.

D．Because she finds fault with every book she reads.

【小题2】 It can be inferred from the passage that _____.

A．the books Dorothy has read were bought by her husband.

B．the couple next door are college professors.

C．the author loves literature too.

D．Dorothy was a great wife.

【小题3】The underlined part “the terrifying hole” in the last paragraph refers to _____.

A．the frightening death

B．Dorothy’s lack of education

C．waking up in the middle of the night

D．a hole in a book that Dorothy read

【小题4】 What helped Dorothy get over the sadness and loneliness of losing her husband?

A．Living with her son.

B．Reading literature.

C．Seeing her son’s baby pictures.

D．Talking with neighbors.

Fiona Famous was a very popular girl at school. She felt   1  as no other girl had so many friends at school and in the neighborhood.

But everything  2 on National Friendship Day. On that day in class everyone had to make three presents to give to their three best friends. Fiona   3  the task of choosing three from all the dozens of her friends. However, she was the only one in her class who did not  4 a present! She felt terrible, and spent hours  5 . Everyone came and comforted her for a while.But each one only stayed for a short time before leaving.This was   6  what Fiona had done so many times to others.

She   7  that she was a good companion and acquaintance (泛泛之交), but she had not been a true friend to anyone. She had tried to be close to everyone, but now she found that was not enough to create   8  friendships.

When she got home that night, Fiona told her mother about the whole thing. Her mother said,  "You can't be a close friend to everybody.It's only   9  to have a few true friends.The others will just be playmates or acquaintances.”

Hearing this, Fiona decided to change her way so that she could finally have some true friends. That night, in   10  , she thought about what she could do to get them. She thought about her mother. Her mother was always willing to  11 her, she put up with all of Fiona's dislikes and   12  , she always forgave her, she loved her a great deal ... That was what makes a   13  ！

And Fiona  14 , realizing that she already had the best friend that anyone could   15  .She fell asleep and had a good dream.

1.                A．tired           B．lucky           C．strange   D．surprised

 

2.                A．mattered       B．developed       C．changed  D．appeared

 

3.                A．enjoyed        B．improved       C．failed D．ruined

 

4.                A．receive         B．show           C．complete D．make

 

5.                A．remaking       B．thinking         C．crying    D．checking

 

6.                A．especially       B．gradually        C．briefly    D．exactly

 

7.                A．forgot          B．realized         C．doubted  D．complained

 

8.                A．new           B．true           C．long D．smart

 

9.                A．possible        B．fair            C．important D．natural

 

10.               A．chair          B．bed           C．school D．table

 

11.               A．correct         B．follow          C．help  D．find

 

12.               A．dreams         B．ideas          C．stories    D．problems

 

13.               A．playmate       B．parent         C．friend D．mother

 

14.               A．smiled         B．suffered        C．screamed  D．hesitated(犹豫)

 

15.               A．compare       B．protect         C．remember D．want