After the birth of my second child, I got a job at a restaurant. Having worked with an experienced  21  for a few days, I was   22  to wait tables on my own. All went  23   that first week. When Saturday night came, I was luckily  24  the tables not far from the kitchen.   25   , I still felt a little hard to carry the heavy trays (托盘)。

    Before I knew it, the  26  was full of people. I moved slowly,   27  every step. I remember how  28   I was when I saw the tray stand near the tables, it looked different from the one I was  29   on. It had nice handles (手柄)，which made it  30   to move around. I was pleased with everything and began to  31  I was a natural at this job.

    Then, an old man came to me and said, “Excuse me, dear, my wife and I loved __32  you work. It seems your tray stand has been very  33  to you, but we are getting ready to  34   now, and my wife needs her  35  back.”

    At first his   36  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  37  . I wanted to get into a hole and  38  .

    Since then, I have learned from many mistakes such as the one I just   39   , I have learned to be more  40  and not to be too sure of myself.

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

第二节 完型填空
At the end of my senior year of high school, I got a job working at a local coffee shop. I thought the job would be    36    and stress. I    37    myself pouring the best coffee, making delicious doughnuts (炸面包圈), and becoming friends with     38    customers.
I wasn’t    39    the people with enormous orders, the women who    40    that the coffee was much too creamy, or the men who wanted their iced coffee remade    41    until they reached perfection. I couldn’t seem to    42    anyone.
One rainy day, one of my regular customers came in looking    43   . He said he felt like getting in bed,    44    the sheets up over his head, and staying there for a few years. I knew exactly how he felt.
Before he left, I handed him a bag along with his iced coffee. He was    45   , since he hadn’t    46    anything but coffee. I had given him his favorite type of doughnut.
“It’s    47    me.” I told him. “have a nice day.”
He smiled and     48    me before heading back out into the rain.
The next day, it is still raining, I spent my afternoon    49    the window handing people their orders. I was completely wet and freezing cold.    50   , no one was tipping that day. Every time I looked into our empty tip jar, I grew more    51   .
In the evening, the customer from the day before drove up to the window. He handed me a pink rose and a note.
The note read:
Christine,
Thanks for being so sweet, kind and    52    yesterday. It is so nice to meet someone who’s genuinely nice. Please don’t    53    your way! Have a great day! –Hank
After that, whenever I felt depressed or    54    of coffee, I thought of Hank and his kindness. Then I would smile, hold my head up high, clear my throat and ask    55   , “How can I help you?”
36. A. hopeful        B. meaningless           C. easy           D. boring
37. A. thought         B. pictured              C. developed       D. decided
38. A. regular          B. handsome            C. rich            D. kind
39. A. imaging         B. expecting           C. waiting          D. desiring
40. A. praised          B. complained           C. realized        D. thought
41. A. for a time        B. once in a while        C. now and then    D. again and again
42. A. comfort          B. move               C. please          D. annoy
43. A. angry           B. happy                C. excited         D. upset
44. A. pulling          B. cutting               C. tearing          D. using
45. A. sorry            B. surprised             C. angry           D. excited
46. A. ordered          B. got                  C. wanted          D. bought
47. A. for              B. by                  C. in              D. on
48. A. helped           B. praised              C. admired          D. thanked
49. A. going away       B. running across        C. walking around   D. hanging out
50. A. Worse           B. Still                 C. Then            D. However
51. A. injured           B. embarrassed          C. frightened        D. depressed
52. A. careful           B. thoughtful           C. cheerful         D. powerful
53. A. hold             B. shake               C. change           D. practice
54. A. sick             B. glad                C. satisfied          D. sorry
55. A. unusually         B. properly            C. politely          D. gratefully

完形填空（共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分）

A long time ago, in Egypt,there lived a famous person named Zun-Nun.A young man came to _36_him and asked, “I don't _37_why people like you always dress simply.” Zun-Nun smiled and _38_his ring from one of his fingers and said, “I will answer your _39_but first take this ring and go to the _40_across this street. Can you sell this for one chip of gold?”  Looking at the dirty ring,the young man became_41_, “One chip of gold? I’m not sure if it could be _42_at that price.”

The young man went to the market quickly. He _43_the ring to the vegetable ,meat and fish traders,and the others. But nobody was willing to _44_a chip of gold. He went back and reported, “Nobody was _45_enough to offer more than one chip of silver.” With a smile Zun-Nun said, “Now go to the gold shop in this street and show this to the _46_ trader. Don’t give your _47_,just see how much he will pay for it.”

The young man went to the shop _48_and returned with a(n)_49_expression on his face. He reported, “The trader offered one thousand  chips of gold for this ring,and the  50  of it was one thousand times higher than what the traders in the market offered.” Zun-Nun just smiled and _51_softly, “That was the answer to your question, my friend. A person cannot be valued only by his _52_. The gold and diamond inside someone could_53_be seen and valued if you could look at the _54_soul. It requires heart to see,and it involves（涉及） a _55_. We cannot see it from the words or attitude. Many a time what we think is brass(黄铜)is gold.”

A.beg            B.visit           C.help              D.question

A.agree          B.suppose         C.understand        D.think

A.held           B.put            C.took               D.placed

A.question        B.telephone       C.alarm             D.description

A.playground     B.company        C.stage              D.market

A.careful         B.doubtful        C.hopeful            D.helpful

A.sorted         B.checked         C.exported           D.sold

A.offered        B.added           C.provided           D.led  

A.cost           B.search          C.pay               D.buy  

A.outspoken      B.brave          C.just               D.confident

A.coal           B.steel           C.cotton             D.gold 

A.price          B.attitude         C.advice             D.explanation

A.repaired        B.mentioned      C.damaged           D.painted

A.angry          B.pitiful          C.cold              D.different  

A.color          B.weight          C.value             D.size

A.spoke          B.felt            C.touched           D.played

A.language       B.accent          C.kindness          D.dress

A.also           B.only            C.still              D.always

A.outer          B.rest             C.inner            D.lost

A.process        B.location         C.luck             D.support

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

When my children were small, the toughest part of the day was getting to work. There were diapers(尿布), formula(奶粉),  36  of clothes to worry about for the children. There was their breakfast, and I must  37  they were clean and ready for the day. It was pretty chaotic(混乱的). I have always been one to   38  more about making sure everyone else had what they needed than to take care of myself.  39 , I had my clothing and my packed lunch set out so that I could quickly get ready and then turn my  40  back to getting the children ready.

  I tried to keep my  41  pretty easy in the morning. There just wasn’t time, but that was OK as long as I kept moving. I would manage a  42  look at myself in the full-length mirror just before I  43  out the door.

  Once a week we had management team  44  and it was important to be there on time and to appear relaxed and  45 . We would go around the conference table, each  46  on successes and areas of concern. When it came around to my  47 , all eyes would be on me as I had my chance to brag(自夸) on my programs and increasing  48 .

  I thought I was pretty  49  at playing the role of the cool, calm, collected program manager 50  one week I arrived at one of these management team meetings and as the  51  went around the table, getting to me. There were  52  looks on the faces of the others looking at me. I started to feel a little  53  as that “ what’s going on?”  54  grew more intense. My closest colleague started doing this strange nodding thing in my direction. It was then that I  55  that I had my dress on inside-out.