Question

  One day I came home from school,changed my clothes and got ready for work. I worked at a local res?taurant in town as a cashier and waiter.

  I went to work feeling 1       .And to make mat?ters worse,I was busy that evening. It's the same thing over and over again,2       with customers who complain about their food and where they are 3        is too big or too small.  Little things like that tend to 4       a lot of us 5        but we manage to deal with them.

  Three elderly ladies walked in and sat by the win?dows. It happened to be the very 6        near where I keep the dirty 7        in the boxes. Trying to keep up with all the dirty tables,customers leaving and coming in and 8        running all over the house,it was crazy.9       these elderly women were watching 10        I was working to make sure every table was clean and ready for the next customers.

  When they 11        their meals,I took their plates back to the kitchen.  They talked to me for a while about school,how I was doing,what 12       I was in and what I planned to do in the future.

  13       they were leaving,they walked past me and one of them said to me in a 14       and gentle voice, "You are going places. " And that was it. They left the 15        and I had tears in my eyes,because they gave me 16        to believe in myself. They 17       my spirit from being down and gave me a 18       to keep on working hard.

  People used to tell me that I couldn't have a career in 19        until I had a degree.  I'm now a coanchor (聯合主持人) of a studentproduced television 20       . 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. dressed

4. A. attract   B. avoid   C. adjust   D. annoy

5. A. employees   B. customers   C. bosses   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. bosses

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

1. D根據后Ifrf的to make matters worse n) "知此處選D.down在此意為"不高興的，沮喪的"。

2. A作為服務員，"我"要與投訴的顧客打交道，處理他們投訴的問題。此處的deal whh意為"應付，對待，與…… 打交道"。

3. B seat為及物動詞，表"坐下"應為be seated。而sit為不及物動詞，不能用于被動語態。

4. D顧客投訴飯菜質量、投訴坐的地方太大或太小，此類小事常使服務員感到很煩(annoy) 。

5. A此處的us和后面的we指"飯店里的員工"，故A項正確。此處的us與employees為同位語關系。

6. C前面的by the windows和后flj的near where都說明此處填的是"地方"，the very spot強調"就是那個地方"。

7. A服務員在客人走后，要將吃剩的菜端走，然后收拾桌子,供后來的人就餐。所以，此處要選A項。

3. C在飯店中.進進出出的是顧客，在房子中來回穿梭忙碌的是服務員(server) 。故C項正確。

9. C這些老太太是來吃飯的，而現在卻(bul) 看"我"如何工作，故前后兩句在邏輯上是轉折關系。

10. B后而的"…to make sure every table was clean and ready for the next customers."表示目的，故此處指"我” 怎樣(how) 做才能達到此目的。

11. A根據后面的"1 took their plates back to the kitchen."可知她們已經吃完(finish) 了。

12. B她們在臨走前，跟"我"聊了一會兒，問"我"有關學校的情況、在學校學得怎么樣、在哪個年級及將來的打箅。

13. C此處as表示"當……時候"。

14. A她們要走時，其中一位老太太用一種自信且溫和的聲音對"我"說……。同時confident也能說明對方確實認為作者會成功，而不是虛情假意。

15. C 

16. B

17. B三位老太太鼓舞r"我"，并使"我"的心情不再沮喪。

put down記下，鎮壓;pick up拾起，撿起;take over接管;point out指明(出) 。

18. B 三位老太太給了"我"要繼續努力的理由(reason) 。在她們的鼓舞下，"我"決心繼續努力。

19. A 根據a studentproduced television可知答案。

20. C作者現在是聯合主持人(co-anchor) ，所以肯定是電視節目(show) 的聯合主持人。