After the birth of my cond 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 it a little hard to carry the heavy trays . 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， which made it____10____to move around. I was plead with everything and began to____11____I was a natural at this job. Then， an old man came to me and said， “Excu me， dear， my wife and I loved____12____you work. It ems 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 t my trays on his wife’s orthopedic walker . 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 mylf.
1. A. manager B. assistant C. cook D. waitress
2. A. promid B. invited C. allowed D. advid
3. A. well B. quickly C. safely D. wrong
4. A. left B. given C. brought消毒液怎么用 D. shown
5. A. therefore B. however C. otherwi D. finally
6. A. kitchen B. street C. restaurant D. table
7. A. minding B. changing C. taking D. saving
8. A. angry B. calm C. sad 写作顺序D. happy
9. A. fixed B. trained C. loaded D. waited
10. A. slower B. lighter C. quieter D. easier
11. A. believe B. agree C. regret李雨露 D. pretend
12. A. letting 自立自强的名言 B. making C. watching D. having
沙线13. A. uful 翘首而望B. familiar C. unusual D. interesting
14. A. rest B. order C. eat D. leave
15. A. bag B. walker C. tray D. coat
16. A. idea B. prai C. message D. need
17. A. cold B. full of joy C. pale D. on fire
18. A. lie B. hide C. defend D. stay
桐柏山19. A. repeated B. discovered C. corrected D. described
20. A. careful B. patient C. honest D. practical D. practical
【答案与解析】
作者在餐馆工作时，误把别人的助步器当成托盘架使用，这一错误让作者认识到：做事要更细心，不要过于相信自己。
1. D。由于刚开始在餐馆里当服务员，所以应先与一个有经验的服务员一起工作。
2. C。这里指的是“我”跟着有经验的服务员工作几天后，就可以单独招待客人了。be allowed to do sth 意为“被准许做某事”。
3. A。根据下文可知，作者在工作中遇到了一些状况，与之相对，这里是指“在最初的一个星期里我的工作很顺利”。
4. B。上文中说到作者可以单独招待客人了，这里指的是作者分配到的餐桌离厨房较近，故用 given。
5. B。根据空格后面的句子 I still felt it a little hard to carry the heavy trays 可推知，虽然作者负责的餐桌离厨房较近，但她端着那些沉重的装菜的托盘仍然觉得有点吃力，所以空格前后句之间是转折关系，故用 however。
6. C。因为作者是在餐馆工作，所以这里应该是指“餐馆”（restaurant）里坐满了客人。
7. A。根据空格前面的 I moved slowly 以及作者前面提到的她端着托盘有点吃力，可推知这里指的是作者每走一步都很小心，即 mind every step。
8. D。由于托盘架可减轻劳动强度，作者当然感到高兴。
9. B。这里说的是作者看见的托盘架与她平时练习所使用的托盘架不同。即她觉得这个托盘架比通常用的托盘架更好，这从下文可以看出。
10. D。根据空格前面的 It had nice handles 以及空格后面的...to move around 可推知此句话的意思是：因为托盘架装有手柄，所以推起来更容易一些。
11. A。根据上下文语境可知，这里说的是作者使用托盘架很顺手、很满意，并开始觉得自己天生就是当服务员的好手。
12. C。根据下文的 It ems your tray stand has&可知，这位老人与他的妻子看着作者工作已有一会儿了，故此处用 watch，表示“观看”。 孔乙己经典段落
13. A。因为上文提到作者使用这个“托盘架”很顺手，所以此处老人的意思是：看来这个“托盘架”对你很有用呀！
14. D。根据后文可知，作者误把老人妻子的助步器当成托盘架使用了。这里是指老人和他妻子用餐完毕，准备离开餐馆，向作者要回助步器。
15. B。参见上面第14题的解析。
16. C。根据空格后面的 What was he talking about 可知，作者一开始并没有明白老人话中的意思。
17. D。根据空格前面的 frozen as ice 以及 but 可知，此处要填入一个与 ice 相对的词，再根据语境，作者把老人妻子的助步器当成了托盘架，当她意识到这一点的时候，自然会因尴尬而脸红，故答案选 D。
18. B。根据空格前面的...to get into a hole 可推知，作者当时觉得很尴尬，恨不得有个
洞可以躲进去，故答案选 B。
19. D。因本文主要是描述作者在餐馆当服务员时所犯的一个尴尬错误，故答案选 D。
20. A。根据上下文语境，作者因为大意而误把别人的助步器当成了托盘架，但她也学到了一条经验：做事要更细心，不要过于相信自己。
In 1989 an 8.2 earthquake almost flattened America, killing over 30,000 people in less than four minutes. In the middle of complete damage and disorder, a father rushed to the school where his son was suppod to be, ___1__ that the building was ___2___.
After the unforgettably shock, he ___3___ the promi he had made to his son: "No matter ___4___, I'll always be there for you!" And tears began to ___5___ his eyes. As he looked at the pile of ruins, it looked hopeless, but he kept remembering his ___6___ to his son. He rushed there and started ___7___ the ruins.
As he was digging, other helpless parents arrived, ___8___: "It's too late! They're all dead! ___9___, face reality, there's nothing you can do!" To each parent he responded with ___10___: "Are you going to help me now?" No one helped. And then he continued to dig for his son, stone by stone.
