Question

【题目】 One day I came home from school, changed my clothes and got ready for work. I worked at a local restaurant in town as a cashier 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 annoy a lot of us employees but we manage to deal with them.

Three elderly ladies walked in and sat by the windows. It happened to be the very spot 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 how 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 grade 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 confident and gentle voice, “You are going places.” And that was it. They left the restaurant and I had tears in my eyes, because they gave me ____ to believe in myself. They picked up my spirit from being down and gave me a reason 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 show. And the best thing is: I’m only 17 years old and I am a senior in high school.

【1】A.tiredB.excitedC.upD.down

【2】A.dealingB.helpingC.talkingD.meeting

【3】A.satB.seatedC.laidD.dressed

【4】A.dishesB.roomsC.clothesD.chairs

【5】A.menB.womenC.waitersD.bosses

【6】A.AndB.OtherwiseC.ButD.So

【7】A.finishedB.completedC.orderedD.got

【8】A.BeforeB.WhileC.AsD.After

【9】A.abilityB.courageC.imaginationD.time

【10】A.televisionB.governmentC.schoolD.restaurant

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】A

【3】B

【4】A

【5】C

【6】C

【7】A

【8】C

【9】B

【10】A

【解析】

文章大意：作者是一位17岁的中学生，利用课余时间打工，一天，在身心疲惫的时候，一位顾客的一句话使作者对自己的前途重燃希望，那句话是：you are going places（你前途无量）。

【1】句意：我上班时心情低落。

本题考查的是形容词辨析，A. tired疲劳的；B. excited兴奋的；C. up 高涨的；D. down低落的，根据上下文可知作者感到心情低落，故答案选D。

【2】句意：和抱怨食物的顾客打交道。

本题考查动词词义辨析，A. dealing处理；B. helping帮助；C. talking谈话；D. meeting见面，固定搭配deal with sb. 与某人打交道，故答案选A。

【3】句意：他们坐的地方太大或太小。

本题考查动词词义辨析，A. sat坐；B. seated坐；C. laid躺；D. dressed穿衣服，根据固定搭配sb. be seated = sb. sit 坐着，seat 常用被动语态，根据所给空前面的are可知，是被动语态，故答案选B 。

【4】句意：正好是我把脏盘子放在盒子里的地方。

本题考查名词词义辨析。A. dishes；盘子B. rooms房间；C. clothes衣服；D. chairs椅子，

根据句意是放在脏盘子的地方，可知应该用dishes，故答案选A。

【5】句意：试图跟上所有脏桌子的脚步，顾客们进进出出，服务员跑遍了整个屋子。

本题考查名词词义辨析。A. men男人；B. women女人；C. waiters 服务员；D. bosses老板们，前文顾客在餐厅里走来走去，可知后面是服务员也在餐厅里穿梭，故答案选C。

【6】句意：但这些妇女正在观察我如何确保每一张桌子都干净，准备好迎接下一个顾客。

本题考查连词。A. And并且；B. Otherwise否则；C. But但是；D. So所以，但是这些老女人在观察我怎样保证桌面干净整洁的迎接下一个客人，根据句意此处为转折语气，故答案选C 。

【7】句意：当他们吃完饭后，我把他们的盘子带回厨房。

本月考查动词词义辨析。A. finished结束；B. completed完成；C. ordered命令；D. got得到，根据finish one’s meal吃完饭，故答案选A。

【8】句意：当他们离开的时候，走过来和我说了句话。

本题考查时间状语从句。A. Before在…之前；B. While当…时；C. As当…时（主句和从句两个动作同时进行）；D. After在…之后，根据句子意思当他们离开的时候，走过来和我说了句话，两个动作同时进行，并且弱化时间概念，表示动作发生的背景或条件，此时只能用as，故答案选C。

【9】句意：我热泪盈眶，因为他们给了我重新相信自己的勇气，

本题考查名词词义辨析。A. ability能力；B. courage勇气；C. imagination想象力；D. time时间，根据句子意思我热泪盈眶，因为他们给了我重新相信自己的勇气，可知应该是勇气，故答案选B。

【10】句意：过去人们常常告诉我，在校期间还未获得学位是不会有什么事业可言的。

本题考查名词词义辨析。A. television电视；B. government政府；C. school学校；D. restaurant饭店，根据句子意思过去人们常常告诉我，在校期间还未获得学位是不会有什么事业可言的，可知应该是in school 表示“在学校上学”，故答案选A。