Question

【題目】 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（聯(lián)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歲的中學(xué)生，利用課余時(shí)間打工，一天，在身心疲憊的時(shí)候，一位顧客的一句話使作者對(duì)自己的前途重燃希望，那句話是：you are going places（你前途無(wú)量）。

【1】句意：我上班時(shí)心情低落。

本題考查的是形容詞辨析，A. tired疲勞的；B. excited興奮的；C. up 高漲的；D. down低落的，根據(jù)上下文可知作者感到心情低落，故答案選D。

【2】句意：和抱怨食物的顧客打交道。

本題考查動(dòng)詞詞義辨析，A. dealing處理；B. helping幫助；C. talking談話；D. meeting見面，固定搭配deal with sb. 與某人打交道，故答案選A。

【3】句意：他們坐的地方太大或太小。

本題考查動(dòng)詞詞義辨析，A. sat坐；B. seated坐；C. laid躺；D. dressed穿衣服，根據(jù)固定搭配sb. be seated = sb. sit 坐著，seat 常用被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)，根據(jù)所給空前面的are可知，是被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)，故答案選B 。

【4】句意：正好是我把臟盤子放在盒子里的地方。

本題考查名詞詞義辨析。A. dishes；盤子B. rooms房間；C. clothes衣服；D. chairs椅子，

根據(jù)句意是放在臟盤子的地方，可知應(yīng)該用dishes，故答案選A。

【5】句意：試圖跟上所有臟桌子的腳步，顧客們進(jìn)進(jìn)出出，服務(wù)員跑遍了整個(gè)屋子。

本題考查名詞詞義辨析。A. men男人；B. women女人；C. waiters 服務(wù)員；D. bosses老板們，前文顧客在餐廳里走來(lái)走去，可知后面是服務(wù)員也在餐廳里穿梭，故答案選C。

【6】句意：但這些婦女正在觀察我如何確保每一張桌子都干凈，準(zhǔn)備好迎接下一個(gè)顧客。

本題考查連詞。A. And并且；B. Otherwise否則；C. But但是；D. So所以，但是這些老女人在觀察我怎樣保證桌面干凈整潔的迎接下一個(gè)客人，根據(jù)句意此處為轉(zhuǎn)折語(yǔ)氣，故答案選C 。

【7】句意：當(dāng)他們吃完飯后，我把他們的盤子帶回廚房。

本月考查動(dòng)詞詞義辨析。A. finished結(jié)束；B. completed完成；C. ordered命令；D. got得到，根據(jù)finish one’s meal吃完飯，故答案選A。

【8】句意：當(dāng)他們離開的時(shí)候，走過來(lái)和我說(shuō)了句話。

本題考查時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)從句。A. Before在…之前；B. While當(dāng)…時(shí)；C. As當(dāng)…時(shí)（主句和從句兩個(gè)動(dòng)作同時(shí)進(jìn)行）；D. After在…之后，根據(jù)句子意思當(dāng)他們離開的時(shí)候，走過來(lái)和我說(shuō)了句話，兩個(gè)動(dòng)作同時(shí)進(jìn)行，并且弱化時(shí)間概念，表示動(dòng)作發(fā)生的背景或條件，此時(shí)只能用as，故答案選C。

【9】句意：我熱淚盈眶，因?yàn)樗麄兘o了我重新相信自己的勇氣，

本題考查名詞詞義辨析。A. ability能力；B. courage勇氣；C. imagination想象力；D. time時(shí)間，根據(jù)句子意思我熱淚盈眶，因?yàn)樗麄兘o了我重新相信自己的勇氣，可知應(yīng)該是勇氣，故答案選B。

【10】句意：過去人們常常告訴我，在校期間還未獲得學(xué)位是不會(huì)有什么事業(yè)可言的。

本題考查名詞詞義辨析。A. television電視；B. government政府；C. school學(xué)校；D. restaurant飯店，根據(jù)句子意思過去人們常常告訴我，在校期間還未獲得學(xué)位是不會(huì)有什么事業(yè)可言的，可知應(yīng)該是in school 表示“在學(xué)校上學(xué)”，故答案選A。