After the birth of my second child, I got a job at a restaurant. Having worked with an experienced ______ for a few days, I was ______ to wait tables on my own. All went _____ that first week. When Saturday night came, I was luckily _____ the tables not far from the kitchen. _____, I still felt a little hard to carry the heavy trays (托盘). Before I knew it, the ______ was full of people. I moved slowly, ______ every step. I remember how ______ I was when I saw the tray stand (架子) near the tables. It looked different from the one I was _____ on. It had nice handles, which made it ______ to move around. I was pleased with everything and began to ______ I was a natural at this job. Then, an old man came to me and said, “Excuse me, dear, my wife and I loved ______ you work. It seems your tray stand has been very _____ to you, but we are getting ready to ______ now, and my wife needs her ______ back.” At first his _____ 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 _____. I wanted to get into a hole and ______. Since then, I have learned from many mistakes such as the one I just ______. I have learned to be more ______ and not to be too sure of myself.
试题分析：作者生完第二个孩子之后找了一份在饭店当服务员的工作。跟着有经验的人学习了几天之后，作者开始负责给客人上菜和收拾餐桌。作者有一次把客人的助步器误当作了托盘架，这让她很尴尬。作者在工作中犯了很多错误，同时也学到了很多。 【小题1】考查名词辨析。A女服务员；B助手，店员；C厨师；D经理。根据第一句“I got a job at a restaurant”可知，作者是在一家饭店工作，和一位有经验的女服务员一起工作了几天之后，作者开始自己负责餐桌，故选A。 【小题2】考查动词辨析。A承诺，答应；B邀请；C允许；D建议。I was ______ to wait tables on my own.和有经验的人一起工作了几天以后，作者被允许亲自负责餐桌，故选C。 【小题3】考查副词辨析。A好；B迅速地；C安全地；D错误地。All went ______ that first week.第一周一切进展得都很顺利，故选A。 【小题4】考查动词辨析。A离开；B展示；C带来；D给。I was luckily ______ the tables not far from the kitchen让作者感到幸运的是，她分到了离厨房不远的餐桌，故选D。 【小题5】考查副词辨析。A因此；B然而；C否则；D最终。I still felt a little hard to carry但是，作者仍然觉得端盘子有点困难，故选B。 【小题6】考查名词辨析。A厨房；B街道；C饭店；D餐桌。the______ was full of people饭店里坐满了吃饭的人，作者只好小心翼翼地挪动，故选C。 【小题7】考查动词辨析。A改变；B照看，留心，介意；C带走，花费；D节省。I moved slowly, ______ every step.作者小心翼翼地来回挪动着，这里指注意脚下，故选B。 【小题8】考查形容词辨析。A生气的；B冷静的；C伤心的；D开心的。根据下一行“I was pleased with everything”可知，作者看到托盘架时很开心，因为它跟其它的不同，故选D。 【小题9】考查动词辨析。A修理；B训练；C装载；D等待。It looked different from the one I was______ on.这种托盘架和培训时使用的不一样，故选B。 【小题10】考查形容词比较级。A更慢的；B更轻的；C更安静的；D更容易的。It had nice handles, which made it ______ to move around.这种托盘带有漂亮的手柄，使来回走动变得很容易，故选D。 【小题11】考查动词辨析。A相信，认为；B同意；C后悔，遗憾；D假装。began to ______ I was a natural at this job作者开始变得自信起来，她认为自己适合做这份工作，natural适合的人，故选A。 【小题12】考查动词辨析。A让，使；B使，制作；C观看，注视；D有。my wife and I loved_____ you work根据下文可知，两位老人是饭店的客人，他们喜欢看作者工作的样子，即他们本不想打断作者的工作，故选C。 【小题13】考查形容词辨析。A不同寻常的；B熟悉的；C有用的；D有趣的。It seems your tray stand has been very ______ to you托盘架似乎对作者很有用，根据上文可知，托盘架让作者的工作变得更容易，故选C。 【小题14】考查动词辨析。A休息；B命令，预订，点菜；C吃；D离开。根据“and my wife needs her______ back.”可知，两位老人要离开了，他们想要回他们的助步器，故选D。 【小题15】考查名词辨析。A包；B助步器；C托盘；D外套。根据下一段“I had set my trays on his wife’s orthopedic walker”可知，作者误把顾客的助步器当成了托盘架，现在，老人要离开了，她需要她的助步器，故选B。 【小题16】考查名词辨析。A信息，消息；B表扬；C想法；D需要。根据后句““What was he talking about?””可知，作者一开始没有理解老人说的话的意思，故选A。 【小题17】考查形容词和短语。A寒冷的；B充满欢乐的；C苍白的；D着火的。I stood frozen as ice, but my face was______.理解了老人的话之后，作者一下子僵住了，但是她的脸却是火热的，根据but表转折可知，意识到自己犯了错之后，作者的脸变得通红，故选D。 【小题18】考查动词辨析。A躺，位于，说谎；B躲藏；C保护，保卫；D保持，待在。I wanted to get into a hole and _____.作者恨不得找个缝钻进去，作者感到很尴尬，故选B。 【小题19】考查动词辨析。A重复，复述；B发现；C改正；D描述，叙述，形容。such as the one I just ______.这里指作者在上文叙述的误把助步器当作托盘架的那个错误，故选D。 【小题20】考查形容词辨析。A小心的，细心的，认真的；B有耐心的；C真诚的；D实用的，务实的。I have learned to be more_____ and not to be too sure of myself.作者从错误中学会了对待工作要更加认真，不能太自以为是的道理，故选A。 考点：故事类短文阅读