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 near the tables, it looked different from the one I was on. It had nice handles (手柄)，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.
A．manager B．assistant C．cook D．waitress
A．promised B．invited C．allowed D．advised
A．well B．quickly C．safely D．wrong
A．left B．given C．brought D．shown
A．Therefore B．However C．Otherwise D．Finally
A．kitchen B．street C．restaurant D．table
A．minding B．changing C．taking D．saving
A．angry B．calm C．sad D．happy
A．fixed B．trained C．loaded D．waited
A．slower B．lighter C．quieter D．easier
A．believe B．agree C．regret D．pretend
A．letting B．making C．watching D．having
A．useful B．familiar C．unusual D．interesting
A．rest B．order C．eat D．leave
A．bag B．walker C．tray D．coat
A．idea B．praise C．message D．need
A．cold B．full of joy C．pale D．on fire
A．lie B．hide C．defend D．stay
A．repeated B．discovered C．corrected D．described
A．careful B．patient C．honest D．practical
完形填空
Charlie is twenty-three now. He a university(大学) and found work in a factory last year. It’s ________ and there are no more than fifty workers in it. And only he ________ in a university. So he looks down upon （瞧不起） his ________ . He always thinks he’s right and never agrees with ________ . He likes to say, “I’ve never made a mistake!”
But once the young man couldn’t ________ a foreign instructions （说明书）. An old worker studied it for two days and ________ Mr. White, the boss of the factory, ________ it meant. The boss asked Charlie why. He made a few excuses to say for ________ . And he didn’t agree with the old man. The boss became angry and asked, “ Is it ________ that you’ve never made a mistake?”
The young man wouldn’t make Mr. White ________ and had to say, “No, it isn’t, sir.”
Having ________ this, the workers were happy. One of them asked,"It means that you also make some mistakes!"
Charlie ________ his mind at once and said, “ I made only one mistake in my ________ !”
“When?” the boss asked in surprise.
“ Just now, sir.” Answered the young man. “When Mr. White ________ me acknowledge （承认）I was wrong!”
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完形填空。
One day a small boy was walking along the street in London. His name was Tom. It was a cold winter day in 1900. ______ he could have no breakfast ______ lunch. He wanted to buy bread, but he didn't _____ any money.
His father ______when he was very young. His mother was often very ill, so she could not ______Tom and his brother, Mike. ______ had to work to help their ______ mother.
He was small but his dream was very big. His wish was ______a great man in the world of film. So he worked very hard ______ singing and dancing. Then ,a man came to him and asked," ______ for my film?" "Cetrainly." He answered. And he did his ______ in it. Many people asid,"We have never seen ______ interesting film."
Thirty years ______ ,this same boy was ______ the most famous people in the world. He made many good films. A lot of people liked ______ .
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完形填空: 从每小题A、B、C三个选项中，选出能填入空白处的最佳答案。
Many parents want their children to be famous one day. But do children have the same ?
A new -Hi, Ke’ai is on at Beijing Children’s Art Theatre. It tells the story of a boy called Ke’ai. His parents would like him to become a painter or a one day. They teach him to ________and to play the violin, but Ke’ai doesn’t enjoy these activities. Then one day Ke’ai’s parents see Liu Xiang a gold medal at the Athens Olympic Games, and they want him to be a sportsman.
“ ________ do they want me to be someone else?” Ke’ai asks and says, “I only want to be ”
The play shows us that it is good for parents to learn to their children. It helps parents to think about what kids want to do.
Young audiences(观众) enjoy the story, and also the in the play. There are two songs in the play. One of them, “Ke’ai’s Song” is very to learn, so the audiences can sing the song on their way home after the play!A. jobs B. dreamsC. habits
A. songB. filmC. opera
A. writerB. teacherC. musician
A. paint B. write C. speak
A. run B. buyC. win
A. How B. Why C. When
A. myself B. different C. alone
A. encourage B. understand C. explain
A. lightB. clothesC. music
A. easyB. difficult C. important
完型填空
通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳选项。
One sunny afternoon, a seven-year-old girl went for a walk. She crossed a large area of grassland into the woods she realized that she was lost.
Sitting on a rock and what to do, she began crying. After a while，she to walk along a path with tall trees and thick bushes. When it was getting dark, she saw a small, dark wooden house. She opened the door and entered. Suddenly, she heard a strange noise, and she ran out of the door and back to the . Cold and tired, she fell asleep near a stream（小溪）.
The girl’s parents were out and her dog, Laddy, was at home. Laddy sensed that his mistress（女主人）was in danger. He jumped a window, breaking the glass. He looked in the fields. But he couldn’t find his mistress anywhere. However, from the ground came a scent (气味) as he lowered his head. He the scent and walked across the grassland. Barking into the air, the dog through the woods until he found the . But the girl was not there, so he headed back to the woods. Much to his delight, he saw his mistress’ blue shirt in the distance. He over some bushes and saw the little stream, where the girl was .
When she opened her eyes and her dog standing beside her, the girl said, “you me, Laddy,” and she kissed him several times. Seeing their daughter and dog coming back, the parents were happy. That night Laddy had a hero’s supper: a huge meal of pork.
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完形填空
阅读下文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。（每小题1分）
Three ________ ago, my family got our first computer. ________ the beginning of this summer, I found it was too old and I wanted to get a ________ one. After my father and I talked for a long time, he ________ . We went to many shops and read many ads.________we bought an HP computer.
During the first week, I noticed ________ our computer had some problems. I spent many hours ________ to fix it, but it ________ work. So I ________ to phone the HP company and ask them ________ to work out my problem. They told me to wait until the next morning because all their workers were ________ that day.
The next morning two workers came. It took them many hours to mend it, but the computer ________ did not work. My dad had no other way but to return the whole thing. A few days later, we decided that I should go on the Internet and order some parts to build a new computer by________ .
It was not an easy job for me to build a new computer. I tried many times, and in the end I was successful. From these setbacks(挫折), I have learned a lot. Now I believe that if the HP computer hadn't had any problems,________ I would not have learned how to build the new one. Even though I spent lots of time on it, I know it wasn't ________ .
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