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After the birth of my second 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 a little hard to carry the heavy trays (托盘).
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
(手柄),which made it
10 to move around. I was pleased with everything and began to
11 I was a natural at
this job.
Then, an old man came to me and said,"Excuse me, dear, my wife and I loved
12 you work. It seems 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 set my trays on his
wife's orthopedic walker (助步器). 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 myself.
( )1. A. manager ( )2. A. promised ( )3. A. well ( )4. A. left ( )5. A. Therefore ( )6. A. kitchen ( )7. A. minding ( )8. A. angry ( )9. A. fixed ( )10. A. slower ( )11. A. believe ( )12. A. letting ( )13. A. useful ( )14. A. rest ( )15. A. bag ( )16. A. idea ( )17. A. cold ( )18. A. lie ( )19. A. repeated ( )20. A. careful |
B. assistant B. invited B. quickly B. given B. However B. street B. changing B. calm B. trained B. lighter B. agree B. making B. familiar B. order B. walker B. praise B. full of joy B. hide B. discovered B. patient |
C. cook C. allowed C. safely C. brought C. Otherwise C. restaurant C. taking C. sad C. loaded C. quieter C. regret C. watching C. unusual C. eat C. tray C. message C. pale C. defend C. corrected C. honest |
D. waitress D. advised D. wrong D. shown D. Finally D. table D. saving D. happy D. waited D. easier D. pretend D. having D. interesting D. leave D. coat D. need D. on fire D. stay D. described D. practical |