After the birth of my second child, I got a job at a restaurant. Having worked with an experienced1for a few days, I was2to wait tables on my own. All went3the first week. When Saturday night came, I was luckily4the tables not for from the kitchen.5.I stll felt it a little hard to carry the heavy trays (托盘).
Before I knew it ,the6 was full of people. I moved slowly,7every step. I remember how8I when I saw the tray stand near the tables; it looked different from the one I was9on. It had nice handles, which made it10to move around. I was pleased with every thing and began to11I was a natural at this job.
Then, an old man came to me and said,"Excuse me, dear, my wife and I loved12you work. t seems your tray stand has been very13to you, but we are getting ready to14now ,and my wife needs her15back."
At first his16did 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 was17.I wanted to get into a hole and18.
Since then, I have learned from many mistakes such as the one I just19I have learned to be more20and not to be too sure of myself.
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Jenna, a popular girl from Westwood Middle School, had graduated first in her class and was ready for new1in high school.
2, high school was different. In the first week, Jenna went to tryouts(选拔赛)for cheerleaders(拉拉队队员). She was competing against very talented girls, and she knew it would be3for her to be selected. Two hours later, the4read a list of the girls for a second tryout. Her heart5as the list ended without her name. Feeling6, she walked home carrying her schoolbag full of homework.
Arriving home, she started with math. She had always been a good math student, but now she was7. She moved on to English and history, and was8to find that she didn't have any trouble with those subjects. Feeling better, she decided not to9math for the time being.
The nest day Jenna went to see Mrs. Biden about being on the school10. Mrs. Biden wasn't as11as Jenna. "I'm sorry, but we have enough12for the newspaper already. Come back next year and we'll talk then." Jenna smiled13and left. "Why is high school so14?" she sighed.
Later in15class, Jenna devoted herself to figuring out the problems that had given her so much16. By the end of class, she understood how to get them right. As she gathered her books, Jenna decided she'd continue to try to17at her new school. She wasn't sure if she'd succeed, but she knew she had to18.High school was just as her mom had said: "You will feel like a small fish in a big pond19a big fish in a small pond. The challenge is to become the20fish you can be."
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阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）出可以填入空白的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑
Even though it was only October, my students were already whispering about Christmas plans. With each passing day everyone became more __36__, waiting for the final school bell. Upon its _37____everyone would run for their coats and go home, everyone except David
David was a small boy in ragged clothes. I had often _38___what kind of home life David had, and what kind of mother could send her son to school dressed so __39__for the cold winter months, without a coat, boots, or gloves. But something made David __40__. I can still remember he was always __41____a smile and willing to help. He always __42__after school to straighten chairs and mop the floor. We never talked much. He__43___just smile and ask what else he could do, then thank me for letting him stay and slowly__44___home
Weeks passed and the __45___ovre the coming Christmas grew into restlessness until the last day of__46__before the holiday break. I smiled in ___47 __as the last of them hurried out the door. Turning around I saw David ___48___standing by my desk.
“I have something for you”he said and ____49____from behind his back a small box. __50___it to me, he said anxiously. “Open it,”I took the box from him, thanked him and slowly unwrapped it. I lift the lid and to my __51__saw nothing. I looked at David‘s smiling face and back into the box and said. “The box is nice, David, but it’s__52__”
“Oh no it isn’t,”said David. “It’s full of love, my mum told me before she died that love was something you couldn’t see or touch unless you know it’s there”
Tears filled my eyes ___53___Iooked at the proud dirty face that I had rarely given____54___to. After that Christmas, David and I became good friends and I never forgot the meaning ___55___the little empty box set on my desk
A．anxious B．courageous C．serious D．cautious
A．warning B．ringing C．calling D．yelling
A．scolded B．wondered C．realized D．learned
A．modestly B．naturally C．inaccurately D．inappropriately
A．popular B．upset C．special D．funny
A．expressing B．delivering C．wearing D．sharing
A．practised B．wandered C．studied D．stayed
A．would B．should C．might D．could
A．aim at B．turn to C．put off D．head for
A．argument B．excitement C．movement D．program
A．school B．year C．education D．program
A．relief B．return C．vain D．control
A．weakly B．sadly C．quietly D．helplessly
A．searched B．found C．raised D．pulled
A．Holding B．Handing C．Sending D．Leaving
A．delight B．expectation C．appreciation D．surprise
A．cheap B．empty C．useless D．improper
A．as B．until C．because D．though
A．advice B．support C．attention D．command
A．from B．behind C．over D．towards
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