1、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
2、 kitchen，____5____， I still felt it a little hard to carry the heavy trays . 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
3、was____9____on. It had nice handles， 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
4、 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 . I stood froz
5、en 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. managerB. assistantC. cookD. waitress
6、 2. A. promisedB. invitedC. allowedD. advised 3. A. wellB. quicklyC. safelyD. wrong 4. A. leftB. givenC. broughtD. shown 5. A. thereforeB. howeverC. otherwiseD. finally 6. A. kitchenB. streetC. restaurantD. table 7. A. mindingB. changingC. takingD. saving 8. A. a
7、ngryB. calmC. sadD. happy 9. A. fixedB. trainedC. loadedD. waited 10. A. slowerB. lighterC. quieterD. easier 11. A. believeB. agree C. regretD. pretend 12. A. letting B. making C. watching D. having 13. A. useful B. familiarC. unusualD. interesting14. A. rest B. ord
8、er C. eat D. leave 15. A. bag B. walker C. tray D. coat 16. A. idea B. praise C. message D.
