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Fresh out of acting school, I got a job with a touring theater company. The terms were unreasonable: $300 for a month’s work, to be ____ at the end of that month. Only one meal a day would be_____; for the rest, we were on our own.Our first venue (演出地点) was a holiday center. The waiters ____ us from the start. They refused to give us spoons and knives at dinner, while our meal cooled. It was ____At the second venue, we ____ to make some changes to the show for the new stage. While we practiced, I saw a table being set. I felt ____. It was midday, which ____ that they were serving us lunch. Getting lunch would mean no hot dinner because of the “one meal a day” item. We _____depended on dinner being our hot meal of the day.We were called over to_____. The table was beautifully set. The sandwiches were generous. Afterward, I told the headwaiter that we ____ our one meal to be dinner.Our dinner would be at six, the headwaiter said. He ____ that the “one meal a day” item in our contract (合同) was stupid and the venue would ____ us lunch and dinner daily.We returned at six, _____and nervous because this seemed too good to be ____. We were served by a_____ waiter who sang to us. He refilled our water glasses and took orders for coffee. At the end, we tried to bus our dishes to the kitchen,_____ the headwaiter said that we didn’t have to do that and explained, “It is only _____for us if you let us do it right.”That was 20 years ago, and I learned a ____ hat I’ll never forget: Take pleasure in ___. Be kind. Treat those who have _____to give you as well as you would treat a paying customer.【1】A.spent B.paid C.collected D.saved【2】A.provided B.shared C.made D.sold【3】A.forgot B.missed C.avoided D.disliked【4】A.understandable B.unpleasant C.interesting D.unnecessary【5】A.agreed B.seemed C.needed D.pretended【6】A.satisfied B.surprised C.bored D.tired【7】A.held B.required C.meant D.told【8】A.really B.suddenly C.finally D.probably【9】A.speak B.help C.cook D.eat【10】A.allowed B.wanted C.encouraged D.ordered【11】A.hoped B.imagined C.added D.guessed【12】A.give B.show C.find D.lend【13】A.proud B.comfortable C.patient D.thankful【14】A.right B.true C.wise D.certain【15】A.cheerful B.successful C.shy D.serious【16】A.when B.because C.but D.so【17】A.possible B.funny C.painful D.enjoyable【18】A.lesson B.skill C.fact D.task【19】A.progress B.work C.travel D.study【20】A.everything B.something C.anything D.nothing 答案：【答案】【1】B【2】A【3】D【4】B【5】C【6】B【7】C【8】A【9】D【10】B【11】C【12】A【13】D【14】B【15】A【16】C【17】D【18】A【19】B【20】D【解析】这是一篇记叙文。作者在一个巡演话剧团工作时，见证了两个不同演出场地服务员对待工作和顾客的不同态度。这件事让作者深受启发，让他学会应该如何对待工作和他人。【1】考查动词词义辨析。句意：条款很不合理：工资是300美元一个月，月底支付。A. spent花费；B. paid支付；C. collected收集；D. saved节约。根据前文的$300 for a month’s work可知这是作者工作一个月的工资，故此处用“支付”符合与语境，故选B项。【2】考查动词词义辨析。句意：每天仅提供一顿饭，其它的都要自己解决。A. provided提供；B. shared分享；C. made制作；D. sold卖。结合上下文，此处是指作者工作的巡演公司每天只提供一顿免费的餐食，故选A项。【3】考查动词词义辨析。句意：从一开始服务员就不喜欢我们。A. forgot忘记；B. missed想念；C. avoided避开；D. disliked不喜欢。根据下文的They refused to give us spoons and knives at dinner,可知服务员不给作者和同事吃饭的勺子和刀，故推测服务员不喜欢他们，故选D项。【4】考查形容词词义辨析。句意：这令人很不愉快。A. understandable可理解的；B. unpleasant令人不愉快的；C. interesting有趣的；D. unnecessary没有必要的。根据前文的They refused to give us spoons and knives at dinner, while our meal cooled.可知此处用“令人不愉快的”符合语境，故选B项。【5】考查动词词义辨析。句意：在第二个演出地点，我们需要针对新的舞台对表演做出一些改变。A. agreed同意；B. seemed似乎；C. needed需要；D. pretended假装。根据本句的for the new stage.可知此处是指对于新的舞台作者和同事需要对表演进行改变，故选C项，【6】考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我感到很吃惊。A. satisfied满意的；B. surprised吃惊的；C. bored无聊的；D. tired劳累的。根据下文的Getting lunch would mean no hot dinner because of the “one meal a day” item.可知作者的公司一般提供晚饭，所以中午看到饭桌让她感到吃惊，故选B项。【7】考查动词词义辨析。句意：这是中午，这时候摆桌子意味着他们马上要提供午饭。A. held拥有，举行；B. required要求；C. meant 意味着；D. told告诉。此处是指，在作者看来中午摆桌子就意味着提供午饭，故选C项。【8】考查副词词义辨析。句意：我们真地依赖于晚餐作为我们一天的热饭。A. really真地；B. suddenly突然；C. finally最后；D. probably可能。根据前文的Getting lunch would mean no hot dinner because of the “one meal a day” item.可推测作者和同事更期待晚餐吃热饭，故此处用“真地”符合语境，故选A项。【9】考查动词词义辨析。句意：我们都被叫过去吃饭。A. speak讲话；B. help帮助；C. cook 烹饪；D. eat吃。根据下文的The sandwiches were generous.可知作者和同事被叫过去吃饭，故选D项。【10】考查动词词义辨析。句意：后来，我告诉领班我们想晚上吃公司提供的那一餐。A. allowed允许；B. wanted想；C. encouraged鼓励；D. ordered命令。根据前文的We ___8___depended on dinner being our hot meal of the day.可知作者和同事都依赖于热的晚餐，故此处用“想晚上吃规定的那一餐”符合语境，故选B项。【11】考查动词词义辨析。句意：他又补充说我们合同里“一天一餐”的规定很荒唐，演出场地会每天给我们提供午餐和晚餐。A. hoped希望；B. imagined想象；C. added补充说；D. guessed猜。根据上文Our dinner would be at six, the headwaiter said.可知此处用“补充说”符合语境，故选C项。【12】考查动词词义辨析。句意：同上。A. give 给；B. show展示；C. find发现；D. lend借。结合上下文此处是指演出场地给作者和同事提供了午餐和晚餐，故选A项。【13】考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我们6点回来，即感激又紧张，因为这似乎太好了不像真的。A. proud骄傲的；B. comfortable舒适的；C. patient 耐心的；D. thankful感激的。根据前文的the venue would ___12___ us lunch and dinner daily.可知演出地点会提供两餐，作者和同事对他们的行为表示感激，故选D项。【14】考查形容词词义辨析。句意：同上。A. right正确的；B. true真的；C. wise明智的；D. certain确定的。根据前文的the venue would ___12___ us lunch and dinner daily可推测一天提供两餐的事实让作者感觉不真实，故选B项。【15】考查形容词词义辨析。句意：一个快乐的服务员为我们服务，而且给我们唱歌。A. cheerful快乐的；B. successful成功的；C. shy害羞的；D. serious严肃的。根据下文的who sang to us.可推测这是个快乐的服务员，故选A项。【16】考查连词词义辨析。句意：用餐结束，我们想把盘子收到厨房，但是领班说我们没有必要那样做，而且解释道“如果你们让我们来做我们会很高兴。” A. when当；B. because因为；C. but但是；D. so因此。结合句意可知前后部分为转折关系，故选C项。【17】考查形容词词义辨析。句意：同上。A. possible可能的；B. funny滑稽的；C. painful痛苦的；D. enjoyable令人愉快的。结合上文可知领班是一个善良正直的人，故推测他认为收拾桌子是他们作为服务员应该的做的事情，故此处用“如果你们让我们来做我们会很高兴”符合语境，故选D项。【18】考查名词词义辨析。句意：那是20年前发生的事，我从中学到了永远不会忘记的一课：以工作为乐。A. lesson经验，课；B. skill技能；C. fact事实；D. task任务。根据learned判断此处用“课”符合语境和逻辑，故选A项。【19】考查名词词义辨析。句意：同上。A. progress 进步；B. work工作；C. travel旅行；D. study学习。结合上文内容可知，领班认为服务员为作者和同事服务是他们的工作，而作者看到了他们对工作的热情，故此处用“以工作为乐”符合语境，故选B项。【20】考查代词词义辨析。句意：像你对待一个付费的顾客一样去对待那些没有东西给你的人。A. everything每事/物；B. something某事/物；C. anything任何事/物；D. nothing无事/物。结合上文可知作者和同事没有付出任何代价就得到了服务员认真的服务，故此处用“那些没有东西给你的人”符合语境，故选D项。

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