One day I came home from school, changed my clothes and got ready for work. I worked at a local restaurant in town as a cashier and waiter.
I went to work feeling
. And to make matters worse, I was busy that evening. It’s the same thing over and over again,
with customers who complain about their food and where they are
is too big or too small. Little things like that tend to
a lot of us
but we manage to deal with them.
Three elderly ladies walked in and sat by the windows. It happened to be the very
near where I keep the dirty
in the boxes. Trying to keep up with all the dirty tables, customers leaving and coming in and
running all over the house, it was crazy.
these elderly women were watching
I was working to make sure every table was clean and ready for the next customers.
When they
their meals, I took their plates back to the kitchen. They talked to me for a while about school, how I was doing, what
I was in and what I planned to do in the future.
they were leaving, they walked past me and one of them said to me in a
and gentle voice, “You are going places. ”And that was it. They left the
and I had tears in my eyes, because they gave me
to believe in myself. They
my spirit from being down and gave me a
to keep on working hard.
People used to tell me that I couldn’t have a career in
until I had a degree. I’m now a co-anchor(联合主持人)of a student-produced television
. And the best thing is: I’m only 17 years old and I am a senior in high school.
| 小题1: | | A．tired | B．excited | C．up | D．down |
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| 小题2: | | A．dealing | B．helping | C．talking | D．meeting |
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| 小题3: | | A．sat | B．seated | C．laid | D．dressed |
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| 小题4: | | A．attract | B．avoid | C．adjust | D．annoy |
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| 小题5: | | A．employees | B．customers | | C．bosses | D．employers |
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| 小题6: | | A．table | B．box | C．spot | D．kitchen |
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| 小题7: | | A．dishes | B．rooms | C．clothes | D．chairs |
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| 小题8: | | A．men | B．women | C．waiters | D．bosses |
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| 小题9: | | A．And | B．Otherwise | | C．But | D．So |
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| 小题11: | | A．finished | B．completed | C．ordered | D．got |
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| 小题12: | | A．place | B．grade | C．mark | D．position |
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| 小题13: | | A．Before | B．While | C．As | D．After |
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| 小题14: | | A．confident | B．loud | C．low | D．pleasant |
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| 小题15: | | A．kitchen | B．house | C．restaurant | D．table |
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| 小题16: | | A．ability | B．courage | | C．imagination | D．time |
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| 小题17: | | A．put down | B．picked up | | C．took over | D．pointed out |
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| 小题18: | | A．cause | B．reason | | C．present | D．permission |
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| 小题19: | | A．television | B．government | | C．school | D．restaurant |
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| 小题20: | | A．company | B．station | | C．show | D．advertisement |
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