Question

   When I was young, my parents ran a snack bar in our small town.

   One evening in early April, my mother told me to fill in at the snack bar   36   a worker who had the flu. I told her I would mess it up,   37   I had never worked at the bar before. I   38   that instead of making money, I would end up owing it.

   “You can do it,” said my mother, “  39  , you won’t get much business until lunch.”

   “But I’ll never remember the orders, and I’m no good   40   money. Please, Mom, don’t   41   me.

   “Then I’ll help you,” she said.

   I shrugged my shoulders. I thought my mother’s   42   was a bad one, but I   43  .

   When I got to the bar the next day, I found my mother was   44  . Because the weather that day was rainy and cold, people wanted hot snacks and drinks.   45  , I was really slow at taking the orders and making change. The line of people grew, and everybody seemed   46  , I was so nervous that my hands shook, and I   47   a cup into pieces. What a mess! Then my mother came to   48   me, and she also showed me how to make   49  . If someone gave me $ 5 for something that cost $ 3.25, I handed over

  50   quarters and a dollar and said, “75 cents makes four dollars, plus one dollar makes five.” Things went more   51   after that.

   By the end of the day, I could remember orders,   52   the bill, and make change quickly with a smile. I was even a little   53   when the sun came out and dried up business. My mother said she was proud of me, and when she   54   that I work at the snack bar again next year, I did not even shrug. I was too busy

  55   the restaurant I would open one day.

36.	A. to	B. for	C. after	D. over
37.	A. because	B. though	C. until	D. while
38.	A. promised	B. noticed	C. worried	D. hoped
39.	A. Therefore	B. However	C. Besides	D. Yet
40.	A. of	B. on	C. about	D. with
41.	A. blame	B. fool	C. frighten	D. make
42.	A. idea	B. bar	C. day	D. answer
43.	A. guessed	B. obeyed	C. begged	D. admitted
44.	A. angry	B. sad	C. worry	D. ashamed
45.	A. At least	B. At last	C. At most	D. At first
46.	A. surprised	B. impolite	C. pleased	D. impatient
47.	A. damaged	B. destroyed	C. broke	D. ruined
48.	A. scold	B. help	C. beat	D. save
49.	A. money	B. lunch	C. coffee	D. change
50.	A. two	B. three	C. four	D. five
51.	A. smoothly	B. fairly	C. simply	D. conveniently
52.	A. turn in	B. count out	C. take over	D. add up
53.	A. discouraged	B. disturbed	C. disappointed	D. distrusted
54.	A. thought	B. stated	C. announced	D. suggested
55.	A. imagining	B. preparing	C. examining	D. describing

Answer 1

解析:

   36。Fill in…for sb.意為：臨時替代某人

   37. 因?yàn)?/U>我以前沒有做過，所以我會搞砸的。

   38. 我擔(dān)心不是賺錢，而是虧本。

   39. 母親說：你能行的，況且要到中午才有生意

   40. good with 意為：在。。。方面有本事。也就是說作者做買賣不太會算數(shù)。

   41. 本句意思應(yīng)該是：別讓我去做吧。為省略句，Don’t make me do it..

   42. 作者認(rèn)為母親要他去替班不是一個好主意。其他意義和搭配都不通。

   43. 雖然覺得不好，但還是聽從了母親的安排。

   44. 次日我到店里時，發(fā)現(xiàn)完全不是母親所說的“要到中午才有生意”，下一句說明生意紅火，所以說“母親錯了”。

   45. 因?yàn)槌鮼砩习�，沒有經(jīng)驗(yàn)，所以，開始的時候，應(yīng)付不過來。At (the) least至少，at last 終于，at (the) most至多

  46. 從上下文可知：購買的隊(duì)伍越來越長，而我有業(yè)務(wù)不熟，動作緩慢，所以等待的人群好像不耐煩了。其他語義不通。

  47. break sth. into pieces 把。。。摔得粉碎。其他詞沒這個搭配。

  48. 母親看到我手忙腳亂，便過來幫我。

  49. 根據(jù)下句及52空后，這里應(yīng)該是母親還教我怎么找零錢.注意：make change (for) 是找零錢的意思，make a change 是做出更改的意思。Make money賺錢， make coffee 沖咖啡，和上下文無關(guān)。

  50. 因?yàn)?―3.5=1.75, 所以要找對方的錢數(shù)恰好就是：30.25（quarter）+1=1.75

  51. 自那以后，事情就更加順利了。Go smoothly進(jìn)展順利

  52. add up bill 把帳清理好（加起來），turn in 上繳、上交，count out不把。。。計算在內(nèi)， take over移交，這些表達(dá)都和上下文不連貫，本句是說明作者一天下來學(xué)到了很多東西：菜單記得了，打單、找零都很快了。

  53. 對于沒開始做生意的作者來說，沒有生意當(dāng)然好（所以母親開始給作者打氣時就說“要到中午才有生意”）免得出錯。但一天下來，作者已是熟練了，所以，當(dāng)太陽出來，生意差了時，他甚至感到有點(diǎn)沮喪。Discouraged指遇到困難等事（氣餒），disturbed受到擾亂

  54. 只有suggest的從句才用(should) do,其他沒有這種結(jié)構(gòu)。

  55. 對未來的想象