Question

We recently treated our now-adult son and his girlfriend to a seafood feast near Cocoa Beach, Florida. Our server, a grandmotherly woman skilled in the art of , flew around the table treating customers. She remembered their special tastes, likes and dislikes-all of which she’d learned after only the brief .

At the end of the meal, she presented the bill, and then went to the growing crowd of other dinners. My husband paid with a credit card, added her , and we were off.

“Mr Goldsmith!” our waitress ran out of the dinning room waving a receipt at him, “Thank you.”

He looked at her as though he didn’t understand. We’ve all seen that universal of confusion.

“What did you give her?” I asked in a whisper, ____ if he had done something unreasonable or made a calculation error.

“Wow, Dad,” our son said, sounding like a 10-year-old. “I’ve never seen a waitress anyone out of the restaurant to say ‘thank you’ for the tip.”

“She gave us great service. I just thought she deserved a little what I usually give.”

It wasn’t until later, when I accidentally heard our son retelling the story of the waitress, that I realized she had given my family something a “thank you”. She showed our son the importance of acknowledging hard work and the rewarding sound of “thank you”. Her show of thanks helped a dad earn a bit more from a loving son. And it reminded me just why I this thoughtful, caring man.

1.A. painting B. smiling C. cooking D. serving

2.A. argument B. discussion C. conversation D. debate

3.A. attend to B. look for C. care about D. find out

4.A. advice B. suggestion C. tip D. prize

5.A. feeling B. look C. attitude D. face

6.A. wondering B. knowing C. saying D. answering

7.A. help B. keep C. drive D. follow

8.A. except B. below C. above D. within

9.A. excellent B. skilled C. generous D. grateful

10.A. rather than B. more than C. less than D. no more than

11.A. respect B. sympathy C. thanks D. satisfactory

12.A. trained B. refused C. left D. married

 

Answer 1

1.D

2.C

3.A

4.C

5.B

6.A

7.D

8.C

9.D

10.B

11.A

12.D

【解析】

試題分析：一家人在一家海鮮店吃飯，遇到一位為客人考慮周到的上了年紀的女服務員，父親給的小費比平時多一些。而那位女服務員在知道后追出去表達謝意。給足了一個男人面子，讓人感到這個丈夫和父親是多么地值得愛和尊重。

1.A. painting繪畫；B. smiling微笑；C. cooking做飯；D. serving服務。最近我們請客招待現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)長大成人的兒子和他的女朋友，在佛羅里達州的可可海灘附近吃海鮮。我們的服務員，一位熟悉待客之道的老大媽，穿梭在桌子旁招待客人。根據(jù)吃海鮮、和server可知，他的工作的服務員。故選D。

2.A. argument 爭論；B. discussion討論；C. conversation對話；D. debate辯論。只是簡短的對話之后，她就記住了他們的特殊口味，喜歡和不喜歡的東西等一切。和客人說說話，就了解了客人的生活習慣，其它選項不符合語境，故選C。

3.A. attend to照顧；B. look for尋找；C. care about 關心；D. find out發(fā)現(xiàn)。飯快結束的時候，她拿來了賬單，然后就去照顧不斷增加的其它食客了。服務員照顧客人符合語境，故選A。

4.A. advice建議；B. suggestion建議；C. tip小費；D. prize獎勵。我丈夫用信用卡付費，外國人有給小費的習慣，故選C。

5.A. feeling感覺；B. look表情；C. attitude態(tài)度；D. face臉。我們看到了一臉迷惑的表情。故選B。

6.A. wondering納悶；B. knowing知道；C. saying說；D. answering回答。服務員追出去對給她的小費表示謝意，我想知道丈夫是不是做了什么不得體的事或者算錯了賬。故選A。

7.A. help幫助；B. keep保持；C. drive開車；D. follow跟隨。我從沒有見過有人為了小費跑出餐廳外就為了說“謝謝”。故選D。

8.A. except除外；B. below在......的下面；C. above在......的上面；D. within在......內(nèi)。她的服務非常棒。我只是想她應該得到我高于我平常給的小費。故選C。

9.A. excellent優(yōu)秀的；B. skilled技術嫻熟的；C. generous慷慨的；D. grateful感激的。根據(jù)前面發(fā)生的事可知，那位上了年紀的女服務員對人心存感激。故選D。

10.A. rather than而不是；B. more than不僅僅是；C. less than少于。D. no more than不超過。那一聲感謝讓我們感受到的還有一個男人的愛和關心。故選B。

11.A. respect尊敬；B. sympathy同情；C. thanks感謝；D. satisfactory滿意。她表達謝意幫助一個父親贏得了一個有愛心的兒子的更多的尊敬。故選A。

12.A. trained訓練；B. refused拒絕；C. left離開；D. married嫁；也提醒我為什么嫁給這個考慮周到有愛心的男人。故選D。

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