[填空题]

When I was 18, I had my first job as a waitress. I worked in a very nice hotel in a small town in Scotland where there were a lot of tourists in the summer so they were taking on extra staff. I lived in a little house opposite the hotel. I had to be at work in the dining room at 7:30 in the morning to start serving breakfast. After serving the breakfast, at about ten o’clock, I had my own breakfast. After that, we started getting the dining room ready for lunch-cleaning the silver, setting the tables, hoovering the floor. I didn’t make too bad a job of serving lunch—one of the waiters looked after me and showed me how to do things. I would on the first day have been quite happy, but I had a problem which was that I’d got up in such a hurry and I just put on my shoes with really high heels. After a few hours on my feet I was in agony and there was nothing I could do about it, there was certainly no time to go and change them. I can tell you I never wore tho

[填空题]

When I was 18, I had my first job as a waitress. I worked in a very nice hotel in a small town in Scotland where there were a lot of tourists in the summer so they were taking on extra staff. I lived in a little house opposite the hotel. I had to be at work in the dining room at 7:30 in the morning to start serving breakfast. After serving the breakfast, at about ten o’clock, I had my own breakfast. After that, we started getting the dining room ready for lunch-cleaning the silver, setting the tables, hoovering the floor. I didn’t make too bad a job of serving lunch—one of the waiters looked after me and showed me how to do things. I would on the first day have been quite happy, but I had a problem which was that I’d got up in such a hurry and I just put on my shoes with really high heels. After a few hours on my feet I was in agony and there was nothing I could do about it, there was certainly no time to go and change them. I can tell you I never wore tho

[单项选择]TEXT D The first clue came when I got my hair cut．The stylist offered not just the usual coffee or tea but a complimentary nail—polish change while 1 waited for my hair to dry．Maybe she hoped this little amenity would slow the growing inclination of women to stretch each haircut to last four months while nursing our hair back to whatever natural colour we long ago forgot． Then there was the appliance salesman who offered to carry my bags as we toured the microwave aisle．When I called my husband to ask him to check some specs online，the salesman offered a pre-emptive discount，lest the surfing turn up the same model cheaper in another store．That night，for the first time，I saw the Hyundai ad promising shoppers that if they buy a car and then lose their job in the next year，they can return it． Suddenly everything’s on sale．The upside to the economic downturn is the immense incentive it gives retailers to treat you like a queen for a day．During the flush times．Salespeople we
A. Shops try all kinds of means to please customers．
B. Shops，large or small，are offering big discounts．
C. Women tend to have their hair cut less frequently．
D. Customers refrain from buying things impulsively．

[填空题]When my first wartime Christmas came, I was in basic training in New Jersey. At that time I was not {{U}} (11) {{/U}} if I would go home for the holidays. Only {{U}} (12) {{/U}} of December 23 did I see the list of men who would have three-day holiday. I was one of the {{U}} (13) {{/U}} soldiers. It was Christmas Eve when I arrived home, and {{U}} (14) {{/U}} snow had fallen. Mother opened the front door for me. I could see beyond her into the comer of the {{U}} (15) {{/U}} room. There the tree had always stood. There were lights of all colors, shining against the green of the tree. I felt so warm and happy!