2015年同等学力考试英语备考练习题(5)

　　Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage.

　　Like most people, I’ve long understood that I will be judged by my occupation, that my profession is a gauge people use to see how smart or talented I am. Recently, however, was disappointed to see that it also decides how I’m treated as a person.

　　Last year I left a professional position as a small-town reporter and took a job waiting tables. As someone paid to serve food to people, I had customers say and do things to me I suspect they’d never say or do to their most casual acquaintances. One night a man talking on his cell phone waved me away, then beckoned (示意) me back with his finger a minute later, complaining he was ready to order and asking where I’d been.

　　I had waited tables during summers in college and was treated like a peon (勤杂工) by plenty of people. But at 19 years old, I believed I deserved inferior treatment from professional adults. Besides, people responded to me differently after I told them I was in college. Customers would joke that one day I’d be sitting at their table, waiting to be served.

　　Once I graduated I took a job at a community newspaper. From my first day, I heard a respectful tone from everyone who called me. I assumed this was the way the professional world worked—cordially.

　　I soon found out differently. I sat several feet away from an advertising sales representative with a similar name. Our calls would often get mixed up and someone asking for Kristen would be transferred to Christie. The mistake was immediately evident. Perhaps it was because money was involved, but people used a tone with Kristen that they never used with me.

　　My job title made people treat me with courtesy. So it was a shock to return to the restaurant industry.

　　It’s no secret that there’s a lot to put up with when waiting tables, and fortunately, much of it can be easily forgotten when you pocket the tips. The service industry, by definition, exists to cater to others’ needs. Still, it seemed that many of my customers didn’t get the difference between server and servant.

　　I’m now applying to graduate school, which means someday I’ll return to a profession where people need to be nice to me in order to get what they want. I think I’ll take them to dinner first, and see how they treat someone whose only job is to serve them.

　　1. The author was disappointed to find that ________.

　　A) one’s position is used as a gauge to measure one’s intelligence

　　B) Talented people like her should fail to get a respectable job

　　C) One’s occupation affects the way one is treated as a person

　　D) Professionals tend to look down upon manual workers

　　2. What does the author intend to say by the example in the second paragraph?

　　A) Some customers simply show no respect to those who serve them.

　　B) People absorbed in a phone conversation tend to be absent-minded.

　　C) Waitresses are often treated by customers as casual acquaintances.

　　D) Some customers like to make loud complaints for no reason at all.

　　3. How did the author feel when waiting tables at the age of 19?

　　A) She felt it unfair to be treated as a mere servant by professionals.

　　B) She felt badly hurt when her customers regarded her as a peon.

　　C) She was embarrassed each time her customers joked with her.

　　D) She found it natural for professionals to treat her as inferior.

　　4. What does the author imply by saying “. . . many of my customers didn’t get the difference between server and servant” (Line 3, Para. 7)?

　　A) Those that cater to others’ needs are destined to be looked down upon.

　　B) Those working in the service industry shouldn’t be treated as servants.

　　C) Those serving others have to put up with rough treatment to earn a living.

　　D) The majority of customers tend to look on a servant as server nowadays.

　　5. The author says she’ll one day take her clients to dinner in order to ________.

　　A) See what kind of person they are

　　B) Experience the feeling of being served

　　C) Show her generosity towards people inferior to her

　　D) Arouse their sympathy for people living a humble life

　　参考答案;

　　1. C)。 [定位]由题干中的the author was disappointed定位到原文首段第2句Recently, however, I was disappointed to see that it also decides how I’m treated as a person.

　　[精解]语义题。首先要确定从句中的主语it指代前一句中的my occupation(职业)，由此可以看出，让作者感到失望的是“我的工作也能决定我身而为人是如何被对待的”，选项C)“人的工作可以影响到他作为一个人被对待的方式”与原文是同义转述，因此C)为答案。

　　2. A)。 [定位]由题干中提到的the example in the second paragraph定位到第2段。

　　[精解]推断题。第2段所举事例是说，作者在当饭店招待员时碰到了一位蛮横无礼的顾客，对她随意地呼来唤去。由此可见，作者想表达的意思是：很多顾客不尊重为他们提供服务的人，所以A)正确。

　　3. D)。 [定位]由题干中的waiting tables at the age of 19定位到原文第3段第2句But at 19 years old, I believed I deserved inferior treatment from professional adults.

　　[精解]语义题。作者19岁时在饭店当招待员，不被顾客尊重，她对此的看法是“deserved inferior treatment”，即“比别人低人一等是理所应当的”，换句话说，作者认为这是十分自然的，即选项D)所述的“natural”。正确答案为D)。

　　4. B)。 [定位]由题干定位到原文第7段末句Still, it seemed that many of my customers didn’t get the difference between server and servant.

　　[精解]推断题。本题问的是作者说这句话所要表达的深意。句子的意思是“很多顾客没有弄清楚server(侍者)和servant(仆人)的区别”，换句话说，许多顾客把给他们提供服务的服务生当成仆人了，在现代社会中，这显然是不正确的，即选项B)所述“服务行业的人员不应该被当成仆人来对待。”

　　5. A)。 [定位]由题干中的She’ll one day take her clients to dinner定位到原文末段最后一句I’ll take them to dinner first, and see how they treat someone whose only job is to serve them.

　　[精解]推断题。原文中提到，对于有求于她的人，作者会先带他去吃饭，看看他是如何对待那些唯一的工作就是为他们提供服务的人。结合前文作者的经历和感受，可以看出，作者是想通过观察他对服务生的态度和举止来了解这个人的品性，故选项A)为答案。