听力真题

Test 8
Section C
I was studying theater at Southern Methodist University in Dallas and feeling (36) ______ and uncertain about my future. Will I be able to support myself? I (37)______ . That summer, I decided to see if I could get out on my own.
Two girlfriends and I piled into a car and (38) ______ to Aspen, Colo. where I found a job as a maid at a (39) ______ hotel. I don't remember what I (40) ______ , but it was so little that I lived on spaghetti, brown rice and Kool-Aid.
I was at the hotel by six o'clock every morning to help with (41) ______ breakfast. When breakfast was finished, I cleaned the room where it was served and then the conference rooms and lobby rest rooms. I had never been in a men's room before, and I was always (42) ______ of someone walking in while I was on my (43) ______ scrubbing the floors and toilets.
(44) ___________________________________________________ ; it was my job to circulate through the room and replenish (补充) coffee and juice. But some people wanted me to do everything for them. I remember one man who kept ordering me to get his food and demanding things we did not serve. He was also very critical. (45) _________________________________________________________ . So I'd take a deep breath and somehow get what he wanted.
Still, I've never forgotten how it felt to be spoken to so rudely. Today, whenever I am in a cab or being waited on, I always try to be as considerate as possible. (46) __________________________________________________________________________ .

答案解析

答案解析：
36. anxious
解析：系动词feel后面必须跟形容词，不要漏掉n或i。
37. wondered
解析：因为空格前面是个问题，所以这个动词应该是wonder，而不是wander，根据上下文，要用过去时。
38. headed
解析：head to“出发去某地”；不要写成hided。
39. resort
解析：resort作名词意为“胜地”，在此与hotel搭配，指“度假区的旅馆”。
40. earned
解析：由于是过去的事情，一定要考虑到时态，这里用一般过去时。
41. continental
解析：容易漏写a；continental breakfast意思是“欧洲大陆式早餐”。
42. terrified
解析：terrified a. 恐惧的，受惊吓的；be terrified of意思是“恐惧……”。
43. knees
解析：所有格后面一定是个名词。knees要用复数形式，k虽然不发音，但千万别漏写。也不可误写成needs。
44. 标准答案：People were supposed to serve themselves at the continental breakfast
听音关键：were supposed to，serve themselves，continental breakfast
答案重构：1). People should serve themselves at the continental breakfast
2). The continental breakfast requires that people serve themselves
画龙点睛：be supposed to意思是“应该”，可以用should替换。continental breakfast“欧洲大陆式早餐”，与背景知识有关。
45. 标准答案：I knew it was my job to be quiet and do in a nice way whatever I was told
听音关键：my job，to be quiet，in a nice way，whatever I was told
答案重构：1). I knew I should be quiet and do in a nice way whatever I was told
2). I knew my job was to be quiet and do well whatever I was told
画龙点睛：本句没有生词，只是句式上，do和宾语whatever I was told之间插入了in a nice way，也许会带来一点理解上的障碍。听写时，应尽可能照搬原词。
46. 标准答案：Service-industry jobs are not easy, and they're even harder when people treat you like dirt
听音关键：Service-industry jobs，not easy，even harder，treat you like dirt
答案重构：1). Service-industry jobs are diffidult, and they're even harder when people treat you rudely
2). To work in the service industry is not easy, and it is even harder when you're treated badly
画龙点睛：Service-industry作复合词修饰jobs，拼写上，中间应该有连字符。如果没有听清楚treat you like dirt中dirt的含义，可以根据合理的猜测用上一句话中出现的rudely替换。在句子结构层面的重构往往伤筋动骨，需要对相关句型很熟悉。