三、完形填空(共20题，每小题1分，共20分)
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 __31 a worker who had the flu. I told her I would mess it up, 32 I had never worked at the bar before. I 33 that instead of making money, I would end up owing it.
“You can do it,” said my mother. “ 34 , you won’t get much business until lunch.”
“But I’ll never remember the orders, and I’m no good 35 money. Please, Mom, don’t 36 me.”
“Then I’ll help you,” she said.
I shrugged my shoulders. I thought my mother’s 37 was a bad one, but I 38 .
When I got to the bar the next day, I found my mother was 39 . Because the weather that day was rainy and cold, people wanted hot snacks and drinks. ___40 , I was really slow at taking the orders and making change. The line of people grew, and everybody seemed 41 , I was so nervous that my hands shook, and I 42 a cup into pieces. What a mess! Then my mother came to 43 me, and she also showed me how to make 44 . If someone gave me $5 for something that cost $3.25, I handed over 45 quarters and a dollar and said, “75 cents makes four dollars, plus one dollar makes five” Things went more 46 after that.
By the end of the day, I could remember orders, 47 the bill, and make change quickly with a smile. I was even a little 48 when the sun came out and dried up business. My mother said she was proud of me, and when she __49 that I work at the snack bar again next year, I did not even shrug. I was too busy 50 the restaurant I would open one day.
31. A. to
B. for
C. after
D. over
32. A. because
B. though
C. until
D. while
33. A. promised
B. noticed
C. worried
D. hoped
34. A. Therefore
B. However
C. Besides
D. Yet
35. A. of
B. on
C. about
D. with
36. A. blame
B. fool
C. frighten
D. make
37. A. idea
B. bar
C. day
D. answer
38. A. guessed
B. obeyed
C. begged
D. admitted
39. A. angry
B. sad
C. wrong
D. ashamed
40. A. At least
B. At last
C. At most
D. At first
41. A. surprised
B. impolite
C. pleased
D. impatient
42. A. damaged
B. destroyed
C. broke
D. ruined
43. A. scold
B. help
C. beat
D. save
44. A. money
B. lunch
C. coffee
D. change
45. A. two
B. three
C. four
D. five
46. A. smoothly
B. fairly
C. simply
D. conveniently
47. A. turn in
B. count out
C. take over
D. add up
48. A. discouraged
B. disturbed
C. disappointed
D. distrusted
49. A. thought
B. started
C. announced
D. suggested
50. A. imaging
B. preparing
C. examining
D. describing
