It was another frustrating day. I came home from school, changed my clothes and got ready for work. I worked at a local restaurant in town.
I went to work feeling down. It's the same thing over and over again, dealing with customers who complain about their food-how the piece of pie that they are served is too big or too small. Three elderly ladies walked in and sat by the windows.
I was working since 5:00 pm. and we were quite busy. But these elderly women were watching me as I was working really hard to make sure every table was clean and ready for the next customers.
When they were finished with their meals, I took their plates back to the kitchen. They talked to me for a while about school, how I was doing, which grade I was in and what I planned to do in the future.
As they were leaving, they walked past me and one of them said to me in a confident and gentle voice, "You are going places." They left the restaurant and I was pretty much in awe. I had tears in my eyes, because they gave me a reason to believe in myself. They picked my spirits up from being down and out and gave me a reason to keep on working hard and to give it my all.
【语篇解读】 本文是一篇记叙文。作者厌倦了每天做同样的事情,所以心情沮丧,是三位老妇人的话鼓励了作者,使作者找回了自信并逐渐走向成功。
1.From the passage we learn that the author .
A.had a parttime job
B.worked in the restaurant all day
C.loved his job at first
D.did very well in his lessons
A [细节理解题。根据第一段和最后一段可知,作者是个学生,放学后在餐馆做兼职,其他三项在文中无依据,故选A。]
2.The underlined sentence "You are going places" in the last paragraph probably means .
A.you are on a trip
B.you should go to a better place
C.you'll be successful