山西榆社中学高二下期末考试英语试卷（带解析）_8

In my work there are a lot of business trips, and what I hate about my job is eating alone. It always makes me feel lonely to see others laughing and talking. So, it was a better choice for me to have room service.
 
However, after enjoying room service for days at a hotel in Houston, I needed to get out of my room. Though the restaurant opened at 7:00, I arrived at 6:30. The waiter at the front desk made a comment about my “being there really early”. I explained my dislike of eating alone in restaurants. He then seated me at a lovely table and asked me whether I would mind if he sat down with me for a while.
 
How delighted I was! He sat and chatted with me about his career dreams and the difficulty of being at work on nights, weekends and holidays. He said he hadn’t enough time to be with his family. After 20 minutes, he saw some customers at the front desk and excused himself. I noticed that he stopped in the kitchen for a moment before he went to the front desk.
 
Then one after another waiter came out of the kitchen and had a wonderful chat with me. That night, three other waiters, even the cook, had come out of the kitchen and sat with me!   About one hour later when I asked for my bill, all the people who had sat down with me came over in a big group to my table, and presented me with a red rose. And I was moved to tears! What had begun as a lonely night ended up as a beautiful experience.
 
【小题1】The author asked for room service because _______.A．he wanted to save time in this wayB．he didn’t like to eat with other people aroundC．he didn’t wanted to be recognized by the waitersD．seeing people laughing and talking made him feel lonely【小题2】How did the waiter feel when he saw the author come in at 6:30?A．SurprisedB．Pleased.C．Dissatisfied.D．Angry.【小题3】From the third paragraph, we can learn that the waiter at the front desk ______.A．knew how to attract more customers to his restaurantB．found it not easy to balance his work and his familyC．was getting tired of his present jobD．had never had such a chance to talk about his worries【小题4】The author wants to tell us that ______.A．people are actually all lonely in their own wayB．restaurants should put the need of customers firstC．the act of kindness by strangers can make you less lonelyD．restaurants are full of surprises for lonely people