Passage 3
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, I 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 me back with his finger 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 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 graduated 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.
The author was disappointed to find that ________.
文章第一段提到一个人的职业可以用来评判其是否聪明，紧接着又提到“I was disappointed to see that it also decides how I’m treated as a person.”。由此可知，作者发现一个人的职业也决定了其会受到别人怎 样的对待，对此，她感到沮丧。故选C。
What does the author intend to say by the example in the second paragraph?
文章第二段第三句提到“I had customers say and do things to me I suspect they’d never say or do to their most casual acquaintances.”。那些顾客对作为侍者的我说的话做的事情是绝对不会同普通朋友说或做 的。由此可以看出，一些顾客一点都不尊重服务他们的人。故选A。
How did the author feel when waiting tables at the age of 19?
文章第三段第二句提到“But at 19 years old, I believed I deserved inferior treatment from professional adults.”。由此可知，当时19岁的作者认为自己就应该受到成年人的低级待遇。故选D。
What does the author imply by saying “…many of my customers didn’t get the difference between server and servant” (Para.7)?
句意：很多顾客分不清侍者和仆人之间的区别。此处是说在服务业工作的侍者不应当被当作仆人 对待。故选B。
The author says she’ll one day take her clients to dinner in order to ________.
文章最后一段提到“...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.”。对那些有求于自己的人，作者首先会带他们去吃饭，看看他们会如何对待服务他们的人。从中可 看出，作者将他们带去吃饭的真正意图是了解他们的为人。故选A。