单选题 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, 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're never say or do to their most casual acquaintances. One night a man talking on his cell phone waved me away, then beckoned(示意) me back with his finger a 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(勤杂工) 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 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 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 other's needs. Still, it seemed that many of my customers didn't get the difference between server and servant.
I'm now applying to graduate school, which means somebody 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.

单选题 The author was disappointed to find that______.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】根据题干中的信息词disappointed ，可以把答题线索定位到第一段的最后一句。第一段的最后一句说“到那时，到最近我才失望地发现：我的工作还决定了人们会如何对待我这个人”，这与选项C的内容完全吻合，所以本题选C。选项A是坐着早就明白的东西，并不是后来才失望地发现的。选项B在文中没有提及，而且很明显使错误的。选项D有一点迷惑性，但是表述得不够恰当，同时也有点以偏概全。

单选题 What does the author intend to say by the example in the second paragraph?______

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】根据题干的信息定位至文章第二段的最后一句。作者在第二段的最后一句举了一个例子，说有个顾客先挥手让她走开，后来又用手指招呼她过去，还怪她刚才没让他点餐。从“呼之即来，挥之即去”以及“颠倒是非”的例子中我们可以指出，顾客对待服务员的态度很差。选项A说“有些客人对服务员不够尊重”，所以本题选A。选项B在讨论打电话对人的影响，属于严重偏离主题，可以请以排除。选项C以女服务员为讨论对象，但是本文并没有提到人们将女服务员当做泛泛之交，也可以请以排除。选项D有点迷惑性，到那时作为一个观点来说，还不具有概括性和普遍意义。

单选题 How did the author feel when waiting tables at the age of 19?______

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】根据题干中的信息词 at the age of 19,将答题线索定位到第三段的第二句。第三段的第二句提到：“……我理所应当地认为那些职场中的大人可以不用等地对待我。”由此可知，她当时对别人把她当勤杂工使唤这件事并不介意。这与选项D的内容是一致的。所以选D。选项A、B、C表述的都是负面情绪，如觉得“不公平”、“受伤害”、“尴尬”等，这与作者当时的感受都是相悖的，故排除。

单选题 What does the author imply by saying “…many of my customers didn't get the difference between server and servant” ( Para. 7)?______

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】根据题干中给出的定位信息可以直接回到原文寻找答案。作者说：“然而，好像我的许多顾客都不明白服务员和仆人之间的差别。”作者可以强调了差别，就是为了在“服务员”和“仆人”之间划一条清晰的界线，也是为了让人们搞清楚：不应该把“服务员”当作“仆人”来使唤。所以，本题要选B。选项A说从事服务业的人注定（destined to）会被看不起，选项C说从事服务业的人不得不（have to）忍受别人的粗暴对待，这两项显然与文章的立意是相悖的。选项D说大多数客人把“仆人”看做“服务员”，与文章中提到的问题本末倒置，故也排除。

单选题 The author says she'll one day take her clients to dinner in order to______.

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】根据题干中的信息词take ……to dinner，可以把答题线索定位到文章的最后一段。作者说：“我想我会先带他们去吃一顿饭，然后看看他们是如何对待那些以服务他人为生的服务员的。”因为作者曾经当过服务员，受过一些她认为不应该忍受的委屈，而且她知道人们会“看人下菜碟”，对不同的人采用的态度。作者从心里厌恶这样的人和这样的行为，她这样做的目的就是要看看“他们是什么样的人”，所以本题选A。选项B是错的，如果要体验不一定要带上他人。选项C、D也是错误的，因为它们与作者“要平等对待服务人员”的观点是相违背的。