【听听测测】Model Test 93

In the first ____of my college years, I was ____ to find a job I could enjoy and I was very ____ in being able

to work for a TV and radio company called Keith Fordyce. I worked in the company's _____ museum during

the day and was ______ as a barman in the evening.My first few days as a barman were a bit of a _____ It

really was not so easy as it looked. The very first _____ I tried to serve were a _____ general and his wife.

He _____ his drink first. ______, I could not understand what he said. three times he _____the name of the

drink before his wife explained slowly and _____ what he wanted. 

"A courversia , young man It's a congnic, there behind you". My face turned the same color as_____ but I

______to serve it in the right glass. 

"And a gin and tonic¹ for my wife", he shouted. I found the gin, but the tonic was ____ me. 

"Use the syphone", he shouted. pointing at the ______ bottle on the bar. 

I took it and as many a _____ has done, I put the handle into the glass and started_____the nozzle. Nothing

happened. ______ I reversed² the position and a powerful jet of tonic water ____ into the glass A mixture of

gin and tonic zoomed³ out of the glass, missing the general by ____, but hitting his wife between the eyes.

1 tonic   

n./adj.滋补品，补药，强身的，健体的

参考例句：

• It will be marketed as a tonic for the elderly.这将作为老年人滋补品在市场上销售。
• Sea air is Nature's best tonic for mind and body.海上的空气是大自然赋予的对人们身心的最佳补品。

2 reversed   

v.（使）反转( reverse的过去式和过去分词 )；（使）颠倒；（使）翻转；推翻adj.颠倒的

参考例句：

• The new president reversed many of the policies of his predecessor. 新任总统彻底改变了其前任的许多政策。
• The appeal court reversed the original verdict and set the prisoner free. 上诉法庭撤销了原判，把那个犯人释放了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 zoomed   

v.（飞机、汽车等）急速移动( zoom的过去式 )；（价格、费用等）急升，猛涨

参考例句：

• Traffic zoomed past us. 车辆从我们身边疾驰而过。
• Cars zoomed helter-skelter, honking belligerently. 大街上来往车辆穿梭不停，喇叭声刺耳。 来自《简明英汉词典》