Test 8
Section C
I was studying theater at Southern Methodist University in Dallas and feeling (36) ______ and uncertain about my future. Will I be able to support myself? I (37)______ . That summer, I decided to see if I could get out on my own.
Two girlfriends and I piled into a car and (38) ______ to Aspen, Colo. where I found a job as a maid at a (39) ______ hotel. I don't remember what I (40) ______ , but it was so little that I lived on spaghetti, brown rice and Kool-Aid.
I was at the hotel by six o'clock every morning to help with (41) ______ breakfast. When breakfast was finished, I cleaned the room where it was served and then the conference rooms and lobby rest rooms. I had never been in a men's room before, and I was always (42) ______ of someone walking in while I was on my (43) ______ scrubbing the floors and toilets.
(44) ___________________________________________________ ; it was my job to circulate through the room and replenish (补充) coffee and juice. But some people wanted me to do everything for them. I remember one man who kept ordering me to get his food and demanding things we did not serve. He was also very critical. (45) _________________________________________________________ . So I'd take a deep breath and somehow get what he wanted.
Still, I've never forgotten how it felt to be spoken to so rudely. Today, whenever I am in a cab or being waited on, I always try to be as considerate as possible. (46) __________________________________________________________________________ .
