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  3. I’m seventeen. I had worked as a box boy at a supermarket in Leangles. People came to the counter and you put things in their ba

I’m seventeen. I had worked as a box boy at a supermarket in Leangles. People came to the counter and you put things in their ba

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问题     I’m seventeen. I had worked as a box boy at a supermarket in Leangles. People came to the counter and you put things in their bags for them and carried things to their cars. It was hard work.
    While working, you wear a plate with your name on it. I once met someone I knew years ago. I remembered his name and said, "Mr. Castle, how are you?" We talked about this and that. As he left, he said, "It was nice talking to you, Brett." I felt great, he remembered me. Then I looked down at my name plate. Oh no. He didn’t remember me at all, he just read the name plate. I wish I had put "Irving" down on my name plate. If he’d have said, "Oh yes, Irving, how could I forget you?" I’d have been ready for him. There’s nothing personal here.
    The manager and everyone else who were a step above the box boys often shouted orders. One of these was: you couldn’t accept tips (小费). Okay, I’m outside and put the bags in the car. For a lot of people, the natural reaction (反应) is to take a quarter and give it to me. I’d say, "I’m sorry, I can’t." They’d get angry. When you give someone a tip, you’re sort of being polite. You take a quarter and put it in their hand and you expect them to say, "Oh, thanks a lot." When you say, "I’m sorry, I can’t," they feel a little put down. They say, "No one will know." And they put it in your pocket. You say, "I really can’t." It gets to a point where you almost have to hurt a person physically (身体上的) to prevent him from tipping you. It was not in agreement with the store’s belief in being friendly. Accepting tips was a friendly thing and made the customer feel good. I just couldn’t understand the strangeness of some people’s ideas. One lady actually put it in my pocket, got in the car, and drove away. I would have had to throw the quarter at her or eaten it or something.
    I had decided that one year was enough. Some people needed the job to stay alive and fed. I guess I had the means and could afford to hate it and give it up.
The underlined phrase "put down" in the third paragraph probably means ______.
选项 A、misunderstood
B、defeated
C、hateful
D、hurt
答案D
解析 为猜测词义题。第三段中说到，当顾客接受服务后自然会给一点儿小费。You (指顾客)take a quarter and put it in their(指box boy)hand and you expect them to say，“Oh， thanks a lot．”When you say，“I’m sorry，I can’t，”they feel a little put down．“顾客期待你说感谢的话。而你说：‘对不起，我不能接受’时，他们就会觉得有点儿……”。misunderstood“被误解”； defeated“被击败”；hateful“充满憎恨的”；hurt“感情受到伤害的”，此项最符合上下文提供的语言情景。
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