Question

My First Job

I was six when I joined my father and two elder brothers at sunrise in the field

s of Eufaula Okla.__36  the time I was eight I was helping Dad fix up old furniture.He gave me a cent for every nail I___37  out of old boards.I got my first__38   job,at JM's Restaurant in town,when I was 12.My main responsibilities(職責(zé))were__39       tables and washing dishes, __40   sometimes I helped cook.Every day after school I would__41   to JM's and work until ten.Even on Saturdays I_  42    from two until eleven.At that age it was difficult going to work and__43   my friends run off to swim or play.I didn't necessarily like work,but I loved what working__44   me to have.Because of my___45   I was always the one buying when my friends and I went to the local Tastee Freez.This made me__46  .

    Word that I was trustworthy and hard-working__47  around town.A local clothing store offered me credit(賒賬)__48  I was only in seventh grade.I immediately__49   a $68 sports coat and a $22 pair of shoes.I was___50  only 65 cents an hour,and I already owed the storekeeper$90!So I learned_ 51  the danger of easy credit.I paid it__52  as soon as I could.

My first job taught me self?control,responsibility and brought me a__53 of personal satisfaction few of my friends had experienced.As my father, __54   worked three jobs,once told me,“If you__55 sacrifice(奉獻(xiàn))and  responsibility,there are not many things in life you can't have.”How right he was.

36.A.Before        B. Within        C. From          D. By

37.A.pulled        B. put           C. picked        D. pressed

38.A.usual         B. real          C. main          D. particular

39.A.sweeping      B. packing       C. clearing      D. emptying

40.A.or            B. so            C. but           D. even

41.A.head          B. turn          C. change        D. move

42.A.studied       B. worked        C. played        D. slept

43.A.helping       B. having        C. watching      D. letting

44.A.asked         B. told          C. promised      D. allowed

45.A.study         B. power         C. age           D. job

46.A.proud         B. friendly      C. lucky         D. hopeful

47.A.ran           B. got           C. flew          D. carried

48.A.although      B. while         C. if            D. since

49.A.sold          B. borrowed      C. charged       D. wore

50.A.keeping       B. making        C. paying        D. taking

51.A.gradually     B. greatly       C. hardly        D. early

52.A.out           B. over          C. away          D. off

53.A.point         B. level         C. part          D. sign

54.A.he            B. that          C. who           D. whoever

55.A.understand    B. demand        C. offer         D. fear

Answer 1

36---55    DABCC   ABCDD   ABACB   DDBCA  

解析:

36.本段敘述作者干活的經(jīng)歷始于幼年。第一句說六歲即和父兄一起干活。接下來這句話依然表明作者很早開始的工作經(jīng)歷。用by表示不遲于……。答案為D。

37.pull表示“拉，拔”，后面有提示信息out of，說明他的工作是把釘子從舊木板中拔出來。B項(xiàng)put“放”；C項(xiàng)picked“撿”；D項(xiàng)pressed“按、壓”均不符合題意。答案為A。

38.第一段敘述的作者幫助家里干活都不是真正意義上的“工作”，而本段說的at JM's Restaurant所做的才是他頭一個(gè)“真正的”工作。答案為B。

39.clearing tables“收拾桌子”，與washing dishes并列的活兒應(yīng)該是抹桌子。B項(xiàng)pick“打包”；D項(xiàng)empty“使……空……”顯然不可能。A項(xiàng)sweep意思是清掃，顯然不合適。答案為C。

40.前一句中main這個(gè)詞是一個(gè)提示。作者的主要任務(wù)是打雜兒，但有時(shí)也幫廚。答案為C。

41.head to意思是朝某處去，根據(jù)句意作者每天放學(xué)后就去JM's 工作到10點(diǎn)。而turn to 轉(zhuǎn)向；change to 轉(zhuǎn)而；move to 遷至，都與句意不符。答案為A。

42.本段敘述作者對工作的感受。只有work   與本段主旨有關(guān)。Even這個(gè)詞也起到了提示作用。不僅every day，而且on Saturdays都要工作。答案為B。

43.考慮一下當(dāng)時(shí)作者的心情。At that age,it was difficult...在那個(gè)還是孩子的年齡，這是很難做到的。觀察幾個(gè)選項(xiàng)，watch最符合作者當(dāng)時(shí)的心態(tài)，即眼睜睜地看著別的孩子

去玩，而自己卻要工作。答案為C。

44.working allowed…表示“工作允許……”A項(xiàng)“要求，請求”；B項(xiàng)“告訴”；C項(xiàng)“答應(yīng)，許諾”均不符合。答案為D。

45.因?yàn)樵撈�一直在談�(wù)摴ぷ鳎�故�?yīng)選D。A項(xiàng)study“學(xué)習(xí)”；B項(xiàng)power“力量”；C項(xiàng)age“年齡”均與文章主旨不符。 

46.proud表示“感到自豪的，驕傲的”，從所舉事例可以看出是工作允許“我”擁有的，即和朋友出去時(shí)由“我”付賬，并因此感到驕傲。答案為A。 

47.本段敘述勤奮的工作為作者帶來良好的聲譽(yù)。小鎮(zhèn)上到處傳揚(yáng)著對作者的贊譽(yù)。主語word意思是消息。get around是固定搭配，指消息的傳播。答案為B。

48.四個(gè)選項(xiàng)都是連詞。下一句I was only in seventh grade 中only一詞提示為轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系。雖然作者才七年級，但當(dāng)?shù)匾患曳�裝店已同意讓他賒賬。答案為A。

49.用charged表示記賬，這個(gè)動(dòng)作是在offered me credit之后立即做的。答案為C。

50.這是一個(gè)并列句，強(qiáng)調(diào)掙得少，欠的多。掙錢是make money。答案為B。

51.early在此表年齡小。作者在年齡很小時(shí)就被允許賒賬，而且已經(jīng)賒了90美元的賬，而他每小時(shí)的工資只有65美分，所以他在年齡很小時(shí)就懂得了賒賬的危險(xiǎn)性。A項(xiàng)gradually“逐漸的”；B項(xiàng)greatly“巨大的”；C項(xiàng)hardly“幾乎不”均不合題意。答案為D。

52.pay off是固定搭配，意思是還清債務(wù)。文章通篇講的是作者幼年工作的經(jīng)歷。因此作者早早便懂得了賒賬的危險(xiǎn)，只要一有能力，便還清了。答案為D。

53.level表示程度。工作為作者帶來了一種自我滿足感，這是他的朋友們很少體驗(yàn)到的。point一點(diǎn)；part部分；sign 跡象，均不合題意。答案為B。

54.定語從句修飾my father，作主語，指人，排除A、D。有逗號隔開，是非限制性定語從句，排除B。答案為C。

55.understand“懂得”；demand“需要”；offer“提供”；fear“畏懼”。根據(jù)句意排除B、D。offer responsibility不成立，答案為A。