Question

My father was a foreman of a sugar-cane plantation(甘蔗種植園) in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. My first job was to drive the oxen that ploughed(耕) the cane fields. I would walk behind an ox(牛), guiding him with a broomstick. For $ 1 a day, I worked eight hours straight, with no food breaks.

It was very tedious work, but it prepared me for life and taught me many lasting lessons. Because the plantation owners were always watching us, I had to be on time every day and work as hard as I could. I’ve never been late for any job since. I also learned about being respectful and faithful to the people you work for. More important, I earned my pay; it never entered my mind to say I was sick just because I didn’t want to work.

I was only six years old, but I was doing a man’s job. Our family needed every dollar we could make because my father never earned more than $ 18 a week. Our home was a three-room wood shack with a dirty floor and no toilet. Nothing made me prouder than bringing home money to help my mother, father, two brothers and three sisters. This gave me self-esteem(自尊心), one of the most important things a person can have.

When I was seven, I got work at a golf course(高爾夫球場) near our house. My job was to stand down the fairway and spot the balls as they landed, so the golfers could find them. Losing a ball meant you were fired, so I never missed one. Some nights I would lie in bed and dreamt of making thousands of dollars by playing golf and being able to buy a bicycle.

The more I dreamed, the more I thought. Why not? I made my first golf club out of guava limb(番石榴樹枝) and a piece of pipe. Then I hammered an empty tin can into the shape of a ball. And finally I dug two small holes in the ground and hit the ball back and forth. I practiced with the same devotion and intensity. I learned working in the field — except now I was driving golf balls with club, not oxen with a broomstick.

1.The word “tedious” in Paragraph 2 most probably means _______.

A. easyB. boringC. interestingD. unusual

2.The writer learned that_______ from his first job.

A. he should work for those who he liked most

B. he should work longer than what he was expected

C. he should never fail to say hello to his owner

D. he should be respectful and faithful to the people he worked for

3._______ gave the writer self-esteem.

A. Having a family of eight people

B. Owning his own golf course

C. Bringing money back home to help the family

D. Helping his father with the work on the plantation

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.D

3.C

【解析】

試題分析：本文主要介紹父親是一名里約種植園的工頭。我的第一份工作是在甘蔗地里趕牛耕地。這工作需要一連干八個小時不能休息，一天也只有一美元的收入，雖然工作很乏味單調(diào)，但是我學會了為人生做準備：堅持、尊重人、待人誠懇和有自尊心。我只有六歲但卻干著成年男人的工作。七歲時我去了家附近的高爾夫球場做球童，由此產(chǎn)生了當成功的高爾夫球手的夢想。于是我拼命練習自己喜歡的高爾夫，終于我學會了在田野里工作。---現(xiàn)在握住的是高爾夫球桿而不是趕牛的掃帚柄。

1.根據(jù)上下文語境判斷，作者的工作是跟在耕牛后用掃帚把趕牛。應(yīng)該不累，但是持續(xù)時間長而且中途不能休息即使吃飯也不可以。因此可知這份工作很枯燥。故選B。

2.根據(jù)第二段中“I also learned about being respectful and faithful to the people you work for.”可知作者從他的第一份工作學會了對他的雇主要恭敬和誠實守信。故選D。

3.根據(jù)第三段中“Nothing made me prouder than bringing home money to help my mother, father, two brothers and three sisters.”可知把錢帶回家?guī)椭�家人給了作者自尊心。故選C。

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