My First Job

Jay Leno is a very famous TV host in NBC．He started his talk show titled The Jay Lena Show in September 2009．It was a very popular TV programm in America．Here is the story of his first job．

I gained a very strong work concept from my parents, both of whom lived through a hard period of time-the Great Depression           （大蕭條）．They couldn't ___36___ people who didn't work regularly．I once told my mom that Sylvester Stallone was getting $12 million for ten weeks of work．"What's he going to do the rest of the _37__?" she asked．

I took my first job at Wilmington Ford near my homerown of Andover, Massachusetts, when I was 16．I worked until five or six o'clock on school days and __38____ 12-hour days during the summer as a prepper（擦洗汽車的小工）．This meant washing and polishing the new cars, and making sure the paper floor mats were in __39__．Another responsibility was taking off the hubcaps (車輪轂蓋） at night, so they wouldn't get stolen, and    40   them the next day．This was    41    work because we had about seven acres of   42 One day, carrying an armful of hubcaps    43   a corner, I almost __44__ our new general manager．Scared, I dropped them all．He __45 me on the spot．

I was too ashamed to tell my parents．Every day for about two weeks, I stayed __46  until evening．Then I would go home and say I had a ．__47___ day at work．

Trying to make a last    48   ,  I wrote a letter to Henry Ford II and told him what happened．I said that we were a reliable Ford family and that when I was old enough, I was going to buy a Mustang． __49__ the owner of the dealership(經(jīng)營店） called．"I don't know who you know in Detroit．" he said．"but if you want your job back, you've  50 it.”

Later, during college, I wanted to work at a Roils-Royce dealership, but the owner said there were no openings．So 1 started washing cars there anyway．When the ___51__ noticed me, I said I was working until he _52__ me．He did．And the second day, I started to work there as a sales clerk．

It   53   persistence (堅(jiān)持） to succeed．Attitude    54_ matters．I have never thought I was better than anyone else, but I have always believed I couldn't be _ 55  ．

1.                A．see            B．know           C．understand    D．love

 

2.                A．day            B．month          C．week D．year

 

3.                A．put in          B．took up         C．gave out  D．stuck to

 

4.                A．place          B．need           C．shape    D．fashion

 

5.                A．changing        B．selling          C．replacing D．cleaning

 

6.                A．hard           B．normal         C．regular   D．plain

 

7.                A．mats           B．cars            C．a(chǎn)reas D．floors

 

8.                A．a(chǎn)t             B．in             C．beyond   D．a(chǎn)round

 

9.                A．broke into      B．looked across    C．crashed into   D．came across

 

10.               A．fired           B．left            C．punished  D．forgot

 

11.               A．calm           B．busy           C．still   D．a(chǎn)lone

 

12.               A．stressful        B．relaxing        C．bad  D．great

 

13.               A．effort          B．change         C．dialogue   D．decision

 

14.               A．Gradually       B．Eventually       C．Temporarily    D．Hopefully

 

15.               A．reached        B．passed         C．got   D．caught

 

16.               A．prepper        B．owner         C．clerk D．customer

 

17.               A．helped         B．tired           C．hired D．called

 

18.               A．makes         B．shows          C．carries    D．takes

 

19.               A．a(chǎn)lso           B．even           C．never D．ever

 

20.               A．followed        B．scolded        C．defeated  D．interrupted

 

 

【答案】

1.C

2.D

3.A

4.A

5.C

6.A

7.B

8.D

9.C

10.A

11.B

12.D

13.A

14.B

15.C

16.B

17.C

18.D

19.A

20.C  

【解析】

試題分析：文章講述的是NBC著名電視主持人Jay Leno第一次工作的故事，如何通過自己的堅(jiān)持獲得了工作獲得成功的。

1.考查動詞：A．see 看見B．know知道C．understand懂得D．love愛，他們不理解不去工作的人，選C

2.考查名詞：A．day白天B．month月C．week星期D．year年，從前面的ten weeks of work，可知媽媽問：他一年其余時間做什么？選D

3.考查詞組：A．put in放入B．took up 從事C．gave out散發(fā)D．stuck to堅(jiān)持，一天投入12小時做擦汽車的小時工。選A

4.考查名詞：A．place地方B．need 需要C．shape塑造D．fashion時尚，in place是詞組：在適當(dāng)?shù)奈恢�。選A

5.考查動詞：A．changing改變B．selling賣C．replacing代替，放回原處D．cleaning打掃，第二天把車輪轂蓋放回原處，選C

6.考查形容詞：A．hard困難B．normal正常C．regular 常規(guī)的D．plain普通的，從后面because…,可知是很難的工作。選A

7.考查名詞：A．mats墊子B．cars汽車C．a(chǎn)reas地區(qū)D．floors地板，這里指汽車多，選B

8.考查介詞：around a corner在拐角附近，選D

9.考查詞組：A．broke into闖入B．looked across看穿C．crashed into撞上D．came across遇上，從后面的scared，可知差點(diǎn)撞上經(jīng)理，選C

10.考查動詞：A．fired解雇B．left離開C．punished懲罰D．forgot忘記，他當(dāng)時就把握解雇了，選A

11.考查形容詞：A．calm冷靜的B．busy繁忙的，C．still靜止的，D．a(chǎn)lone孤單的，從前面的I was too ashamed to tell my parents．可知每天忙忙碌碌的，選B

12.考查形容詞：A．stressful有壓力的，B．relaxing令人放松的，C．bad壞的D．great好的，have a great time過的很愉快。選D

13.考查名詞：A．effort努力B．change 改變C．dialogue對話D．decision決定，為了做最后的努力，選A

14.考查副詞：A．Gradually逐漸地B．Eventually最后的C．Temporarily暫時的， D．Hopefully有希望的，最后，經(jīng)營店的店主打電話來。選B

15.考查動詞：A．reached到達(dá)B．passed通過C．got得到D．caught抓住，如果你想重新上班，你得到了。選C

16.考查名詞：A．prepper胡椒B．owner主人C．clerk職員D．customer顧客，上文提到the owner，選B

17.考查動詞：A．helped幫助B．tired使…疲勞C．hired雇用D．called打電話，我會一直工作到他雇傭我。選C

18.考查動詞：A．makes制作B．shows展示C．carries攜帶   D．takes帶走，需要如果要成功是需要堅(jiān)持的。選D

19.考查副詞：A．a(chǎn)lso也，B．even甚至C．never從不D．ever曾經(jīng)，態(tài)度也很重要，選A

20.考查動詞：A．followed跟隨B．scolded責(zé)備，C．defeated打敗， D．interrupted我相信自己不能被打敗。選C

考點(diǎn)：考查故事類短文

點(diǎn)評：文章通過上下文信息考查考生的綜合運(yùn)用英語的能力，滲透了情感教育，注重語篇的學(xué)習(xí)，考查考生駕馭語篇的能力，培養(yǎng)自己根據(jù)語篇綜合運(yùn)用英語的能力。對各種詞匯的考查也是重點(diǎn)。

 

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