My father woke me up early one summer morning when I was fourteen and said," Get up. You're going with me to cut the grass in the garden."

The idea that my father thought I was old enough to help him in his business(生意) made me feel proud and excited. From sunrise to sunset, my father, my younger brother and I worked in the large garden, in a rich part of Atlanta, Georgia. By the end of the day I was too tired to say a word but I felt good. This was my first time to help my father in his business. I got for my work that day.

One day, my father found some leaves I had missed and pulled me aside. "Take away these leaves!" said seriously, "and don't make me have to tell you to do it again." The message was clear. Today I value it, which my father gave to me that day. It will always be helpful to impress (给……留下印象)the person you are working for.

After two years, I left home and went to another town to start my new life .Luckily for me, I quickly found a job to wash dishes in a restaurant. Every morning, I set off early, always with the same strong wish I got long long ago. I felt like I was old enough to be independent and make a living by myself.

In fact, washing dishes was not exciting, but that didn't matter. It taught me that any job was a good job and whatever I got from the job was more than had before. I could learn something meaningful from every job and it better and better .One day, a newspaper reporter once asked me how someone could possibly live with hard work and low pay. "If you only think about hard work and money, ”, I answered.

In every job, from cutting the grass to washing dishes, I've learned much. I've learned something that helps me in my next job.

1.The writer felt proud to cut the grass because ______.

A.he was not old enough to help his family

B.he thought he became important to his father's business

C.he could cut the grass without others' help

D.he could get $ 6that day by cutting grass

2.Which of the following sentences can be put in the ?

A.you will stay away from your family

B.you will make a lot of money

C.you won't any better than you're doing

D.you will learn a lot from your job

3.If we put the passage into three parts, which of the following is the best?

(①=Para.1 ②=Para.2 ③=Para.3 ④=Para.4 ⑤=Para.5 ⑥=Para.6)

A.①②③; ④⑤; ⑥ B.①; ②③④⑤; ⑥

C.①②; ③④; ⑤⑥ D.①②; ③④⑤; ⑥

4.We can learn from the passage that ______.

A.parents are the best teachers in our life

B.work hard and then you can succeed

C.we should help our parents with housework

D.we should keep learning from every job

In Canada and the United States, there is a new group of children called "satellite kids", who live in one place but whose parents live in another place. 1.

Asians are immigrating (移民) to Canada and the United States in larger numbers than ever before. Most Asians immigrate because they believe that they can give their children a better education in the West. In Asia, especially in China, Japan and Korea, it is difficult to go to university. 2. However, in Canada and the United States, it is easy to go to university. As a result, Asian parents decide to leave their countries so that their children can go to university.

The problem is that when Asians arrive, they discover finding a job and making money are more difficult in the West than in the East. 3. Because of these two reasons, most Asian parents decide to go back to work while their children study in the West. 4. Their parents don't realize how sad it is to be a "satellite kid".

Studies have shown being a "satellite kid" means growing up in a country where you know you are different and where you can't make friends because you do not speak English well. What's more, it means growing up lonely, because your parents are elsewhere. What will these "satellite kids" probably say to their parents? 5.

A.Students must first pass the strict national examination.

B.Therefore, these children become "satellite kids".

C.It's better to have parents around than to have a university education.

D.Here is some information about them.

E.Also, they feel lonely and miss their homes.

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