Question

Grace was fourteen years old and was in Grade Eight. She had a part-time job, so she had to get up at five o’clock. She was a newspaper girl.
Each morning, Grace left the house at 5:15. She always rode a bike to the corner to carry the newspapers.
In winter it was still dark when she got up, but during the rest of the year it was bright. Grace had to send newspapers to people’s houses in all kinds of weather. She tried to put each paper in the box where it would be kept safe from wind, rain or snow. Her customers thought she did a good job. Sometimes they gave her tips(小费).
Grace made about $70 each month and she was saving some of the money to go to college. She spent the rest on tapes and clothes. Once a month she got the money from her customers together. Since many of them worked during the day, Grace had to get the money at night. Sometimes when Grace was ill, her elder brother had to send the newspapers and Grace’s father had to help her.
Grace had 70 customers now, but she hoped to get more soon. Some day, if she got more customers, perhaps Grace could win a prize(奖赏) for being a very good newspaper girl. She wanted to win a visit to Europe, but she would be happy if she won a new bike.
根据短文内容，完成下列各题。

1. 1.
   What was Grace’s part-time job?
   _______________________________________________________________________
2. 2.
   There is a word “customers” in the third paragraph. Please translate it into Chinese. _____
3. 3.
   Why did Grace choose a part-time job?
   ________________________________________________________________________
4. 4.
   From the story, we know customers liked ____ people to work for them. A.cleverB.hard-workingC.youngD.poor
5. 5.
   What do you think of Grace?
   ________________________________________________________________________

Answer 1

1. Her part-time job was to send the newspapers to the houses of her customers
2. 顾客
3. Because she wanted to save some money to go to college
4. B
5. She is a good, hard-studying and hard-working girl
1.根据第一段She was a newspaper girl和第三段Grace had to send newspapers to people’s houses可知她的兼职工作是送报纸，
2.考查对词义的理解，根据语境，customers是顾客的意思
3.根据短文的第四段首句可知，她从事兼职工作是为了挣钱上大学。
4.考查对短文的整体理解，从整个段意可知她很勤劳，人们很喜欢她，故选B
5.考查你对短文中主人公的评价，由全文可知她是一个学习刻苦，工作勤奋的女孩。