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【题目】I am 26. I’m clear that I’m never going to catch up with Mother Teresa. But I want to do something to help people every single day like her.

Everybody thinks we just serve food and soda. The safety training is serious and stressful. Caring for 49 people in a business class in 90 minutes is not easy. I had a roommate who was a waitress; she just left a candle and a table cloth burning, and I used a fire extinguisher (灭火器) to put out the fire. If something goes bad at her job, she calls the police. But if something happens up in the air, it’s up to us.

I’m single and have no kids. I’ve flown every Christmas since 1995. If I fly, someone else can be with their kids. Christmas in an airport can be depressing, but it’s the little things that make a difference.

________It’s hard to put on a smile and just pretend everything is great when it isn’t. I’ve seen co-workers lose a family member the day before a trip and just pull themselves together (take control of their feelings and believe in a calm way). At the end of a 14-hour flight, it’s like, “It was really nice to help you, but I’m ready for you to get off the plane.” Those last 15 minutes can be the longest 15 minutes of your life. You can’t wait to turn off the flight attendant’s voice and get something to eat without anyone saying “Excuse me.”

Sometimes I go all day and never hear a “please” or a “thank you.” When you say thank you, it’s huge. It makes us feel like you actually see us as fellow humans. We’re up there together at a height of 30,000 feet, enjoying the miracle (奇迹) of the modern flight.

1What’s the author’s attitude towards Mother Teresa?

A. Grateful B. Fearful C. Doubtful D. Admiring

2How did the author like her roommate’s job?

A. It was the same as hers B. It was more interesting than hers

C. It was easier than hers D. It was more serious than hers

3Why does the author fly every Christmas?

A. Because she has nowhere to go.

B. Because she’s trying to be a helpful co-worker.

C. Because she owes her co-workers some favors.

D. Because she’d like to earn more money.

4What does the author imply by saying the underlined sentence “We’re not robots”?

A. Flight attendants are not stronger than robots.

B. Flight attendants also experience emotions.

C. Flight attendants get tired while robots don’t.

D. Flight attendants need to rest now and then.

【答案】

1D

2C

3B

4B

【解析】试题分析: 本文是一篇记叙文,作者作为一名空姐热爱着她的本职工作,但同时也讲述了空姐工作的艰辛和不容易,也表达了作者希望得到大家的理解和尊重。

1C 细节理解题。根据第一段提到I’m clear that I’m never going to catch up with Mother Teresa. But I want to do something to help people every single day like her(我永远赶不上特雷莎修女,但我希望能像她一样,做点什么来帮助人们)可推知,作者对特雷莎修女是钦佩赞赏的,故选C项。

2C 推理判断题。根据第二段提到Caring for 49 people in a business class in 90 minutes is not easy.(在九十分钟的飞行中照顾商务舱中的四十九人并不容易)和 If something goes bad at her job, she calls the police. But if something happens up in the air, it’s up to us(如果她的工作中有不好的事情发生,她可以打电话叫警察,但如果飞行中有突发事件,那只能靠我们自己),推断室友工作比我的容易,故选C项。

3B 推理判断题。根据第三段提到If I fly, someone else can be with their kids.可知,如果作者去上班,别人就可以与孩子一起过圣诞节,故作者是个乐于助人的人,故选B项。

4B 推理判断题。根据第四段提到It’s hard to put on a smile and just pretend everything is great when it isn’t(事情不顺利时假装一切都好,还要面带微笑是不容易的),后面讲述一个同事起飞前失去亲人,飞行中仍然要控制感情去工作,推知这句话的意思是我们不是机器人,我们也有感情的,故选B项。

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“We show that Easterners and Westerners look at different face features to read facial expressions,” Jack said. “Westerners look at the eyes and the mouth in equal measure, whereas Easterners favor the eyes and neglect (忽略) the mouth.”

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【1】The discovery shows that Westerners_________.

A. consider facial expressions universally reliable

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D. have more difficulty in recognizing facial expressions

【2】 What does the underlined word “they” in Paragraph 6 refer to?

A. The participants in the study.

B. The researchers of the study.

C. The errors made during the study.

D. The data collected from the study.

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D. read facial expressions more correctly

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