Question

I got my first real job when I was ten.My dad,Benjamin,injured his back when working in a cardboard-box factory and was retrained as a hairstylist.He   1  space in a little strip mall and gave his shop the fancy   2   of Mr.Ben’s Coiffure.The owner of the shopping center gave Dad a on his rent for cleaning the parking lot three  4   a week,which meant getting up at 3 am.To  5    rubbish,Dad used a little machine that looked like a lawn mower.Mom and I  6   

garbage cans and picked up litter by hand.   7  took two to three hours to clean the lot.I’d  8

in the car on the way home.?

I did this for two years,  9  the lessons I learned there have lasted a lifetime.I  10 discipline and a strong work ethic,and learned at an early age the importance of   11  life’s competing interests —in my case,school, homework and a job.This really 12 during my senior year of high school,    13     I worked 40 hours a week flipping (翻动) burgers at a fast-?food joint while 14  a full load of college-prep courses.?

The hard work   15   off.I attended the US Military Academy and went on to  16    graduate degrees in law and business from Harvard. Later,I    17   a big Los Angeles law firm and was elected to the California State Assembly.In these   18   and in everything else I’ve done,I have never forgotten those nights in the parking lot.The    19   taught me that there is dignity in all work and that if people are working to   20   for themselves and their families,that is something we should honor. ?

1. A.bought           B.had          C.rented                         D.built?

2. A.sign               B.mark         C.name                   D.board?

3. A.discount         B.bill?        C.praise                  D.punishment?

4. A.days               B.hours         C.mornings             D.nights?

5. A.make up            B.fill up?    C.pick up                     D.take off?

6. A.emptied                 B.collected C.carried                   D.filled?

7. A.This                B.That       C.I                    D.It

8. A.cry                        B.laugh    C.complain               D.sleep?

9. A.though                  B.but       C.so                    D.then?

10. A.acquired              B.wanted        C.liked                   D.called?

11. A.gaining                B.balancing?C.avoiding            D.abandoning?

12. A.worked                B.did      C.happened                     D.helped?

13. A.then                    B.when     C.while                   D.as?

14. A.having                 B.joining    C.taking                 D.doing?

15. A.paid                    B.took      C.laid                     D.kicked?

16. A.ask                   B.seek     C.accept                     D.receive?

17. A.went                    B.joined     C.opened                 D.charged?

18. A.ways                   B.jobs      C.schools                D.firms?

19. A.lessons                 B.memory?C.experience                  D.teachers?

20. A.support                B.earn      C.give                           D.provide?

Answer 1

1-20 CCADC ADDBA BDBCA DBBCD

解析:

1. 答案    C?

解析    这是一篇夹叙夹议的文章。作者介绍了他第一次工作的经历给他以后的生活和工作带来了很大的影响。这里表示作者的父亲在一个商场“租”(rent)了个地方，这从第二段出现的“...gave Dad a  3  on his rent...”可知答 案为C项。其他几个选项不符合文意。

2. 答案     C?

解析    从下文中的“Mr.Ben’s Coiffure”可知这是理发店的名字，而不是标志或招牌，所以A、 B、D不对。

3. 答案    A?

3. 解析    从后面清理停车场可知，商场的主人应是为作者父亲的这一做法给他应付的租金“打折”，而不应是惩罚，所以D项不对；B、C含义

  不对。

4. 答案   D?解析   从下文中的“...which meant getting up at 3 am.”和最后一段的“...I have never forgotten those nights in the parking lot.”可判断出答案。

5. 答案    C?

解析    根据宾语rubbish及下文的“...picked up  litter by hand.”可知答案。其他选项与文意不符。?

6. 答案     A?

解析     他们是在清理垃圾，自然是把垃圾桶倒空 (empty)，所以A项正确，其他选项不合文意。

7.答案    D?

解析   这里用的是It takes (sb.) some time to do sth.这一固定句型。

8. 答案    D?

解析    从上文“...getting up at 3 am.”可知他们是夜间干活，所以干完活后作者应该是感到困，所以是在车里睡觉。短文中没有提到作者干活不高兴的事，所以A、C不对；B项不合文意。

9.答案    B?

解析    根据“I did this for two years...”和“...I learned there have lasted a

lifetime.”可判断用连词but。

10. 答案    A?

解析    这里表示作者获得了强烈的职业道德，而不是喜欢或者想要。acquire获得。

11. 答案     B?

解析    这里表示作者在小时候通过做这些活儿，了解到了平衡生活中各种利益的重要性，所以B项正确。

12. 答案    D?

解析   句意为：这种经历在我高中毕业那年对我起了帮助作用。work奏效，有效果。

13. 答案   B?

解析   由上文的“...during my senior year of high school...”可知用when。

14.答案    C?

解析     由下文的“...a full load of college-? prep courses.”可知用take,take...course意

为“参加……课程的学习”。

15. 答案    A?

解析    根据下文内容可知：努力的工作得到了回报。pay off得到回报；take off起飞；脱下；lay off下岗；kick off开球。

16. 答案    D?

解析   句意为：得到学位。accept指主观接受, 而receive指客观上收到、得到。

17. 答案    B?

解析   根据后文的“...a big Los Angeles law firm...”和上文的“...graduate degrees in

law and business from Harvard.”可知答案为B项。?

18.  答案    B?

解析    该空之前提到的都是作者所从事过的工作，所以B项正确。

19. 答案    C?

解析   根据上文的“...I have never forgotten those nights in the parking lot.”这是作者

的一种经历，所以选C项。

20. 答案     D?

解析    根据横线后的for，可判断出选provide,其他的选项不能和for连用。