题目内容
There were a family of nine: the father, the mother, two boys and five girls. The father worked as a kitchen cleaner at a local school and the rest of the family did the same job-----clean people’s yards. 1.
Then one day, the father lost his job at the school. He asked me if I could allow him to clean my yard. 2. He and his family came to our house three times a week to clean the yard.
One Sunday morning, the father suffered a stroke and died in the hospital two days later. The poor family had lost their main bread-winner. The eldest boy had just completed high school and was getting ready to go to college. 3.
For the following years, Andrew, my husband and I did all our best to help make sure the family got their education, and provided some daily needs, like clothes.
4. . They didn’t have a toilet in their home! Imagine! A mother, a fifteen-year-old girl, and four smaller children without a toilet or bathroom!
The next morning, my friend Peter came to my house. Then I told him I wanted to do something for the poor family. As a helpful man, he promised to offer some money. So together we built a bathroom and a toilet for this family in three days5. . And we felt happy, too.
A. Clearly, they lived a poor life.
B. The others were just little kids
C. Realizing his situation, I offered him the job at once.
D. You would be surprised to know that this poor family lived in just two rooms!
E. Every day we gave her some pocket money.
F.We visited the family once and one thing made us greatly surprised.
G. This brought a lot of smiles and happiness to the family.
1.A
2.C
3.B
4.F
5.G
【解析】
试题分析：本文讲述了一个穷苦的人家，使这一家子雪上加霜的是作为经济支柱的父亲去世了，但是这家人得到了主人公夫妇和朋友的救助，脸上有了久违的笑容。
1.从前面对家庭成员工作的描述得知这一家人的生活很清贫，选A。
2.这个家庭的父亲失业了，了解到这个情况，我同意提供给他为我家打扫庭院的工作，选C。
3.这里介绍了这个家庭的状况，大儿子高中刚刚毕业要上大学，接着要介绍其余的孩子们，选B。
4.从前文我们夫妇给予他们家的帮助和下一句的“想像一下”，得知我们夫妇很惊讶，选F。
5.我和朋友帮这家人修建了浴室和马桶，给这家人带来了欢乐，选G。
考点：任务型阅读。
