题目内容
The tables in the restaurant are so close together that there's hardly any room to move ________ them．
- A.among
- B.between
- C.in the middle of
- D.at the center of
应用题天天练四川大学出版社系列答案After graduation I returned home to my small town in Indiana. I didn’t have a job yet. Mr. Hobbs, a friend of my father’s, owned a small shirt factory in town. Within the past five years it had grown from twenty to eighty workers. Mr. Hobbs was worried that his plant was getting too big and inefficient, so he asked me to come in on a short-term basis as a consultant.
I went to the plant and spent about a week looking around and making notes. I was really a mazed at what I saw.
Most curious of all, there was no quality control at all. No one inspected the final product of the factory. As a result some of the shirts that were put in boxes for shipment were missing one or two buttons, the collar, and even a sleeve sometimes!
The working conditions were poor. The tables where the workers sat were very high and uncomfortable. Except for a half hour at lunchtime, there were no breaks in the day to relieve the boring work. There was no music. The walls of the workrooms were a dull gray color. I was amazed that the workers hadn’t gone on strike.
Furthermore, the work flow was irregular. There was one especially absent-minded young man in the assembly（组装）line who sewed on buttons. After a while I recognized him as "Big Jim", who used to sit behind me in math class in high school. He was very slow and all the shifts were held up at his position. Workers beyond him in line on his shift had to wait with nothing to do; therefore, a great deal of time and efficiency were lost as Big Jim daydreamed while he worked. All week I wondered why he wasn’t fired.
After I made observations for a week, Mr. Hobbs asked me for an oral report of my findings.
1.The shirts from Mr. Hobbs’ factory can be described as ____.
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A．of low quality |
B．of high quality |
C．fashionable |
D．unfashionable |
2.Why did Mr. Hobbs ask the writer to the factory?
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A．The factory was too big. |
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B．The factory was not producing fast enough. |
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C．The factory was not big enough. |
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D．The writer was a college graduate. |
3.Which is not likely to happen in the factory?
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A．The workers will have more rest in the day. |
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B．Someone will examine the final product. |
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C．New machines will be bought. |
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D．The factory will be repainted. |
4.Big Jim may get fired mainly because ____.
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A．he was slow |
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B．he wasted much time |
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C．he was absent-minded |
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D．the work flow was irregular |
Being the head of a high school for many years, I grew tired of budget meetings, fundingcuts, and many other administrative chores and started to dream of retirement．Sitting in trafficon a weekday morning, I would find my mind wandering．I would imagine spending time withmy grandchildren, quiet evenings with my wife, traveling, or rediscovering some great books．Itold myself that I wouldn't sign myself up for any committees, any classes, or anythingrequiring a schedule．
My first day of retirement came at last! I cooked a great breakfast for my wife and me,leisurely read the paper, cleaned a bit of the house, and wrote a few letters to friends．On thesecond day, I cooked breakfast, read the paper …On the third day, ...This is retirement? Itried to tell myself that it was just the transition, that those golden moments were right roundthe corner, and that I would enjoy them soon enough．But something was missing．
A former colleague asked a favor．A group of students was going to Jamaica to work withchildren in the poorest neighbourhood．Would I interrupt my newfound "happiness" and returnto the students, just this once? One trip．That's all．My bags were packed and by the door．
The trip was very inspiring．I was moved not only by the poverty I saw but also by thesense of responsibility of the young people on the trip．When I returned home, I offered to workone day a week with a local youth organization．The experience was so positive that I was soonvolunteering nearly full-time, working with students across North America to assist them intheir voluntary work．
Now，it seems, the tables have turned ．Some days I am the teacher, other days I am thestudent．These young people have reawakened my commitment to social justice issues bychallenging me to learn more about the situation in the world today, where people are still poorand suffer because of greed, corruption and war．Most importantly, they have given me theopportunity to continue to participate in helping to find solutions．In return, I help them do theircharitable projects overseas．I've gone from running one school to helping oversee theconstruction of schools in twenty-one countries!
1.What did the writer expect to do after he retired?
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A．To stay away from busy schedules． |
B．To write some great books． |
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C．To do some voluntary work． |
D．To plan for his future． |
2.Why did the writer decide to go to Jamaica?
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A．He missed his students in that country． |
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B．He couldn't reflise his colleague's favor． |
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C．He was concerned about the people there． |
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D．He was not satisfied with his retired life． |
3.The underlined part "the tables have turned" （Paragraph 5 ） means that thewriter ．
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A．improved the situation in his school |
B．felt happy to work with students again |
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C．became a learner rather than a teacher |
D．changed his attitude toward his retired life |
4.What does the writer think of his retired life now?
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A．Disappointing． |
B．Troublesome． |
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C．Promising． |
D．Meaningful． |