阅读下面短文,从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Many years ago, Dad worked as a farmhand (农场工人). At that time, he had a horse. Every Saturday he __31    to the town after dinner and spent a few hours on social   32   with other farmhands, such as drinking, chatting, and playing cards in the café. On Saturday evenings, the café was   33   because many farmhands were there. Before midnight Dad returned home on his horse, quite satisfied with his   34  . In his words, he   35   thought of changing his job.

At the age of 31, Dad married my mother who was a schoolteacher. In the following spring I came   36   into the world. Life became hard, so my mother felt   37  . She told Dad that they must make a   38  .

My mother had   39   of how some famous persons, especially Thomas Edison who was born in a poor family, fought against fate and achieved greatness and   40  . And she   41   that I would some day become a great leader   42   men or cities and Dad should be a successful businessman. So she   43   Dad to give up his job as a farmhand, sell his horse and   44   a small business of his own. And I went to high school and college. She even sent me abroad for   45   education when I graduated from college. Under the drive of my mother’s hope, Dad and I   46   what we have today. Dad runs a big international   47   and I am a successful lawyer   48   great fame in my country,   49   not a leader as my mother expected.

Dad said, without my mother, we wouldn’t be what we are today; at least, he would remain a farmhand.   50   he got a lesson of life —sometimes we really need drive from outside.

A.rode                 B.walked            C.ran                       D.drove

A.conversations    B.games              C.relationships      D.activities

A.cold              B.crowded       C.quiet                   D.dirty

A.horse               B.entertainment  C.life                        D.beer

A.often             B.ever             C.never                     D.sometimes

A.laughing        B.singing            C.sleeping                  D.crying

A.unimportant     B.busy                C.unsatisfied            D.tired

A.living            B.change             C.decision                  D.house

A.dreamed            B.heard               C.thought                   D.spoken

A.honesty              B.money             C.fame                      D.energy

A.cared                  B.knew               C.forgot                     D.hoped

A.training              B.ruling             C.helping                  D.protecting

A.warned            B.wanted            C.allowed                  D.persuaded

A.start                  B.find                 C.design                    D.sell

A.farther               B.higher             C.easier                         D.closer

A.showed              B.kept                C.lost                       D.achieved

A.company           B.school             C.farm                    D.café

A.suffering            B.sharing            C.enjoying                D.following

A.though              B.if                    C.and                     D.since

A.So                     B.However          C.Or                      D.Because

High school students need “cool” jobs in summer holidays. Working at popular retail chains(零售连锁店) and ice-cream shops are good choices. The U.S. Department of Labor(美国劳工部) says that about two-thirds of the teenager workers are in fast food business. 1/5 of cooks and food workers are between 16 and 19 years old and 2/5 of food workers are part-time workers.
If you think taking a part-time job is easier, you are wrong. For young people, whatever you do, do your jobs well. Because a good work record will be useful for higher-paid jobs in the future. Let’s share my story.
Unless with my family members, I would go to eat fast food. That doesn’t mean I don’t like working in a fast food restaurant. My first part-time job, at age 16, was at the McDonald’s in Bloomington, Indiana. It was very hard work. Especially on Indiana University football weekends, we had no time to rest, but we still had a lot of fun. Finally I got a higher-paid job.
A future manager believes that difficult work encourages success. The growing U.S. population will bring more restaurants. While many people can’t deal with the pressure(压力) to fill orders quickly, the people who really do a great job will get plenty of rewards in the workplace.
【小题1】According to the U.S. Department of Labor, ______.

A.more than half of teenager workers are in fast food business
B.teenagers in America like to work in a fast food restaurant
C.teenagers like to take a part-time job in summer holidays
D.almost all teenagers are interested in fast food
【小题2】The author uses his own story mainly to tell us that ______.
A.he never liked fast food and would never eat it
B.he didn’t like working in a fast food restaurant at all
C.he did a great job, which enabled him to find a better one
D.he never went to the fast food restaurant with his family
【小题3】The underlined phrase “A future manager” in Paragraph 4 means the person who ______.
A.will become a manager in the futureB.wants to be a manager in the future
C.doesn’t like his job at presentD.worries about his future
【小题4】From the last paragraph, we can learn that ______.
A.a manager will do less work and get more money
B.not all the people are suitable for the job in fast food business
C.a hardworking waiter has few chances to be a manager
D.the growing U.S. population can bring higher-paid jobs

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 days.   5.   . 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.This brought a lot of smiles and happiness to the family.

E.Every day we gave her some pocket money.

F.We visited the family once and one thing made us greatly surprised.

G.You would be surprised to know that this poor family lived in just two rooms!

 

High school students need “cool” jobs in summer holidays. Working at popular retail chains(零售连锁店) and ice-cream shops are good choices. The U.S. Department of Labor(美国劳工部) says that about two-thirds of the teenager workers are in fast food business. 1/5 of cooks and food workers are between 16 and 19 years old and 2/5 of food workers are part-time workers.

If you think taking a part-time job is easier, you are wrong. For young people, whatever you do, do your jobs well. Because a good work record will be useful for higher-paid jobs in the future. Let’s share my story.

Unless with my family members, I would go to eat fast food. That doesn’t mean I don’t like working in a fast food restaurant. My first part-time job, at age 16, was at the McDonald’s in Bloomington, Indiana. It was very hard work. Especially on Indiana University football weekends, we had no time to rest, but we still had a lot of fun. Finally I got a higher-paid job.

A future manager believes that difficult work encourages success. The growing U.S. population will bring more restaurants. While many people can’t deal with the pressure(压力) to fill orders quickly, the people who really do a great job will get plenty of rewards in the workplace.

1.According to the U.S. Department of Labor, ______.

A.more than half of teenager workers are in fast food business

B.teenagers in America like to work in a fast food restaurant

C.teenagers like to take a part-time job in summer holidays

D.almost all teenagers are interested in fast food

2.The author uses his own story mainly to tell us that ______.

A.he never liked fast food and would never eat it

B.he didn’t like working in a fast food restaurant at all

C.he did a great job, which enabled him to find a better one

D.he never went to the fast food restaurant with his family

3.The underlined phrase “A future manager” in Paragraph 4 means the person who ______.

A.will become a manager in the future         B.wants to be a manager in the future

C.doesn’t like his job at present             D.worries about his future

4.From the last paragraph, we can learn that ______.

A.a manager will do less work and get more money

B.not all the people are suitable for the job in fast food business

C.a hardworking waiter has few chances to be a manager

D.the growing U.S. population can bring higher-paid jobs

 

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