网址：http://m.1010jiajiao.com/timu3_id_2382559[举报]
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"I don't have anyone to play with," said Bob. "I wish we had stayed in Salt
Lake City. I had friends there."
"You will soon make friends here," said his mother." Wait and see!"
Just then there was a tap on the door. Mrs Miller opened it.
There stood a woman with red hair. " Hello," she said. "I'm Mrs Carey.
I live next door."
" Come in," said Mrs Miller. " Bob and I are so glad you come."
"I come to ask for two eggs," said Mrs Carey. "I want to bake a cake."
"You may have the eggs," said Mrs Miller. " But do sit down. Let's have
coffee and talk a little."
That aftermoon there was another tap on the door. Mrs Miller opened it.
There stood a boy with red hair. "My name is Tom Carey," he said.
"My mother sends you this cake and these two eggs."
"Oh, thank you, Tom," said Mrs Miller. " Come in and meet my son Bob."
Tom and Bob were about the same age. Soon they were having cake and milk.
"Can you stay and play with me?" asked Bob. "Yes, I can stay an hour," said Tom.
"Then let's play a ball," said Bob. " My dog will want to get in the game, too."Tom
found it was fun to play with Trix. He had no dog of his own.
"I'm glad you live next door," said Bob." Now I have someone to play with."
"Mother said we would soon be good friends," answered Tom. "I'm glad
your mother needed two eggs." said Bob.
Tom laughed, " She didn't really need the eggs," he said. "She just wanted to make
friends with your mother!" Then Bob laughed, too." That's a funny way to make friends,"
he said. " But it's a nice way. It worked!"
B. To send a cake.
C. To play with Trix.
D. To make friends with Mrs Miller.
B. surprised
C. unhappy
D. worried
B. Bob's dog
C. Mrs Miller's daughter
D. Mrs Miller's son
B. to play with little dogs
C. to bake cakes
D. to make friends
B. a noise
C. a voice
D. a push
Peter was going to a new school. On the first day his mother said to him, "Peter, be modest at your
new school. Don't say we are rich." And Peter said, "Yes, Mommy." So Peter went to school. The first
class was composition (作文). The subject of the composition was My Family.
"My name is Peter. My family is very poor (贫穷). Both my father and my mother are very poor.
Our driver is very poor and the cook is poor, the other servants are poor…"A. The driver
B. The cook
C.The servants
D.His father and mother
2.How is Peter's family?
A. Very poor
B. Very rich
C. Very big
D. Very friendly
3. When did Peter's mother tell him not to say "We are rich."
A. Before going to a new town
B. On the first day he went to a new school
C. In the composition class
D. After school
4. Guess! What's "be modest" in Chinese?
A. 贫困
B. 小心
C. 自信
D. 谦虚
5. According to (根据) Peter's composition, you know _______.
A. Peter's family is very poor
B. Peter has a car in his family
C. Peter's father is a cook
D. Peter's composition is good
I’m seventeen. I worked as a box boy at a supermarket in Los Angeles. People came to the counter (柜台) and I put things in their bags for them and carried things to their cars. It was hard work.
While working, I wore a plate with my name on it. I once met someone I knew years ago. I remembered his name and said, “Mr. Castle, how are you?” We talked about this and that. As he left, he said, “It was nice talking to you, Brett.” I felt great, he remembered me. Then I looked down at my name plate. Oh, no. He didn’t remember me at all, he just read the name plate. I wish I had put “Irving” down on my name plate. If he’d have said, “Oh yes, Irving, how could I forget you?” I’d have been ready for him. There’s nothing personal here.
The manager and everyone else who were a step above the box boys often shouted orders. One of these was: you couldn’t accept tips(小费). Okay, I’m outside and I put the bags in the car. For a lot of people, the natural reaction(反应)is to take a quarter and give it to me. I’d say, “I’m sorry, I can’t.” They’d get angry. When you give someone a tip, you’re sort of being polite. You take a quarter and you put it in their hand and you expect them to say, “Oh, thanks a lot.” When you say, “I’m sorry, I can’t.” they feel a little put down. They say, “No one will know.” And they put it in your pocket. You say, “I really can’t.” It gets to a point where you almost have to hurt a person physically to prevent him from tipping you. It was not in agreement with the store’s belief in being friendly. Accepting tips was a friendly thing and made the customer feel good. I just couldn’t understand the strangeness of some people’s ideas. One lady actually put a tip in my pocket, got in the car, and drove away. I was puzzled and didn’t know what to do. Should I d have had to throw the quarter at her or eaten it or something?
I decided that one year had been enough. Some people needed the job to stay alive and fed. I guess I had the means and could afford to hate it and give it up.
【小题1】. From the second paragraph, we can infer (推断) that ________.
| A．the writer didn’t like the impersonal part of his job |
| B．people can easily start talking with a name plate |
| C．Mr. Castle mistook Irving for Brett |
| D．Irving was the writer’s real name |
| A．customers only gave small tips to |
| B．some customers had strange ideas about tipping |
| C．he didn’t want to fight with the customers |
| D．the store didn’t allow the box boys to take tips |
| A．relaxed | B．upset |
| C．bored | D．surprised |
| A．How I Could Find a Job |
| B．How I Got along with Customers |
| C．Why I Gave up My Job |
| D．Why I couldn’t Take Tips |
While working, I wore a plate with my name on it. I once met someone I knew years ago. I remembered his name and said, “Mr. Castle, how are you?” We talked about this and that. As he left, he said, “It was nice talking to you, Brett.” I felt great, he remembered me. Then I looked down at my name plate. Oh, no. He didn’t remember me at all, he just read the name plate. I wish I had put “Irving” down on my name plate. If he’d have said, “Oh yes, Irving, how could I forget you?” I’d have been ready for him. There’s nothing personal here.
The manager and everyone else who were a step above the box boys often shouted orders. One of these was: you couldn’t accept tips(小费). Okay, I’m outside and I put the bags in the car. For a lot of people, the natural reaction(反应)is to take a quarter and give it to me. I’d say, “I’m sorry, I can’t.” They’d get angry. When you give someone a tip, you’re sort of being polite. You take a quarter and you put it in their hand and you expect them to say, “Oh, thanks a lot.” When you say, “I’m sorry, I can’t.” they feel a little put down. They say, “No one will know.” And they put it in your pocket. You say, “I really can’t.” It gets to a point where you almost have to hurt a person physically to prevent him from tipping you. It was not in agreement with the store’s belief in being friendly. Accepting tips was a friendly thing and made the customer feel good. I just couldn’t understand the strangeness of some people’s ideas. One lady actually put a tip in my pocket, got in the car, and drove away. I was puzzled and didn’t know what to do. Should I d have had to throw the quarter at her or eaten it or something?
I decided that one year had been enough. Some people needed the job to stay alive and fed. I guess I had the means and could afford to hate it and give it up.
小题1:. From the second paragraph, we can infer (推断) that ________.
| A．the writer didn’t like the impersonal part of his job |
| B．people can easily start talking with a name plate |
| C．Mr. Castle mistook Irving for Brett |
| D．Irving was the writer’s real name |
| A．customers only gave small tips to |
| B．some customers had strange ideas about tipping |
| C．he didn’t want to fight with the customers |
| D．the store didn’t allow the box boys to take tips |
| A．relaxed | B．upset |
| C．bored | D．surprised |
| A．How I Could Find a Job |
| B．How I Got along with Customers |
| C．Why I Gave up My Job |
| D．Why I couldn’t Take Tips |