My first most vivid and broad impression of the identity of things seems to me to have been gained on a memorable raw afternoon towards evening near my parents’ tomb in the churchyard.

    “Hold your noise!” came a terrible voice, as a man started up from among the tombs at the side of the church. “Keep still, you little devil(小鬼), or I’ll cut your throat!”

     A fearful man, all in coarse grey, with a great iron on his leg. A man with no hat, and with broken shoes, and with an old rag tied round his head. He seized me by the chin(下巴).

    “Tell us your name!” said the man. “Quick!”

    “Pip, sir.”

    “Show us where you live,” said the man. “Point out the place!”

    I pointed to where our village lay, on the flat in-shore among the alder-trees and pollards, a mile or more from the church.

    The man, after looking at me for a moment, turned me upside down, and emptied my pockets. There was nothing in them but a piece of bread.

    “You young dog,” said the man, licking his lips, “what fat cheeks you ha’ got. Darn me if I couldn’t eat em, and if I han’t half a mind to’t!”

I earnestly expressed my hope that he wouldn’t, and held tighter to the tombstone on which he had put me; partly, to keep myself upon it; partly, to keep myself from crying.

“Now then lookee here!” said the man. “Where’s your mother?”

“There, sir!” said I.

He started, made a short run, and stopped and looked over his shoulder.

“There, sir!” I timidly explained, pointed to the tombstone. “That’s my mother.”

“Oh!” said he, coming back. “And is that your father alonger your mother?”

    阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。

My mother helped to build ships during World WarⅡ. She was a(n)   1woman to seek work at this South Portland Shipyards (造船厂). She was raising four children  2. I still remember my mom’s struggle to keep the   3together.

After the divorce, there wasn’t much  4. At first my mom worked in washing houses in   5places. And she later got the job in a department store   6she noticed some young women would come in, all   7in big boots and rough overalls and they would have   8of $600 to cash. And she finally asked one of them where they   9and made so much money. And they said in the  10. So my mother went over, and the man who   11her asked whether she wanted to be a welder (焊工) or a burner. My mother asked which   12the most. He said the welder. Then she said that was   13she wanted to do. He said: “oh, why?” She said: “Ha, I have four children to  14.”

It was bitterly cold in the winter going into the bottom of those steel ships. They had to creep into narrow basis and lay on their backs, and welded  15. And I remember her neck and her chest all spotted with   16from the sparks. And her shift (轮班) was midnight to 6 AM, so she could be home with us   17the day. I remember her dressing was man’s clothing. Once she fell and   18her foot and they brought her home in the middle of the night, and she was weeping. After the Shipyard  19, she needed to have two jobs to make enough money. And we kids were more or less on our own, and that was not a happy time. But still she was   20to keep us together as a family.

1.A. educated   B. employed C. unmarried    D. divorced

2.A. for her life   B. on her own   C. like her own D. by her love

3.A. children   B. home C. ships    D. family

4.A. happiness  B. work C. money    D. strength

5.A. different  B. dirty    C. difficult    D. busy

6.A. that   B. which    C. where    D. when

7.A. worn   B. dressed  C. covered  D. decorated

8.A. marks  B. checks  C. coins    D. dollars

9.A. lived  B. graduated   C. worked   D. performed

10.A. navy  B. factory C. shipyard     D. army

11.A. examined  B. interviewed  C. questioned   D. accepted

12.A. charged   B. cost C. spent    D. paid

13.A. why   B. how  C. whether  D. what

14.A. take care of  B. play games with  C. spend time on    D. feed food with

15.A. sideways  B. outward  C. overhead D. downward

16.A. burn marks    B. white points C. red circles  D. dark lines

17.A. on    B. by   C. among    D. during

18.A. damaged   B. wounded C. injured  D. ached

19.A. moved B. closed   C. opened   D. ruined

20.A. persuaded B. attracted    C. demanded D. determined

My first most vivid and broad impression of the identity of things seems to me to have been gained on a memorable raw afternoon towards evening near my parents’ tomb in the churchyard.
“Hold your noise!” came a terrible voice, as a man started up from among the tombs at the side of the church. “Keep still, you little devil(小鬼), or I’ll cut your throat!”
A fearful man, all in coarse grey, with a great iron on his leg. A man with no hat, and with broken shoes, and with an old rag tied round his head. He seized me by the chin(下巴).
“Tell us your name!” said the man. “Quick!”
“Pip, sir.”
“Show us where you live,” said the man. “Point out the place!”
I pointed to where our village lay, on the flat in-shore among the alder-trees and pollards, a mile or more from the church.
The man, after looking at me for a moment, turned me upside down, and emptied my pockets. There was nothing in them but a piece of bread.
“You young dog,” said the man, licking his lips, “what fat cheeks you ha’ got. Darn me if I couldn’t eat em, and if I han’t half a mind to’t!”
I earnestly expressed my hope that he wouldn’t, and held tighter to the tombstone on which he had put me; partly, to keep myself upon it; partly, to keep myself from crying.
“Now then lookee here!” said the man. “Where’s your mother?”
“There, sir!” said I.
He started, made a short run, and stopped and looked over his shoulder.
“There, sir!” I timidly explained, pointed to the tombstone. “That’s my mother.”
“Oh!” said he, coming back. “And is that your father alonger your mother?”
“Yes, sir,” said I; “him too; late of thisparish(教区).”
【小题1】 The “voice” in the second paragraph came from______.

I recall my mother’s voice which called me to order, and often ended with some strong proverb to express the gravity of the wrong done. It was common practice for my mother to send me off soul-searching with a proverb.
Of the many interactions I had with my mother those many years ago, one stands out with clarity. I remember the occasion when Mother sent me to the main road, about twenty yards away from the farmhouse, to invite a passing group of seasonal work-seekers home for a meal. She instructed me to take a container along and collect dry cow dung (牛粪) for making a fire. I was then to prepare the meal for the group of work-seekers.       
The thought of making an open fire outside at midday, cooking in a large three-legged pot in that high heat, was enough to upset even an angel. I did not manage to hide my feelings from my mother, and after serving the group, she called me to the balcony, where she usually sat to attend to her sewing (缝纫).
Looking straight into my eyes, she said, “Tsholofelo, why were you so unhappy when I requested you to prepare a meal for those poor people?” Despite my attempt to deny her allegation (断言), and using the heat of the fire and the sun as an excuse for my alleged behavior, Mother, giving me a firm look, said, “A foot has no nose.” It means, “You can’t detect what trouble may lie ahead of you.” Had I denied the group of people a meal, it may have happened that, in my travels some time in the future, I found myself at the mercy of those very individuals. As if that was not enough to shame me, Mother continued, “A person is a person because of another person.”   
【小题1】We learn from the passage that Tsholofelo’s mother often _____.