Question

阅读理解

　　A characteristic of American culture that has become almost a tradition is to respect the self-made man the man who has risen to the top through his own efforts, usually beginning by working with his hands. While the leader in business or industry or the college professor occupies a higher social position and commands prefer respect in the community than the common labourer or even the skilled factory worker. He may take pains to point out that his father started life in America as a farmer or labourer of some sort.

　　This attitude toward manual(体力的) labour is now still seen in many aspects of American life. One is invited to dinner at a home that is not only comfortably but even luxuriously (豪华地) furnished and in which there is every evidence of the fact that the family has been able to afford foreign travel, expensive hobbies, and college education for the children, yet the hostess probably will cook the dinner herself, will serve it herself and will wash dishes afterward, furthermore the dinner will not consisst merely of something quickly and easily assembled from contents of various cans and a cake or a pie bought at the nearby bakery. On the contrary, the hostess usually takes pride in careful preparation of special dishes. A professional man may talk about washing the car, digging in his flowerbeds, painting the house. His wife may even help with these things, just as he often helps her with the dishwashing. The son who is away at college may wait on table and wash dishes for his living, or during the summer he may work with a construction gang on a highway in order to pay for his education.

1．From paragraph 1, we can know that in America ________.

[　　]

A．people tend to have a high opinion of the selfmade man

B．people can always rise to the top throuph their own efforts

C．college professors win great respect from common workers

D．people feel painful to mention their fathers as labourers

2．According to the passage, the hostess cooks dinner herself mainly because ________.

[　　]

A．servants in America are hard to get

B．she takes pride in what she can do herself

C．she can hardly afford servants

D．it is easy to prepare a meal with canned food

3．The expression“wait on table”in the second paragraph means“ ________ ”.

[　　]

A．work in a furniture shop

B．keep accounts for a bar

C．wait to lay the table

D．serve customers in a restaurant

4．Which of the following may serve as the best title of the passage?

[　　]

A．A Respectable Self-made Family

B．American Attitude toward Manual Labour

C．Characteristics of American Culture

D．The Development of Manual Labour

Answer 1

答案：A;B;D;B
解析：

1．A 从第一自然段第一句话可知。 　　2．B 从第二自然段第二句话可推出，“yet the hostess probably will…”。 　　3．D 从上下文可推知，the son serves customers there。 　　4．B 从第一、二自然段首句，可推知。