Question

 

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，选出可以填入空白出的最佳选项。

My father woke me up early one summer morning announcing, “Get up. You’re going with me to cut grass.” The idea   1my father actually thought I was big enough to help him in his  2made me feel proud and  3. From sunup to sundown my father, my younger brother and I 4in the large yards in a rich part of Atlanta, Georgia. By the end of the day I was tired out, but felt good. I had   5a hard day’s labour and had earned $6.

One day my father found some leaves I’d   6and pulled me aside. “Clear away these leaves,” he said  7, “and don’t make me have to tell you to do it again.” The  8was clear. Today I value the importance of doing a job  9the first time. It will never  10to impress the person you are working for.

After two years my father told me and my brother that he felt we were  11enough to do lawns(草坪) on our own. Every Saturday , we  12out early in the morning with the same desire and drive we had gained while working  13our father.

Taking care of lawns was not exciting  14high-paying, but that didn’t matter. It taught me that any job is a good job and that   15I was paid was more than I had before.

A newspaper reporter once asked me how someone  16possible live on a forty-hour- a –week minimum(最低的) pay. “My father never worked just forty hours a  17, and neither have I.” I replied. “If you’re only working forty hours, you probably don’t want to do  18better than you’re doing.”

In every job I’ve  19------from doing lawns to washing dishes-----I have learned something that helped me in my next job. If you  20hard enough, you can learn from any job you do.

1.A. what           B. that             C. which            D. why

2.A. farm           B. family               C. business         D. company

3.A. excited            B. tired                C. troubled         D. unpleasant

4.A. played         B. excised          C. worked           D. struggled

5.A. put out            B. put down         C. put away     D. put in

6.A. collected          B. cleaned          C. missed           D. noticed

7.A. finally                B. usually          C. unexpectedly D. firmly

8.A. news               B. message          C. information      D. word

9.A. right              B. quickly          C. fast             D. wrong

10.A. happen            B. seem             C. fail             D. begin

11.A. strong                B. old              C. clever           D. skilled

12.A. worked            B. set              C. turned           D. figured

13.A. beyond            B. without          C. under            D. like

14.A. and               B. and yet          C. but              D. or

15.A. no matter how     B. whatever         C. no matter what   D. however

16.A. must              B. should           C. may              D. could

17.A. day               B. year             C. week             D. month

18.A. some              B. any              C. little               D. very

19.A. found             B. lost             C. held             D. helped

20.A. see               B. look             C. try              D. enjoy   

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.C

5.D    

6.C

7.D

8.B

9.A

10.C       

11.B

12.B

13.C

14.D

15.B       

16.D

17.C

18.B

19.C

20.B