Question

I got my first real job when I was ten.My dad,Benjamin,injured his back when working in a cardboard-box factory and was retrained as a hairstylist.He   1  space in a little strip mall and gave his shop the fancy   2   of Mr.Ben’s Coiffure.The owner of the shopping center gave Dad a on his rent for cleaning the parking lot three  4   a week,which meant getting up at 3 am.To  5    rubbish,Dad used a little machine that looked like a lawn mower.Mom and I  6   

garbage cans and picked up litter by hand.   7  took two to three hours to clean the lot.I’d  8

in the car on the way home.?

I did this for two years,  9  the lessons I learned there have lasted a lifetime.I  10 discipline and a strong work ethic,and learned at an early age the importance of   11  life’s competing interests —in my case,school, homework and a job.This really 12 during my senior year of high school,    13     I worked 40 hours a week flipping (翻動) burgers at a fast-?food joint while 14  a full load of college-prep courses.?

The hard work   15   off.I attended the US Military Academy and went on to  16    graduate degrees in law and business from Harvard. Later,I    17   a big Los Angeles law firm and was elected to the California State Assembly.In these   18   and in everything else I’ve done,I have never forgotten those nights in the parking lot.The    19   taught me that there is dignity in all work and that if people are working to   20   for themselves and their families,that is something we should honor. ?

1. A.bought           B.had          C.rented                         D.built?

2. A.sign               B.mark         C.name                   D.board?

3. A.discount         B.bill?        C.praise                  D.punishment?

4. A.days               B.hours         C.mornings             D.nights?

5. A.make up            B.fill up?    C.pick up                     D.take off?

6. A.emptied                 B.collected C.carried                   D.filled?

7. A.This                B.That       C.I                    D.It

8. A.cry                        B.laugh    C.complain               D.sleep?

9. A.though                  B.but       C.so                    D.then?

10. A.acquired              B.wanted        C.liked                   D.called?

11. A.gaining                B.balancing?C.avoiding            D.abandoning?

12. A.worked                B.did      C.happened                     D.helped?

13. A.then                    B.when     C.while                   D.as?

14. A.having                 B.joining    C.taking                 D.doing?

15. A.paid                    B.took      C.laid                     D.kicked?

16. A.ask                   B.seek     C.accept                     D.receive?

17. A.went                    B.joined     C.opened                 D.charged?

18. A.ways                   B.jobs      C.schools                D.firms?

19. A.lessons                 B.memory?C.experience                  D.teachers?

20. A.support                B.earn      C.give                           D.provide?

Answer 1

1-20 CCADC ADDBA BDBCA DBBCD

解析:

1. 答案    C?

解析    這是一篇夾敘夾議的文章。作者介紹了他第一次工作的經(jīng)歷給他以后的生活和工作帶來了很大的影響。這里表示作者的父親在一個商場“租”(rent)了個地方，這從第二段出現(xiàn)的“...gave Dad a  3  on his rent...”可知答 案為C項。其他幾個選項不符合文意。

2. 答案     C?

解析    從下文中的“Mr.Ben’s Coiffure”可知這是理發(fā)店的名字，而不是標志或招牌，所以A、 B、D不對。

3. 答案    A?

3. 解析    從后面清理停車場可知，商場的主人應是為作者父親的這一做法給他應付的租金“打折”，而不應是懲罰，所以D項不對；B、C含義

  不對。

4. 答案   D?解析   從下文中的“...which meant getting up at 3 am.”和最后一段的“...I have never forgotten those nights in the parking lot.”可判斷出答案。

5. 答案    C?

解析    根據(jù)賓語rubbish及下文的“...picked up  litter by hand.”可知答案。其他選項與文意不符。?

6. 答案     A?

解析     他們是在清理垃圾，自然是把垃圾桶倒空 (empty)，所以A項正確，其他選項不合文意。

7.答案    D?

解析   這里用的是It takes (sb.) some time to do sth.這一固定句型。

8. 答案    D?

解析    從上文“...getting up at 3 am.”可知他們是夜間干活，所以干完活后作者應該是感到困，所以是在車里睡覺。短文中沒有提到作者干活不高興的事，所以A、C不對；B項不合文意。

9.答案    B?

解析    根據(jù)“I did this for two years...”和“...I learned there have lasted a

lifetime.”可判斷用連詞but。

10. 答案    A?

解析    這里表示作者獲得了強烈的職業(yè)道德，而不是喜歡或者想要。acquire獲得。

11. 答案     B?

解析    這里表示作者在小時候通過做這些活兒，了解到了平衡生活中各種利益的重要性，所以B項正確。

12. 答案    D?

解析   句意為：這種經(jīng)歷在我高中畢業(yè)那年對我起了幫助作用。work奏效，有效果。

13. 答案   B?

解析   由上文的“...during my senior year of high school...”可知用when。

14.答案    C?

解析     由下文的“...a full load of college-? prep courses.”可知用take,take...course意

為“參加……課程的學習”。

15. 答案    A?

解析    根據(jù)下文內(nèi)容可知：努力的工作得到了回報。pay off得到回報；take off起飛；脫下；lay off下崗；kick off開球。

16. 答案    D?

解析   句意為：得到學位。accept指主觀接受, 而receive指客觀上收到、得到。

17. 答案    B?

解析   根據(jù)后文的“...a big Los Angeles law firm...”和上文的“...graduate degrees in

law and business from Harvard.”可知答案為B項。?

18.  答案    B?

解析    該空之前提到的都是作者所從事過的工作，所以B項正確。

19. 答案    C?

解析   根據(jù)上文的“...I have never forgotten those nights in the parking lot.”這是作者

的一種經(jīng)歷，所以選C項。

20. 答案     D?

解析    根據(jù)橫線后的for，可判斷出選provide,其他的選項不能和for連用。