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My dad was a plumber(水管工) for the public...

My dad was a plumber(水管工) for the public works department in our town so from time to time he came into my school. Can you imagine sitting in class and seeing your dad walk past the door of your classroom and wave his hand at you? In junior high?

One girl in our class always made fun of me because my dad was a plumber and hers was a lawyer(律师) and she would say things like “Ew that’s gross(粗俗的)!” I must admit I was sometimes embarrassed by what my dad did especially in my early teens when the only thing I really cared about was what the other girls thought.

The girl lived a few streets away from us and one winter day---the day her elder sister was getting married---the toilet in their main upstairs bathroom broke and there was water everywhere. Her father the lawyer called every plumber in the Yellow Page but nobody would come and because we were having a major snowstorm. Her daughter told him that my father was a plumber and he called and my dad went right over---and took me with him.(Maybe he was hoping that the lawyer’s daughter would be nicer to me.) My father fixed the toilet help them clean up everything and didn’t take much time for his trouble. But as we were leaving he told the girl “If I ever need a lawyer I’ll be happy to call your dad.”

As we walked to our car he said to me “Do you believe he didn’t know where the main shut-off valve(阀) was? What a dumb ass!”

From that point on her dad was known in school as Lawyer Dumb Ass.

When my husband and I bought our house the first thing my dad showed him was the main shut-off valve.

I have always been proud to say that I’m a plumber’s daughter.

1.When her father came to her school and walked past the classroom door the writer might feel ________.

A.pleased          B.embarrassed

C.disappointed     D.proud

2.The girl’s attitude towards the writer can be best described as ________.

A.unfriendly     B.doubtful       C.kind         D.gross

3.Why couldn’t the lawyer find anybody to fix the toilet on that winter day?

A.He had little money  

B.All the plumbers were too busy to come

C.There was a major snowstorm and nobody would come out

D.One of his daughters was getting married and the house was in a mess

4.From the passage we know the followings are right EXCEPT _______?

A.The writer’s father thought the girl’s father was stupid.

B.In the writer’s early teens the only thing she cared about was what her dad did.

C.The writer’s father spent only a little time fixing the toilet.

D.What the other girls thought troubled the writer when she was in junior high.

 

1.B 2.A 3.C 4.B 【解析】 试题分析:本文主要内容:作者的父亲是水管工,她的同班同学,一个律师的女儿,取笑她的爸爸是一名水管工。作者很苦恼。后来这个女孩家的水管坏了,恰好是暴风雪天,没人来。结果还是作者的爸爸给修好了。作者爸爸对这个女孩说:“如果我需要律师,我会很高兴地给你爸爸打电话。”作者作为水管工的女儿而自豪。 1.B考查推理判断题。【问题】当她的父亲来到她的学校,走过教室门,作者可能会觉得________。A. pleased高兴的;喜欢的;B. embarrassed尴尬的;窘迫的;C. disappointed失望的,沮丧的;受挫折的;D. proud自豪的;得意的;自负的。根据第二段第一句One girl in our class always made fun of me because my dad was a plumber和最后一句I must admit I was sometimes embarrassed by what my dad did, especially in my early teens, when the only thing I really cared about was what the other girls thought.可知选B。 2.A考查推理判断题。【问题】那个女孩对作者的态度最好的描述是_______。A. unfriendly不友好的;B. doubtful可疑的;令人生疑的;疑心的;不能确定的;C. kind和蔼的;宽容的;令人感激的;D. gross总共的;粗野的;恶劣的。根据第二段第一句One girl in our class always made fun of me because my dad was a plumber and hers was a lawyer(律师), and she would say things like, “Ew, that’s gross(粗俗的)!”可知选A。 3.C考查推理判断题。【问题】为什么在那个冬天的日子里,律师找不到人来修理厕所呢?根据第三段第二句Her father, the lawyer called every plumber in the Yellow Page, but nobody would come and because we were having a major snowstorm.可知选C。 4., help them clean up everything, and didn’t take much time for his trouble.可知作者的父亲没花多少时间修好了厕所,C正确的。故选B。 考点:考查故事类短文阅读。
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