Question

    When my brother and I were growing up, we mowed(割草)yards during the summer to make pocket money. Dad was our salesman. He traded our service to neighbors at a price they could not refuse. My brother and I got $10 per yard. I later found out our friends had asked $20 or more for the same amount of work.

One afternoon we were cutting our neighbor's yard, the grass was knee-high. What made matters worse was that we had an old lawn mower that kept shutting off as we worked through her lawn. This particular afternoon, I was finishing up and was tired and sweaty. I was just about to leave when I saw Dad pointing to one lone piece. Thinking about the poor money I was getting paid for cutting grass so high that it almost broke the mower, I ignored him and kept walking. Dad called me out, “You missed a piece”.

I frowned(皱眉), hoping he would let me slide and go home. He kept pointing. So angry, I went back to cut that piece of grass. I said to myself, “That one piece isn't hurting anyone. Why won't he just let it go?”

But when I became an adult, I understood his message: When you are running a business, the work you do says a great deal about you. If you want to be seen as a businessman with honesty, you must produce a quality product. That single piece of grass meant the job was not done. Other neighbors took notice of the good work we did and we soon got more business.

The lesson my dad taught me stayed with me: If you say you are going to perform a job at certain time, keep your word. Give your customers the kind of service you would like to receive. It shows how sincere you are and how much pride you take in your work.

1.Why did Dad ask much less for mowing the yards?

A.Because he was not a good businessman. B.Because he didn’t care about money too much.

C.Because he thought his children s service was bad. D.Because the owner of the yard was too poor.

2.When Dad asked the writer to go back, the writer felt_____________.

A.excited B.surprised C.angry D.pleased

3.The underlined word “sincere”in the last paragraph can probably be replaced by.

A.clever B.honest C.happy D.able

4.The best title for the passage may be__________.

A.The Memory of My Childhood B.The Yard of Our Neighbor

C.The Lesson from My Dad D.The Grass Cutting Days

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.B

4.C

【解析】

本文讲述了作者小时候常做一些事挣零花钱，如夏天常常给邻居家的院子除草，老爸谈好价他们就去干活，从这次经历中学到对工作要认真，我们对人对事都应该以诚相待。

1.细节理解题。根据第一段“He traded our service to neighbors at a price they could not refuse. 爸爸是我们的推销员。他以邻居无法拒绝的价格把我们的服务卖给他们。”，可知爸爸谈的价钱很低，对钱多少并不在乎，故选B。

2.细节理解题。根据第三段“So angry, I went back to cut that piece of grass.很生气，我还是回去割草。”，可知当时作者很是生气和恼怒，故选C。

3.词义猜测题。根据最后一段“Give your customers the kind of service you would like to receive. 给你的顾客你自己想要的那种服务。”，可知这体现了你的真诚，故选B。

4.主旨大意题。本文主要通过讲述给邻居割草赚取零花钱的经历阐述了父亲教给自己的做人做事的道理，所以可以总结为从爸爸身上学到的一课，故选C。