Question

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

I was six when I joined my father's fields in Okla. By the time I was eight, I was helping Dad   36   old furniture. He gave me a cent for every nail I   37   out of old boards. I got my first real job, at JM's Restaurant when I was 12. My main responsibilities were   38   tables. At that age, it was   39   going to work and glimpsed at my friends run off to swim or play. I didn't necessarily like work, but I loved what working   40   me to have. Because of my job, I was always the first one to buy something delicious. This made me   41   .

Word that I was trustworthy and hard-working   42   around town. A local clothing store offered me credit despite my young age. I immediately bought an expensive coat and shoes on credit. I was   43   only 65 cents an hour, and I already owed the store keeper $90!

So I learned   44  the danger of easy credit. I paid it off as soon as I could. My first job taught me   45  and brought me a level of personal satisfaction few of my friends had   46 . As my father, who worked three jobs, once told me, “If you understand sacrifice and   47   , there are not many things in life you can't have.” How right he was.

1.A. make B. paint     C. sell        D. repair

2.A. pulled         B. put        C. picked  D. pressed

3.A. sweeping   B. packing C. clearing         D. emptying

4.A. easy   B. heavy    C. difficult D. pleasant

5.A. allowed      B. preferred      C. taught   D. managed

6.A. proud         B. rich       C. grateful          D. hopeful

7.A. showed      B. got         C. flew       D. carried

8.A. raising        B. spending       C. counting        D. making

9.A. greatly        B. actually C. hardly   D. really

10.A. self-development  B. self-control  C. self-criticism       D. self-confidence

11.A. lost  B. improved      C. developed            D. experienced

12.A. responsibility   B. promise      C. independence       D. ambition

Answer

1.D

2.A

3.C

4.C

5.A

6.A

7.B

8.D

9.A

10.B

11.D

12.A

【解析】

试题分析：文章大意：作者小时候所做的工作使他学到的道理。

1.D上下文联系 根据之前的a cent for every nail I      out of old boards. 得知，是每从旧木板上拔出一个钉子给一分钱，因此，是修理家具。

2.A 动词和宾语的搭配。根据这个动词和nail以及木板的关系，得知应该是拔出。pull sth. out of:把某物从……拔/拉出来。

3.C 常识考查：在餐馆工作，不能扫 sweep 餐桌,不能包装 pack餐桌,不能腾空empty餐桌。empty表示腾空的时候，是指腾空，移走里面的内容。只能用清理，clear餐桌

4.C上下文联系。At that age, it was     going to work and glimpsed at my friends run off to swim or play. 在那个年龄（8岁），看到我的朋友出去游泳或者去玩，而我要去工作（对我来说）很难。

5.A 动词辨析。但是我喜欢工作所让我可以拥有的东西。根据下文的Because of my job, I was always the first one to buy something delicious.由于我的工作，我总是第一个买好吃的的人可知，是工作给我带来的好处。（收获）allow sb. to do sth. 允许某人做某事。B. prefer 宁愿；更喜欢；C和D通常不用于这个结构。

6.A 形容词辨析。承接上文，我因此感到自豪。grateful, 感激的    rich, 富裕的，丰富的，hopeful，有希望的，有前途的

7.B短语辨析。我勤勉和值得信赖的消息在镇上传开。get around =get round （消息）传开；四处走走；有办法应付；show around:带领…参观；fly around:绕圈飞；飞来飞去；carry around:随身携带。

8.D 动词辨析。我每个小时只能赚六毛五分，可是我已经欠了店老板9毛钱。（说明花费远超自己的收入）make money, 赚钱

9. A 副词辨析。句意：因此我学到了放松信贷的危险。greatly副词：很，极大的；非常；在这里修饰learned,说明此事对他的影响。

10.B 动词辨析。我的第一份工作教会了我（控制收支的）自控能力和自我满足感。self-development:自我发展；self-criticism:自我批评；self-confidence：自信。

11.D 这种从第一份工作中所学到的自控能力和自我满足感，没几个学生经历过的。lost:失去；丢失；improve：改善；提高；变得更好；develop：发展；开发；进步 。

12.A 名词辨析If you understand sacrifice and      , there are not many things in life you can't have.

如果你明白了牺牲和责任的话，生活中就没有什么你无法得到的东西。and连接两个名词，这两个名词应该是指同一方面的，sacrifice, 牺牲；奉献；四个词中只有responsibility 跟它匹配。promise: 答应；承诺 independence:独立；自主 ambition:野心；雄心；志向；抱负。

考点：考查夹叙夹议文。