Question

It was another frustrating day. I came home from school, changed my clothes and got ready for work. I worked at a local restaurant in town.

I went to work feeling down. It’s the same thing over and over again, dealing with customers who complain about their food—how the piece of pie that they are served is too big or too small. Three elderly ladies walked in and sat by the windows. I was working since 5:00 pm. and we were quite busy. But these elderly women were watching me as I was working really hard to make sure every table was clean and ready for the next customers.

When they were finished with their meals, I took their plates back to the kitchen. They talked to me for a while about school, how I was doing, which grade I was in and what I planned to do in the future.

As they were leaving, they walked past me and one of them said to me in a confident and gentle voice, “You are going places.” They left the restaurant and I was pretty much in awe. I had tears in my eyes, because they gave me a reason to believe in myself. They picked my spirits up from being down and out and gave me a reason to keep on working hard and to give it my all.

1.From the passage we learn that the author ____.

A. had a part-time job    B. worked in the restaurant all day

C. loved his job at first    D. did very well in his lessons

2.The underlined sentence “You are going places” in the fifth paragraph probably means ____.

A. you are on a trip    B. you should go to a better place

C. you’ll be successful    D. you are in the right place

3.The author felt sad because ____.

A. he didn’t want to work there

B. it was difficult to make the customers happy

C. he had to do the same thing again and again

D. the work was too hard for a teenager

4.The passage tells us that ____.

A. encouragement can be important for your success

B. everyone should treat elder people gently

C. people doing all kinds of jobs should be respected

D. students should make money to support themselves

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.B

4.A

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文。作者厌倦了每天做同样的事情，所以心情沮丧，是三位老妇人的话鼓励了作者，使作者找回了自信并逐渐走向成功。

1.细节理解题。根据第一段和最后一段可知，作者是个学生，放学后在餐馆做兼职，其他三项在文中无依据，故选A。

2.句意理解题。根据第五段最后两句可知，划线句子给了作者信心，是作者重新振奋起来，继续努力工作。故选C。

3.细节理解题。根据第二段第一、二句I went to work feeling down. It’s the same thing over and over again, dealing with customers who complain about their food—how the piece of pie that they are served is too big or too small.可知，作者感到很难过，因为很难让顾客满意。故选B。

4.主旨大意题。根据最后一段中I had tears in my eyes, because they gave me a reason to believe in myself. They picked my spirits up from being down and out and gave me a reason to keep on working hard and to give it my all.可知，这篇文章告诉我们，鼓励对你的成功很重要。故选A。