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【題目】Car washes are a common sight throughout Nigeria, but Madinat Aliyu's roadside business is very special: she is the only woman car-washer in the north of the country.

“This job has caused me a lot of problems,” said the 27-year-old, checking cars waiting to be cleaned in Gusau, the capital of Zamfara state.

Aliyu took up her work two years ago, hoping to use the 7,000 naira (28) she earned every month to put her younger sisters and brothers through school following the death of their mother, the only one who made money to support the family. But her family begged her to stop doing this job, and she has received “judgment and warnings” from strangers too.

“My grandmother cried for many days. Some people thought it was a joke to bring more customers (顧客). Others said if she is doing it for money, let's just give her money to stop bringing us shame,” she said as she got water from a well by the roadside. “But I hate laziness or depending on somebody else.”

However, Aliyu has admirers. “Some customers only allow her to wash their cars,” said her colleague (同事) Shamsudeen Mohammed. “I was trained to wash cars by men, and I can honestly tell you women are better to work under,” he added.

Recently another woman came to Aliyu to ask for advice on starting her own car wash. “Unfortunately her family discouraged her. I told her, if you listen to them, you will find yourself begging or marrying a man who is older than your grandfather,” she said.

Though she is considered a pariah (賤民) by many, Aliyu has no plans to stop her work. “I see men doing something and I think I can do it too.”

【1】Madinat Aliyu washes cars mainly to _____.

A. make a living

B. learn about cars

C. meet her future husband

D. know the life of the poor

【2】From the fifth paragraph, we know Shamsudeen Mohammed _____.

A. thought Aliyu did a good job

B. trained Aliyu to wash cars

C. had more customers than Aliyu

D. liked to work with men

【3】As a woman car-washer, Aliyu _____.

A. gets her family's support

B. dreams of going to school

C. is thought highly of by strangers

D. sets an example for the women in Nigeria

【4】Which of the following can best describe Aliyu?

A. Shy but smart.

B. Independent and confident.

C. Honest but lazy.

D. Humorous and imaginative.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】A

【3】D

【4】B

【解析】

試題分析：本文是一篇記敘文，文章講述了阿里云的事跡，阿里云剛開始從事洗車的工作，遭到了大家和家人的反對，但是這個工作是阿里云的母親死后整個家庭唯一的工作來源，最后阿里云堅持了自己的工作并且做得很好。

【1】A；考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第三段，hoping to use the 7,000 naira (28) she earned every month to put her younger sisters and brothers through school following the death of their mother, the only one who made money to support the family. 希望能夠用她每月掙的7000奈拉（28）供她滴弟弟妹妹上學(xué)，因為他們的母親那時去世了，而她的母親是唯一賺錢養(yǎng)家的人。所以這里阿里云也是想賺錢養(yǎng)家，故選A。

【2】A；考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第五段，I was trained to wash cars by men, and I can honestly tell you women are better to work under 我訓(xùn)練男人洗車，但是實話說我覺得女人比男人做得更好�？梢奡hamsudeen Mohammed認(rèn)為阿里云工作做得很好，故選A。

【3】D；考查推理判斷。本文是一篇記敘文，文章講述了阿里云的事跡，阿里云剛開始從事洗車的工作，遭到了大家和家人的反對，但是這個工作是阿里云的母親死后整個家庭唯一的工作來源，最后阿里云堅持了自己的工作并且做得很好，所以阿里云樹立了一個好的榜樣，故選D。

【4】B；考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。從全文可以看出，阿里云很獨立，她通過自己努力工作賺錢養(yǎng)家，另外，她熱愛自己的工作，也很有自信，故選B。