Question

Pulling heavy suitcases all day in the summer is hard work, especially when you are a thin 14-year-old boy. That was me in 1940-the youngest and smallest baggage boy at New York City's Pennsylvania Railway Station.

After just a few days on the job, I began noticing that the other fellows were overcharging passengers. I'd like to join them, thinking, "Everyone else is doing it."

When I got home that night, I told my dad what I wanted to do. "You give an honest day's work," he said, looking at me straight in his eye. "They are paying you. If they want to do that, you let them do that."

I followed my dad's advice for the rest of that summer and have lived by his words ever since.

Of all the jobs I've had, it was my experience at Pennsylvania Railway Station that has stuck with me. Now I teach my players to have respect for other people and their possession. Being a member of a team is a totally shared experience. If one person steals, it destroys trust and hurts everyone. I can put up with many things, but not with people who steal. If one of my players were caught stealing, he'd be gone.

Whether you're on a sports team, in an office or a member of a family. if you can't trust one another, there is going to be trouble.

1. What can be inferred about the baggage boys?

A. They could earn much, but they had to work hard.

B. Many of them earned money in a dishonest way.

C. They were all from poor families.

D. They were thin, young boys.

2. What does the father's advice imply?

A. It is wrong to give more to the passengers.

B. Don't believe them if they are paying you more.

C. Don't follow others to overcharge the passengers.

D. It is difficult to work hard and live as an honest boy.

3. The underlined word "it" (in Paragraph 2) refers to______

A. overcharging passengers

B. pulling heavy suitcases all day

C. paying passengers money

D. working in an honest way

4.The writer can't put up with stealing because he thinks that _______

A. it is a total shared experience

B. it is considered as the most dangerous

C. it does great harm to human relationship

D. it may led to the loss of his sports team.

5. It can be concluded from the text that _______

A. his father's advice helped him to decide which job to take up

B. working in the sports team was his most important experience

C. he learned much from his shared experience with his team members

D. his experience as a baggage boy had a great influence on his late life

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.C

5.D

【解析】在本文中作者記敘了少年時在車站幫助客人拉行李時，發(fā)現(xiàn)一些人多收費。但是爸爸對我的教育讓我沒有這樣做，而且父親的話對我的一生都有很大的影響。

1.B

【試題解析】推理題。根據(jù)文章第二段第一行After just a few days on the job, I began noticing that the other fellows were overcharging passengers.可知很多其他的幫助乘客拉行李的孩子都向乘客收取了太多的錢。說明他們掙的是不誠實的錢。故B正確。

2.2】C

【試題解析】推理題。根據(jù)文章第三段第2行he said, looking at me straight in his eye. "They are paying you. If they want to do that, you let them do that."可知父親建議我們不要和別人一樣。如果別人想多收客人的錢，就讓他們?nèi)プ霭�！也就是不要和別人一樣多收客人的錢。故C項正確。

3.3】A

【試題解析】推理題。根據(jù)本句I began noticing that the other fellows were overcharging passengers. I'd like to join them, thinking, "Everyone else is doing it."句義：我注意到其他人收取乘客的費用太高，我也想這樣做，因為別人都這樣做了�？芍�這里的it就是指前面的overcharging passengers，故A正確。

4.4】C

【試題解析】推理題。根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)3,4行. If one person steals, it destroys trust and hurts everyone. I can put up with many things, but not with people who steal. If one of my players were caught stealing, he'd be gone可知我無法忍受盜竊行為，是因為我認為盜竊行為破壞了人與人之間的信任，傷害了每個人的感情。故C項說法是正確的。

5.5】D

【試題解析】推理題。根據(jù)文章第四段I followed my dad's advice for the rest of that summer and have lived by his words ever since.可知這次經(jīng)歷不僅僅對那個暑假而且對我的一生都有深遠的影響，讓我無法忍受欺騙行為。故D正確。

【長難句解析】

1. I'd like to join them, thinking, "Everyone else is doing it."

【翻譯】我想和他們做一樣的事情，認為：別人都這樣做。

【分析】本句中的現(xiàn)在分詞短語thinking, "Everyone else is doing it."在句中做伴隨狀語，動詞think與主語I構成邏輯上的主動關系，所以使用現(xiàn)在分詞。

2. Of all the jobs I've had, it was my experience at Pennsylvania Railway Station that has stuck with me.

【翻譯】在我曾經(jīng)做過的所有工作中，在賓夕法尼亞鐵路站的這個經(jīng)歷對我有很大的影響。

【分析】本中有一個定語從句I've had修飾先行詞the jobs；有一個強調(diào)句型it was my experience at Pennsylvania Railway Station that…強調(diào)的是句子的主語my experience at Pennsylvania Railway Station。