I love it at night. It’s peaceful. And when it cools down I sometimes do some ironing. I don’t really care for it. I work full-time and too busy for most housework. I remember the old woman who taught me to iron. I was about 15 and somehow got a live-in job taking care of a woman who had been an able-bodied, healthy woman until the accident that caused her to be paralyzed（癱瘓）.
The woman had an electric wheelchair. She could move her head and arms but not her hands or fingers. She had this clamp（夾子）attached to her arm and I’d have to open it and put a cup or a pencil in it and then she could move it. She would tell me how to do things. She would instruct me in great detail on the correct way to do things. Her home was perfect and beautiful. She would follow me around in her electric wheelchair to make sure I did everything exactly right. I’m sure she had been a perfect homemaker. She would have me fold everything, including socks and pillow cases. I would complain silently and wish terrible things on her. She taught me the right way to make the bed and tuck （塞）the corners. I know sometimes she’d get frustrated and impatient with me. I knew she wanted to grab it and do it herself. But she never yelled or scolded. Only insisted I do it right. I didn’t like it much, but I did it.
Today I can iron pretty well. I know where to start on a shirt, the right way to do the collar and sleeves. Now that I think about it, I don’t think she is an old lady. I think she might have been about my age now. Anyway, when I iron, I think of her and silently thank her for all the things I learned.
小題1:From the passage we can infer that the writer of the passage now is ________.
A．a(chǎn) housewifeB．a(chǎn) full-time worker
C．a(chǎn) clothes makerD．a(chǎn) college student
小題2:The writer used to take care of the lady because ______.
A．she wanted to learn how to do housework
B．she was a relative of the disabled woman
C．she wanted to earn some money while sleeping and eating there
D．she had to do something in return to the lady for her kindness
小題3:When the lady taught the writer how to do housework, the little girl was ______.
A．eager to learn B．unwilling to learn
C．forced to learnD．careful to learn
小題4:What’s the writer’s attitude towards the lady now?
A．SympatheticB．FearfulC．HatefulD．Grateful

小題1:B
小題2:C
小題3:B
小題4:D

試題分析：本文講述了作者在小時候為了照顧一個偏癱的老人所學會的很多的生活的技能，表達出對老人的感激之情。
小題1:B 細節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第一段第2行I work full-time and too busy for most housework.可知作者是一位全職的工人。故B正確。
小題2:C 細節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第一段最后3行I was about 15 and somehow got a live-in job taking care of a woman who had been an able-bodied, healthy woman until the accident that caused her to be paralyzed（癱瘓）.可知我照顧這個老人是因為我要掙錢，要找對方住，故C正確。
小題3:B 細節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第二段最后一句Only insisted I do it right. I didn’t like it much, but I did it.可知作者并不愿學，但是沒有辦法。故B正確。
小題4:D 推理題。根據(jù)文章最后一段Now that I think about it, I don’t think she is an old lady. I think she might have been about my age now. Anyway, when I iron, I think of her and silently thank her for all the things I learned.可知我很感激她教會了我很多事情，故D正確。
點評：本文講述了作者在小時候為了照顧一個偏癱的老人所學會的很多的生活的技能，表達出對老人的感激之情。本文細節(jié)題居多，答題時在文章找到對應的地方，用筆進行標記，這有利于后期有時間檢查時可以立刻找到答案的位置。仔細理解作者所講的意思，再結合選項，通過排除法和自己對全文的把握，選出正確答案。
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