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4．My parents influenced us with the concepts of family，faith and patriotism when l was  young．Even though we struggled to make ends meet，they stressed how fortunate we were to-live in a great country with limitless opporturuties．
    I got my first real job when l was ten． My dad，Benjamin，injured his back working in a  cardboard-box factory and was retrained as a hairstylist． He rented space in a little mall and gave his shop the fancy name of Mr． Ben's Coiffure．
    The owner of the shopping center gave Dad a discount on his rent for cleaning the parking． lot three nights a week，which meant getting up at 3 a．m．To pick up trash，Dad used a little machine that looked like a lawn mower． Mom and I emptied garbage cans and picked up litterby hand．It took two to three hours to clean the lot． I'd  s1eep in the car on-the way home．I did this for two years，but the lessons I leacmed have lasted a lifetime，I acquired'disci-pline and a strong work morality，and leamed at an early age the impmtance of balancing life's competing interests-----in my case，school，homework and a job．This really'helped during my senior year of high school，when l worked 40 hours  a  week flipping hamburgers，at a fast-food  joint while taking afull load of college-prep courses．  The hard work paid off．I attended the U．S．Milttary Academy and went on to reaceive graduate degree  in law and business from Harvard． Later，I joined a big Los Angetes law firm and was elected to the California state assembly． In these jobs and in everything else I've  done，I have never forgotten those nights in the parking lot．The experience taught me that there is dignitty in all work and that if people are workmg to provide for thems elves ahd their families，that is something we should honor．
56．According to the text，the author thinksA   
A．he is lucky to have many chances to get a job
B．it is difficult to find a job to make ends meet
C．his parents are full of complaint about their life
D．it is not acceptable to live in such bad conditions
57． In order to get a discount on rent，C   
A．his father had to work as a hairstylist
B．his father had to work in a cardboard-box factory
C．they had to clean the-parking lot three nights a week
D．his father had to pick up litter by hand three hours a day
58．Which of the following is NOT true of the autbor？D
A．He got the graduate degrees from Harvard．
B．He took a college-prep courses at high school．
C．He took a part-time job during his senior year．
D．He regretted having worked in the parking lot．
59．What does the underlined sentence"The hard work paid off"mean？D
A．The author got a high pay by working hard．
B．The author compkuned of the hard work．
C．The effort wluch he made had no effection．
D．The hard work was worthwhile for the author．
60．We can leam from'the text thatB   
A．it is urrimaginable for a child to help his family
B． it is honored to work for one's family as a member
C． it is unnecessary to keep work rules-of behaviour
D．the harder the work is，the more interest one shows．

Answer 1

分析 作者小時候家境困難，盡管過這入不敷出的生活，但是父母還是教給他學(xué)會感恩．為了生計(jì)，他們要早起在停車場打掃衛(wèi)生，但是這些卻培養(yǎng)了作者的自制力，工作道德感，而且這段經(jīng)歷還使作者意識到勞動沒有高低貴賤，每種工作都是光榮的．

解答 56．答案是A．細(xì)節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)文章首段Even though we struggled to make ends meet，they stressed how fortunate we were to live in a great country with limitless opportunities可以判斷作者認(rèn)為生活在這樣一個充滿機(jī)會的國家是自己的幸運(yùn)，故答案選A．
57．答案是C．細(xì)節(jié)理解題，由文章第三段The owner of the shopping center gave Dad a discount on his rent for cleaning the parking lot three nights a week可以判斷C選項(xiàng)正確．
58．答案是D．細(xì)節(jié)理解題，從文章第三段中 but the lessons I learned have lasted a lifetime，…．This really helped during my senior year of high school可知作者對在停車場工作的經(jīng)歷非常感激，故D選項(xiàng)內(nèi)容錯誤．
59．答案是D．詞義猜測題，根據(jù)前面內(nèi)容when l worked 40 hours a week flipping hamburgers at a fast-food joint while taking a full load of college-prepared courses可知作者付出了很大的努力，而后面通過I attended the U．S．Military Academy and went on to receive graduate degree in law…介紹了自己取得的成績，由此判斷該句話意思是"自己的努力獲得了回報"，答案選D．
60．答案是B．細(xì)節(jié)理解題，從文章末段The experience taught me …that if people are working to provide for themselves and their families，that is something we should honor可知作者認(rèn)為為了家人和自己，再苦再累都是值得的，而且這也是我們應(yīng)該引以為榮的事情，故答案選B．

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