Margaret, married with two small children, has been working for the last seven years as a night cleaner, cleaning offices in a big building.
She trained as a nurse, but had to give it up when her elder child became seriously ill. "I would have liked to go back to it, but the shifts(工作班次) are all wrong for me, as I have to be home to get the children up and off to school."
So she works as a cleaner instead, from 9 p.m. till 6.a.m. five nights a week for just£90, before tax and insurance. "It's better than it was last year, but I still think that people who work 'unsocial hours' should get a bit extra."
The hours she's chosen to work meant that she sees plenty of the children, but very little of her husband. However, she doesn't think that puts any pressure on their relationship.
Her work isn't physically very hard, but it's not exactly pleasant, either. "I do get angry with people who leave their offices like a place for raising pigs. If they realized people like me have to do it, perhaps they'd be a bit more careful."
The fact that she's working all night doesn't worry Margaret at all. Unlike some dark buildings at night, the building where she works is fully lit, and the women work in groups of three. "Since I've got to be here, I try to enjoy myself-and I usually do, because of the other girls. We all have a good laugh, so the time never drags."
Another challenge Margaret has to face is the reaction of other. people when she tells them what she does for a living. "They think you're a cleaner because you don't know how to read and write," said Margaret. "I used to think what my parents would say if they knew what I'd been doing, but I don't think that way any more. I don't dislike the work though I can't say I'm mad about it."
54. Margaret left her job as a nurse because_______.
A. she needed the right time to look after her children
B. she had suffered a lot of mental pressure
C. she wanted to earn more money to support her family
D. she felt tired of taking care of patients
55. Margaret gets angry with people who work in the office because_______.
A. they never clean their offices B. they look down upon cleaners
C. they never do their work carefully D. they always make a mess in their offices
56. When at work, Margaret feels_______.
A. tired because of the heavy workload
B. happy because the building is fully lit
C. light-hearted because of her fellow workers
D. bored because time passed slowly
57. The underlined part in the last paragraph implies that Margaret's parents would_______.
A. help care for her children B. feel disappointed in her
C. show sympathy (同情) for her D. regret what they had said
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C.Marion Crawford. | D.Both Elizabeth and Margaret. |
A.The queen and her sister had quite different |
B.Elizabeth always protected her sister |
C.The sisters often fought each other |
D.Elizabeth felt sorry for her sister for her unsuccessful marriage. |
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1. All of the following books have children as their main characters except _____.
A. PETER PAN B. GONE WITH THE WIND
C. A LITTLE PRINCESS D. THE SECRET GARDEN
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B. we can buy 5 kinds of the above books in bookstores
C. there are only three books with tapes
D. THE SECRET GARDEN is ¥5 cheaper in bookstores than online
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1.All of the following books have children as their main characters except _______.
A.PETER PAN |
B.GONE WITH THE WIND |
C.A LITTLE PRINCESS |
D.THE SECRET GARDEN |
2.We can know from the passage that _________.
A.there are only three books with tapes |
B.we can buy 5 kinds of the above books in bookstores |
C.two of the books are written by Frances Hodgson Burnett |
D.THE SECRET GARDEN is ¥5 cheaper in bookstores than online |
3.Mary brings the house and a long-lost garden back to life with the help of ______
a. the power of hope b. friendship c. her uncle d. Nature's magic
A.a(chǎn), b, c |
B.a(chǎn), c, d |
C.b, c, d |
D.a(chǎn), b, d |
4.Which of the following about the books is mentioned in this text?
A What Sara did to help her fellows
B Why Peter Pan wouldn't grow up.
C What kind of woman Scarlett is.
D How Marry Lennox came into her uncle's house.
5.This text is most probably taken from a __________.
A newspaper B science magazine C storybook D book guide
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