Question

My father was born on a farm in Tipperary, Ireland. He was the fourth child out of eight children.

My father was the oldest boy so the majority of the responsibility fell upon his shoulders to complete the farm work. He attended school until the fourth grade; his father pulled him out of school to work on the farm permanently (永久地), though he hated it. Though supposed to inherit the farm, my father had other plans. At sixteen he left home for England.

He left without telling his parents anything. He eventually became very homesick and missed his mother greatly. He came back to Ireland and worked on the farm until he was eighteen. He got tired of the farm and left home for England again. He worked as a construction worker for five years, and then a part-time actor. But he couldn’t get a decent (體面的) job because he was Irish. Many times he would walk into an interview and read a sign saying, “The Irish need not apply.”

He was twenty years old with no family and limited friends in a foreign country that didn’t want him. Once he was able to work again my father decided to save money to move to Australia. He lived in a house with a fellow Irishman, a Swede, an Englishman, and an Austrian for five years becoming a successful salesman. He bought a beach house for himself in Sydney. He then traveled through Europe visiting his family in Ireland.

In 1975 my father came to America as an illegal immigrant (移民). My father with a friend of his drove across the country to Los Angeles with the dream of becoming Hollywood stars. My father lived in his car for the first few months in Los Angeles, and worked as a used car salesman. After two years of living in Los Angeles, he became documented. He met my mother and started a family. My parents have kept the family in Los Angeles, and just three years ago my father became a U.S. citizen.

1.The father dropped out of school mainly because .

A. he often ran away from home

B. he couldn’t get along well with others

C. he often performed badly in his school

D. he had to learn to keep the farm

2.The underlined word “inherit” in the second paragraph means “ ”.

A. take over B. escape from C. set up D. look through

3.Which of the following can show the track of the father’s struggle？

A. Australia—Europe—America.

B. England—Australia—America.

C. Ireland—America—England.

D. Australia—Sweden—England.

4.What’s the best title for this passage?

A. An Irishman travels abroad

B. How my father got a job in England

C. My father’s escape from his home

D. Experience of my father’s struggle

Answer 1

1.D

2.A

3.B

4.D

【解析】

試題分析：本文主要講述的是作者的父親如何成為一個(gè)美國人的奮斗史。作者的父親出身于愛爾蘭，不被英國人接受，又去了澳大利亞發(fā)展，最終來到美國，通過自己的奮斗成為了一個(gè)美國人。

1.二段的his father pulled him out of school to work on the farm permanently (永久地), though he hated it. Though supposed to inherit the farm, my father had other plans.可知，作者的爺爺希望作者的父親能夠繼承農(nóng)場(chǎng)，也就是說能夠把農(nóng)場(chǎng)經(jīng)營好。故選D。

2.work on the farm permanently (永久地)以及上文說他是家里最大的孩子，可以推測(cè)出父親希望他能接管農(nóng)場(chǎng)。故選A。選項(xiàng)B意為逃避；選項(xiàng)C意為建立；選項(xiàng)D意為通過…看，看穿。

3.推理判斷題。通過第三段的He got tired of the farm and left home for England again.和倒數(shù)第二段的Once he was able to work again my father decided to save money to move to Australia.以及最后一段的In 1975 my father came to America as an illegal immigrant (移民).可知他的奮斗軌跡。故選B。

4.主旨大意題。通過對(duì)這篇文章的閱讀，會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)這篇文章以時(shí)間為發(fā)展順序，講述了作者的父親從小到大的奮斗歷程，因此選擇D最為妥當(dāng)。

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