Question

When I was little, my mother sold flowers at Camden Market in London, She couldn't leave me at home on my own, so I had to go to the market with her. As I grew older, I began to give my mom a hand and I really enjoyed it.

Things changed when I was 14. My grandma gave me a book for Christmas, which was all about making candles . I loved it so much that I spent all my free time making candles of all shapes and sizes. I made hundreds of them.

One day, my mother was ill so I had to go to the market on my own. I decided to take some candles with me and see if I could sell them. To my surprise, they were sold out in 20 minutes! The next week, my mom gave me some money to buy some wax (蠟) to make more candles. They sold out really quickly, too.

Nine months later, we decided to stop selling flowers. My mom and I couldn't make enough candles during the week, so some of my school friends started to help us. I paid them one pound for every candle, and we used to sell them for three or four times that. It was fun. and my friends worked with me in the market.

When I was 22, my uncle lent me some money and I opened my first shop on Portobello Road. Since then, I've never looked back, even in difficult times. At the first store, we only sold candles, but now we sell everything from designing furniture to paintings.

1.The sentence "I began to give my mom a hand" means" ".

A. I began to give my mom some gifts

B. I began to help my mom sell flowers

C. I began to wash my hands before working

D. I began to get along better with my morn

2.What did the writer do in her free time when she was 14？

A. She talked with her mother at the market.

B. She played with her school friends at home.

C. She read all kinds of books about Christmas

D. She made candles of different shapes and sizes.

3.The right order of the following things is

a. The writer's morn stopped selling flowers.

b. The writer went to the market with some candles.

c. The writer bought candles from her friends and sold them well.

d. The writer's morn fell ill.

e. The writer's candles sold well.

A. bdeac B. bedac C. adbec D. dbeac

4.The writer’s uncle helped her open a shop by when she was 22.

A. buying her a shop B. teaching her basic skills

C. lending her some money D. working together with her

5.From the passage you can learn that you should .

A. spend all your free time on developing your interests

B. have your own idea and work hard to make it succeed

C. get as much support as you can from your family

D. hold on to your dreams and never give up

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.D

3.D

4.C

5.B

【解析】

試題分析：本文講述作者跟隨母親去市場賣花，無意中看到一本書，學會制作蠟燭，當母親生病時，他所做的蠟燭銷售一空，由此開始自己的事業(yè)。

1. 細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段提到She couldn't leave me at home on my own, so I had to go to the market with her. As I grew older, I began to give my mom a hand and I really enjoyed it.很小便跟隨母親去市場，是由于不想單獨留我在家，當我大一點時，就能幫到母親，并且真心的喜歡上這件事，故選B項。

2. 細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段提到Things changed when I was 14. My grandma gave me a book for Christmas, which was all about making candles . I loved it so much that I spent all my free time making candles of all shapes and sizes.14歲時，外婆給我本關(guān)于如何制作蠟燭的書，我喜歡上這個，并且做了很多 的蠟燭，所以選 D項。

3. 排序題。根據(jù)文中事情發(fā)展的脈絡(luò)，先是母親生病同，作者去市場賣自己做的蠟燭，銷售一空，作者的媽媽停止賣花，作者從朋友那賣蠟，再去賣，根據(jù)這個順序，選D項。

4. 細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段提到When I was 22, my uncle lent me some money and I opened my first shop on Portobello Road.當我22歲時，我的叔叔借給我錢，我開辦自己的第一家店，故選D項。

5. 主旨大意。本文講述作者在幫媽媽的過程中找到屬于自己的興趣，在一次媽媽生病時，自己的產(chǎn)品 銷售一空，很受鼓舞，堅持的做下去，最終在叔叔的幫助下，開了自己的第一家店，給我們提示，有自己的想法，努力把想法變成現(xiàn)實，做成功，故選B項。

考點：日常生活類閱讀。