Question

Pulling heavy suitcases all day in the summer is hard work, especially when you are a thin 14-year-old boy. That was me in 1940-the youngest and smallest baggage boy at New York City's Pennsylvania Railway Station.

After just a few days on the job, I began noticing that the other fellows were overcharging passengers. I'd like to join them, thinking, "Everyone else is doing it."

When I got home that night, I told my dad what I wanted to do. "You give an honest day's work," he said, looking at me straight in his eye. "They are paying you. If they want to do that, you let them do that."

I followed my dad's advice for the rest of that summer and have lived by his words ever since.

Of all the jobs I've had, it was my experience at Pennsylvania Railway Station that has stuck with me. Now I teach my players to have respect for other people and their possession. Being a member of a team is a totally shared experience. If one person steals, it destroys trust and hurts everyone. I can put up with many things, but not with people who steal. If one of my players were caught stealing, he'd be gone.

Whether you're on a sports team, in an office or a member of a family. if you can't trust one another, there is going to be trouble.

1.What can be inferred about the baggage boys?

A. They could earn much, but they had to work hard.

B. Many of them earned money in a dishonest way.

C. They were all from poor families.

D. They were thin, young boys.

2.What does the father's advice imply?

A. It is wrong to give more to the passengers.

B. Don't believe them if they are paying you more.

C. Don't follow others to overcharge the passengers.

D. It is difficult to work hard and live as an honest boy.

3.The underlined word "it" (in Paragraph 2) refers to______

A. overcharging passengers B. pulling heavy suitcases all day

C. paying passengers money D. working in an honest way

4.The writer can't put up with stealing because he thinks that _______.

A. it is a total shared experience

B. it is considered as the most dangerous

C. it does great harm to human relationship

D. it may led to the loss of his sports team.

5.It can be concluded from the text that _______.

A. his father's advice helped him to decide which job to take up

B. working in the sports team was his most important experience

C. he learned much from his shared experience with his team members

D. his experience as a baggage boy had a great influence on his late life

Answer 1

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.C

5.D

【解析】

試題分析:本文講述了作者兒時(shí)在車站做搬運(yùn)工的經(jīng)歷。那時(shí)，有很多搬運(yùn)工以不誠實(shí)的手段來賺錢，作者也想這樣做，但是作者的父親卻教導(dǎo)兒子要誠實(shí)賺錢。長大后，作者深受這一段經(jīng)歷的影響，認(rèn)為身在團(tuán)隊(duì)，最重要的就是誠信。

1.After just a few days on the job, I began noticing that the other fellows were overcharging passengers. 可知，作者注意到有很多搬運(yùn)工會多要價(jià)，也就是說他們采用不誠實(shí)的方法賺錢。故選擇B。

2."You give an honest day's work," he said, looking at me straight in his eye. "They are paying you. If they want to do that, you let them do that."可知，父親認(rèn)為人要城市賺錢。故選擇C，指不要學(xué)別人那樣以不誠實(shí)的手段賺錢。

3. I began noticing that the other fellows were overcharging passengers. I'd like to join them, thinking, "Everyone else is doing it."可知作者也想學(xué)別人那樣做，因?yàn)槊恳粋�(gè)人都在做這件事。而這件事就是有很多人在亂要價(jià)。故選擇A。

4.If one person steals, it destroys trust and hurts everyone.可知，作者認(rèn)為如果一個(gè)人偷竊，就會毀壞彼此間的信任，傷害每一個(gè)人。也就是損害了人們之間的關(guān)系。故選擇C。

5. Of all the jobs I've had, it was my experience at Pennsylvania Railway Station that has stuck with me. 可知，兒時(shí)在車站的這份工作對作者有很大的影響。故選擇D。

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