On a freezing-cold February morning in Indiana, Jhaqueil Reagan,18, left home to walk to a job interview—ten miles away, over snow-covered roads.
Reagan had been looking for work for months. His mother had died two years earlier, and he was the only caretaker of his younger brother, Cole, 16, and sister, Jazzlyn, seven. He was desperate for a regular salary after cutting lawns(草坪) and doing other temporaryjobs.
Three hours into his hard trip, Reagan had covered only three miles. He paused outside a Cajun restaurant called Papa Roux to ask for directions from owner Art Bouvier, who was clearing ice and snow from the parking lot. “I told him to get on the bus,” says Bouvier. “He thanked me and went on his way.”
Fifteen minutes later, Bouvier pulled up in his car beside Reagan as he walked along. “You’ve really got to be on the bus,” he told Reagan. “I don’t have money for the bus,” Reagan replied. Bouvier offered him a lift. On the way, he asked the boy about his job search.
“I thought, This is the kind of kid I want working for me,” says Bouvier. He got the teen’s phone number and dropped him off for his interview.
Later that day, Bouvier wrote about Reagan on Facebook. “He doesn’t know it yet, but he starts on Monday,” Bouvier wrote. “It’s been a while since I’ve met someone so young with a work ethic(倫理) like that!” A few hours later, Bouvier called to offer Reagan a job. Shocked, the teen accepted on the spot. A television reporter caught wind of the story and interviewed the pair on camera that night.
Today, Reagan is washing dishes, filling orders, and greeting Papa Roux customers for $8.50 an hour. The publicity(宣傳) has brought in so many new customers that Bouvier plans to open a second restaurant by the end of the year

  1. 1.

    Why did Jhaqueil Reagan have to find a job ?

    1. A.
      Because he had to make enough money to support his family
    2. B.
      Because his parents had died two years earlier
    3. C.
      Because he wanted to change his job
    4. D.
      Because he was desperate for a good job
  2. 2.

    Which of the following can be used to replace the underlined part in the sixth paragraph ?

    1. A.
      reported
    2. B.
      delivered
    3. C.
      heard
    4. D.
      told
  3. 3.

    Which of the following words best describes Bouvier?

    1. A.
      honest
    2. B.
      warm-hearted
    3. C.
      modest
    4. D.
      independent
  4. 4.

    What’s the best title of the passage ?

    1. A.
      A Young Man Who Had an Interview
    2. B.
      A Young Man Who Found a Job
    3. C.
      A Boss Who Offered a Job
    4. D.
      A Boss Who Took a Chance
ACBD
試題分析:Reagan母親早在兩年前就去世了,所以他要撫養(yǎng)年幼的弟弟和妹妹。他感到靠打零工是不行的。因此他極度想找一份固定工作來賺錢撫養(yǎng)弟弟和妹妹。他找工作已經(jīng)找了好幾個月了。一個下雪天他又外出到離家十英里地方去面試。本文就是敘述了Reagan這天的求職經(jīng)歷:在熱心人的幫助下,他的執(zhí)著如愿以償。
1.A 推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段可以知道“他要找個工作掙錢足夠的來支撐這個家”。
2.C 詞義猜測題。根據(jù)“Bouvier wrote about Reagan on Facebook”我們知道“Bouvier把有關(guān)Reagan
求職的事情寫成文章發(fā)表在社交網(wǎng)絡(luò)Facebook上”,因而“A television reporter”最有可能是“聽說了”
這個故事。報(bào)道(reported)是后來的事;這位電視記者不可能在此之前講(told)這個故事;也不可能“發(fā)表,
遞送(delivered)” 這個故事根據(jù)下文“interviewed the pair”
3.B推理判斷題。從“Bouvier幫助Reagan”所做的一系列事情看,我們可以推斷“Bouvier應(yīng)該是一個熱心腸的人”。
4.D 主旨大意題。AB兩個選項(xiàng)都是細(xì)節(jié),不能概括全文,故排除。C項(xiàng)是說“一個提供工作的
老板”文章中根本沒有說。D項(xiàng)的意思是“一位碰上運(yùn)氣的老板”,這個跟文章主旨相吻合。
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