Question

Finally, I entered the university. Because of my careful savings, I did not have to work during the school year. Then, summer came and it was time to work harder than ever. I continued working as a waitress at night, instructed tennis camps several mornings a week and worked as a secretary for a few hours in the afternoons. I even decided to take a class at a community (社區(qū))college. This class at the community college saved me $650. It was an extremely tiring summer and made me anxious to return to my relatively easy life at the university.

During my second and third years of undergraduate schooling, I decided to work about five hours per week in the campus (校園) admissions office answering phones. This provided a little spending money and kept me from drawing my savings out. The overall situation looked hopeful as I approached my senior year as long as I could make as much money as I had the previous summer. I wanted to go to Israel to study for 3 weeks, but I hesitated in making this decision because it would cost me $1 600 more to get the credits in Israel. About two weeks later my Mom called to tell me that I had$1 600 in the bank that I had forgotten about! One of my concerns about this trip was not only the cost, but the loss of time to make money; however, I made as much that summer in the ten weeks when I was at home as I had made during the fourteen weeks when I was at home the summer before. The way everything worked together to make this trip possible was one of the most exciting things that have ever happened to me.

This experience has shaped me in many important ways. The first thing that I learned was the importance of a strong work ethic (倫理). Working long hours did a lot to develop my character and helped me learn the value of a dollar. It also made me learn how to search for creative ways to settle difficult situations.

1.Where did the writer probably work part?time before attending the university?

A．In a restaurant.　　　　　B．In the tennis camps.

C．In a company. D．In the admissions office.

2.The writer took a class at a community college mainly because ________.

A．she wanted to save money

B．life there was relatively easy

C．summer time was tiring

D．it was required by the university

3.The writer's major concern about the trip to Israel was that ________.

A．her mother would not give her approval

B．she would fail to get credits in Israel

C．a(chǎn) well?paid summer job would be lost

D．$1 600 couldn't be drawn out in time

4.The passage is mainly about how the writer ________.

A．made money on the college campus

B．managed to make full use of her vacation

C．was forced to support herself by her mother

D．was shaped by working part?time through college

 

Answer 1

1.A

2.A

3.C

4.D

【解析】

文章大意：在上大學(xué)期間，作者充分利用課余時(shí)間從事一些兼職工作，獲得了不錯(cuò)的收入，更重要的是，這種工作經(jīng)歷使作者認(rèn)識(shí)到了工作倫理的重要性，并且也學(xué)會(huì)了如何應(yīng)對(duì)困難局面。

1.答案：A　推理判斷題。根據(jù)第一段中的“... tennis camps several mornings a week and worked as a secretary for a few hours...”和第二段中的“... per week in the campus admissions office answering phones.”可知，B、C、D三項(xiàng)均是作者上大學(xué)之后所從事的兼職工作，因此，A項(xiàng)可能是作者上大學(xué)之前從事的工作。故答案選A。

2.2】答案：A　細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段倒數(shù)第二句“This class at the community college saved me $650.”可知，作者選這門(mén)課程的主要原因是她要省錢(qián)，A選項(xiàng)符合語(yǔ)境。故答案選A。

3.3】答案：C　細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段倒數(shù)第二句“One of my concerns about this trip was not only the cost, but the loss of time to make money...”可知，作者關(guān)心的不是旅行的費(fèi)用，而是失去了掙錢(qián)的時(shí)間。C選項(xiàng)符合語(yǔ)境，故答案選C。

4.4】答案：D　主旨大意題。最后一段提到“This experience has shaped me in many importance ways. The first thing that I learned was the importance of a strong work ethic...”，這些經(jīng)歷在許多重要方面塑造了作者。故答案選D。