Pulling heavy suitcases all day in the summer is hard work, especially when you're a thin 14-year-old.That was me in 1940-the youngest and smallest baggage boy at New York City's Pennsyl-vania 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 the eye."  They're 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 possessions. 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's going to be trouble. 
小題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 all thin, young boys.
小題2:What does the father's advice imply?
A．It is wrong to give more pay 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.
小題3:The writer can't put up with stealing because he thinks that ______. 
A．it is a totally shared experience
B．it is considered as the most dangerous
C．it does great harm to human relationship
D．it may lead to the loss of his sports team
小題4: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 learnt much from his shared experience with his team members
D．his experience as a baggage boy had a great influence on his later life

小題1:B
小題2:A
小題3:C
小題4:D

試題分析：文章介紹作者在紐約賓西法尼亞火車站做小行李童的經(jīng)歷，爸爸教會他要誠實，讓我記憶深刻。這段經(jīng)歷對作者的人生有深遠的影響。
小題1:細節(jié)題：第一段雖然提到這些幫別人拎東西的小行李童很辛苦，但是沒有提到能賺多少錢，本項說他們能賺很多顯然是不正確的。從這一句：I began noticing that the others were overcharging(要價過高)passengers."我注意到很多人都向乘客要高價。" 可知，很多人以一種不誠實的方式賺錢。所以，正確選項應該是B。至于C、和D.說這些行李童都來自貧寒家庭或者又瘦又小都沒有提及。
小題2:父親的建議是：你付出了一天的誠實勞動，乘客愿意多付錢就多付錢。隱含的意思是你不可以像其他人一樣多向他們索取。故應該選A。
小題3:推理題：作者不能忍受偷竊行為是因為它是：A、一種完完全全的共同參與經(jīng)歷。B、被認為是最危險的行為。C、它是對人際關系的一種破壞。D、它可能會使他的運動隊造成損失。從倒數(shù)第二段的句子：If one person steals, it destroys trust and hurts everyone.可見C選項是最佳答案。
小題4:推理題：從這句可見：Of all the jobs I've had, it was my experience at Pennsylvania Railway Station that has stuck with me(在我所有從事過的工作中，正是我在紐約賓西法尼亞火車站的經(jīng)歷讓我記憶深刻。所以說這段經(jīng)歷對作者的人生有深遠的影響。)選D。
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My mother always says that I’m born to dance ballet．But that September when I was in a ballet  36 and went to do a turn，something just happened. I heard it and I surely   37 it．I went right to a doctor and got an MRI，which  38 a lot of damage to my knee——a(n)  39 injury for a dancer．I had to have a(n)  40 .
Everything had been going so well and now I had this huge injury．Dance was my life，but 41，I wasn’t going to be able to do it for a year or possibly never again．
My dad was really a big inspiration for me. He was  42  a battle against cancer at that time．He showed me how to make it through a  43 situation．I thought that if he could do that，I could handle this，too． 44 my operation，I had great difficulty walking，but I knew that if I really worked hard，my injury would   45 ．
Several months later, I definitely wasn't at my strongest，but I could   46 a class. The dancing I did was basic   47   that my knee could handle．
Once we started practicing in the fall，I was beginning to feel like myself again．One day，I   48  the schedule and my name was next to Eliot Feld．I thought it must be a(n)   49 because he is very famous in the ballet world．But it wasn’t．He  50  me and taught me a lot of things．At l8，I had a solo performance! It was a big  51 ．I was so excited and felt like a real ballerina．After the   52 ，Eliot said，“You know, you have a gift—and you are also made of   53 ．"That，coming from him，was the  54 compliment(贊美)I have ever received．I’d like to think that   55 my injury made me strong．
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