【正文】 dreamed, the more I thought. Why not? I made my first golf club out of guava limb(番石榴樹枝) and a piece of pipe. Then I hammered an empty tin can into the shape of a ball. And finally I dug two small holes in the ground and hit the ball back and forth. I practiced with the same devotion and intensity. I learned working in the field — except now I was driving golf balls with club, not oxen with a broomstick.　　1. The writer’s first job was _______.　　A. to stand down the fairway at a golf course　　B. to watch over the sugarcane plantation　　C. to drive the oxen that ploughed the cane fields　　D. to spot the balls as they landed so the golfers could find them　　2. The word “tedious” in Paragraph 2 most probably means _______.　　A. difficult C. interesting D. unusual　　3. The writer learned that_______ from his first job.　　A. he should work for those who he liked most　　B. he should work longer than what he was expected　　C. he should never fail to say hello to his owner　　D. he should be respectful and faithful to the people he worked for　　4. _______ gave the writer serfesteem.　　A. Having a family of eight people　　B. Owning his own golf course　　C. Bringing money back home to help the family　　D. Helping his father with the work on the plantation　　5. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?　　A. He wanted to be a successful golfer.　　B. He wanted to run a golf course near his house.　　C. He was satisfied with the job he got on a plantation.　　D. He wanted to make money by guiding oxen with a broomstick.　　【答案解析】　　本文主要介紹作者小時候的工作經(jīng)歷：6歲時在一家甘蔗種植園耕地，7歲時在離家不遠(yuǎn)的一家高爾夫球場找到看球。語義理解題?！　?. B。從第 2 段第 2 句話中的I had to be on time every day and work as hard as I could 可以推知 tedious 的正確詞義。語義理解題?！　?. C。從文章第 3 段最后兩句話 Nothing made me prouder than bringing home money to help my mother, father, two brothers and three sisters. This gave me selfesteem (自尊心)… 不難肯定答案為C。判斷題?！　?5)　　At the time, I would go out in the evening with my parents. But this time I had borrowed a bicycle from a friend of mine. I didn’t know why, but once I was on my own bicycle, a kind of free feeling flooded through me. The faster I rode, the faster I wanted to go! Far ahead, I rode as if my life depended on it, head down, hands grasping the handbars. I meant to get to Jinghai Bar as fast as I could...　　Oh! My hands! Don’t e any closer... Don’t touch me! That poor doctor just couldn’t get my gloves off. Each time he took a step towards me, I broke into painful shouting. Much later, I　discovered that I had crashed(碰撞) heavily with another bicycle, and I hadn’t spoken one word of sense for at least three hours! After some time, my mother arrived at the hospital, her face as white as a sheet, and gave me a hug(擁抱), only then did the doctor begin to stitch(縫合) my head wound, not only did he merrily cut off a long lock of my hair, but used no anaesthetic(麻藥) either! Later. I seemed to hear faraway voices saying that my right hand was broken. I almost burst into tears. How would I ever play the piano again?　　1. On her way to Jinghai, the writer felt _______.　　A. nervous C. lighthearted B. Cruel. C. Hardworking.　　1. C。根據(jù)第1段后面幾句話的描述可推知此題的答案為C。推斷題。　　3. B。根據(jù)文章中的 …not only did he merrily cut off a long lock of my hair, but used no anaesthetic either 可知，作者認(rèn)為這醫(yī)生很殘忍，因此選B。細(xì)節(jié)題。從而可推知此題答案為B?！　?. C。從主題句It is never easy to find out the exact truth about an 。細(xì)節(jié)題。而其他選項(xiàng)都只是兩份報紙的片面之辭，到度是真是假，我們無法得知，因此答案為B。推斷題。　　4. C。The Canfield Times 報道說Last night Beldon firemen arrived just too late to save clothing, bedclothes and some furniture at the Seabreeze Hotel.，而The Beldon Post則說消防隊員及時把這場小火撲滅了，（沒有造成損失），兩者報道相反。　　(7)　　Jack used to curse(咒罵) the front yard as if it were a living thing. He was the man who lived with my grandmother for thirty years. He was not my grandfather, but an Italian who came down the road one day, selling fruit in Florida.　　Jack stopped at my grandmother’s house to sell her some oranges just a stone’s throw from downtown Miami, and he was delivering her whiskey a week later. He stayed for thirty years. Jack hated the front yard because he thought it was against him. There had been a beautiful lawn(草坪) there when Jack came along, but he let it wander off into nothing. He refused to water it or take care of it in any way.　　Now the ground was so hard that it gave his car flat tires(輪胎) in the summer. The yard was always finding a nail to put in one of his tires or the car as always sinking out of sight in the winter when the rains came on. The lawn had belonged to my grandfather, who lived out the end of his life in an insane hospital. It had been his pride and joy and was said to be the place where his powers came.　　1. It can be inferred that the real reason Jack had problems with the yard was that _______.　　A. he didn’t like the lawn.　　B. the author’s grandfather was against Jack working on the lawn　　C. the lawn was full of living things　　D. he himself did not take care of the lawn　　2. We can learn from the passage that when the lawn belonged to the author’s grandfather, it had been _______.　　A. beautiful B. worn out C. wasted我祖父曾把前花園弄得很漂亮。判斷題。　　2. A。根據(jù)There had been a beautiful lawn(草坪) there when Jack came along, but he let it wander off into nothing 可知答案。判斷題。再看第1段第1句話的意思：Jack 過去常常咒罵前花園，就好像那花園是一個有生命的東西一樣，可以看出Jack 不是在罵花園，而是指桑罵槐，所以選B。 B. more quickly　　C. more expensive　　1. D。根據(jù)第2段經(jīng)理所說的話 It is better than our fish oils 和第6段We might add some chemicals to one of our own fish oils可推知此題的答案為D。推斷題?！　?. A。根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第二、三段中的The usual one is to prevent it altogether or at least to delay it as long as possible和But I am so sorry for you, because, you see, that is not possible this time可推知此題為A。推斷題?！　?9)　　A lot of us lose life’s tough battles by starting a frontal(正面的) attack—when a touch of humor might well enable us to win. Consider the case of a young friend of mine, who hit a traffic jam on his way to work shortly after receiving an ultimatum(最后通牒) a