I began working in journalism (新聞業(yè)) when I was eight. It was my mother’s idea. She wanted me to “make something” of myself, and decided I had better start young if I was to have any chance of keeping up with the competition (競(jìng)爭(zhēng)).
With my load of magazines I headed toward Belleville Avenue. The crowds were there. There were two gas stations on the corner of Belleville and Union. For several hours I made myself easily seen, making sure everyone could see me and the heavy black letters on the bag that said THE SATURDAY EVENING POST. When it was supper time, I walked back home.
“How many did you sell, my boy?” my mother asked.
“None.”
“Where did you go?”
“The corner of Belleville and Union Avenues.”
“What did you do?”
“Stood on the corner waiting for somebody to buy a Saturday Evening Post.”
“You just stood there?”
“Didn’t sell a single one.”
“My God, Russell!”
Uncle Allen put in, “Well, I’ve decided to take the Post.” I handed him a copy and he paid me a nickel(五分鎳幣). It was the first nickel I earned.
Afterwards my mother taught me how to be a salesman. I would have to ring doorbells, address adults with self-confidence, and persuade them by saying that no one, no matter how poor, could afford to be without the Saturday Evening Post in the home.
One day, I told my mother I’d changed my mind. I didn’t want to make a success in the magazine business.
“If you think you can change your mind like this,” she replied, “you’ll become a good-for-nothing.” She insisted that, as soon as school was over, I should start ringing doorbells, selling magazines. Whenever I said no, she would scold me.
My mother and I had fought this battle almost as long as I could remember. My mother, dissatisfied with my father’s plain workman’s life, determined that I would not grow up like him and his people. But never did she expect that, forty years later, such a successful reporter as me would go back to her husband’s people for true life and love.
【小題1】Why did the boy start his job young?

A．He wanted to be famous in the future.
B．The job was quite easy for him.
C．His mother had high hopes for him.
D．The competition for the job was serious.
【小題2】From the dialogue between the boy and his mother, we learn that the mother was _______.
A．excitedB．interested
C．a(chǎn)shamedD．disappointed
【小題3】The phrase “this battle” in the last paragraph refers to      .
A．the war between the boy’s parents
B．the arguing between the boy and his mother
C．the arguing between the boy and his customers(顧客)
D．the fight between the boy and his father
【小題4】What is the text mainly about ?
A．The early life of a reporter.
B．The early success of a reporter.
C．The happy childhood of the writer.
D．The important role of the writer in his family.


【小題1】C
【小題2】D
【小題3】B
【小題4】A

解析試題分析：本文敘述了作者在小的時(shí)候由于母親堅(jiān)持讓作者早適應(yīng)競(jìng)爭(zhēng)的社會(huì)，讓8歲的他就出去賣雜志，結(jié)果第一天一份也沒(méi)有賣出去，母親感到很失望，母親告訴他該如何做，過(guò)了一段時(shí)間后，作者不想再繼續(xù)做下去了，可是母親堅(jiān)決不同意，長(zhǎng)大以后作者當(dāng)了一名記者。
【小題1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)She wanted me to “make something” of myself, and decided I had better start young 由于母親對(duì)作者的期望值太高強(qiáng)迫作者早早地從事工作，故選C。
【小題2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Didn’t sell a single one.可知母親對(duì)作者的工作成績(jī)很失望，故選D。
【小題3】詞義猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)上文的句子：Whenever I said no, she would scold me.可知這個(gè)斗爭(zhēng)指的是母親與作者之間的爭(zhēng)論，故選B。
【小題4】主旨大意題。根據(jù)全文的內(nèi)容可知主要敘述了作者小的時(shí)候早期的記者生活，故選A。
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D．Because the author thought the man’s wife would take it.
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A．He hated those who didn’t offer help.
B．He would send a present to the family soon.
C．He wondered why they didn’t take the money.
D．He considered helping others as saving money in the bank.
【小題5】 What can we infer from the passage?
A．The Mexican family lived a richer life than the author.
B．The Mexican family did seasonal work in Oregon each year.
C．The author was inspired to help others by the Mexican family.
D．What made the writer moved was the tamale given by the girl.

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