8.After a lot of weightlifting and 25exhausting days training,a 52-year-old woman recently became the first female"gripman"on San Francisco's historic cable cars.
Fannie Barnes passed her written test and completed a final run under the watchful eye of a supervisor,Municipal Railway spokesman Alan Siegel said.
Deep calluses(繭) are already forming at the base of her fingers and there is a hole in her glove.Two other women quit after a single day with injured muscles."Now they're going to have to change the word from gripman to grip person,just because of me,"Barnes said earlier,"I'm so excited."
After almost a year of serious workouts,Barns can pull more than 61kilos,only 23kilos less than her body weight.And she'll need the muscle,for this is no modern,push-button technology.Every time a car starts up again after making a stop,the gripman must haul back on a lever controlling a device that grips the cable,which runs continuously at 14kilometers per hour.If the grip slips,so does the car.A second person operates the brakes.
In addition to having to throw her weight around on the job,she's got to throw out some attitude to men who were hard to convince.The city employs 76men in the job.
"A lot of men said mean things to me and didn't want to help train me.But I would like to thank the guys who were against me because they gave me even more inspiration to do it."she said.
Not all the men were against her.Many of the male colleagues yelled out support as she did her training runs.One of her biggest tests was drizzly December morning.She first went down the Hyde Street Hill,considered the most dangerous incline on the cable car routes."I had to have the will and I had to believe I could do it,"she said."It was scary,but as I started going down full grip and felt that I was in control,I knew I was on my way,"Barnes already is a pioneer of sorts.She started working as a cable car conductor six years ago,collecting fares and assisting on the back brake.She is one of only three women to have that job.But she said she always wanted the job up front on the car.(400)
60.What is unusual about Fannie Barnes getting a job as a gripman?B
A.She is the oldest one to work as a grpman.
B.She is the first women to work as a gripman.
C.She is the fattest women to work as a gripman.
D.She is the most suitable one to work as a gripman.
61.What did the 52-year-old woman do when she first began working on the city's cable car?A
A.As a gripman. B.As a conductor.
C.As a brakeman. D.As a supervisor.
62.It can be inferred from the passage that Fannie Barnes isB.
A.strong and easy-going B.strong-willed and self-confident
C.popular and humorous D.considerate and quick-tempered.
分析 本文屬于記敘文閱讀,作者通過這篇文章主要向我們描述了Fannie Barnes 成為了舊金山纜車歷史上的第一名纜車女司機的經(jīng)歷,她在經(jīng)過艱苦的訓(xùn)練后,憑借堅強的意志打破了女人不能駕馭纜車的魔咒,令人十分佩服.
解答 60.B.細節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)文章第一段"After a lot of weightlifting and 25exhausting days training,a 52-year-old woman recently became the first female"gripman"on San Francisco's historic cable cars"可知Fannie Barnes 得到纜車工作的不同尋常之處在于她是第一個女性工作人員;故選B.
61.A.細節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)文章第一段"After a lot of weightlifting and 25exhausting days training,a 52-year-old woman recently became the first female"gripman"on San Francisco's historic cable cars"在大量的舉重訓(xùn)練之后,這個52歲的女人成為了舊金山纜車歷史上的第一名纜車女司機;可知Fannie Barnes 做的是纜車司機;故選A.
62.B.推理判斷題.根據(jù)文章最后一段"."I had to have the will and I had to believe I could do it,"she said."It was scary,but as I started going down full grip and felt that I was in control,I knew I was on my way"我必須有堅強的一直并且相信我可以做到的,"她說,"這是可怕的,但當(dāng)我開始去滿握,覺得我是在控制,我知道我在我的方式;可知她是一個意志堅強并且十分自信的女人;故選B.
點評 考察學(xué)生的細節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力,做細節(jié)理解題時一定要找到文章中的原句,和題干進行比較,再做出正確的選擇.在做推理判斷題不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實,要根據(jù)文章事實進行合乎邏輯的推理判斷.