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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. 

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.

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. 

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 

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

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.D

【解析】

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(huì)他要誠(chéng)實(shí)，讓我記憶深刻。這段經(jīng)歷對(duì)作者的人生有深遠(yuǎn)的影響。

1.細(xì)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(méi)有提到能賺多少錢，本項(xiàng)說(shuō)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(jià)過(guò)高)passengers."我注意到很多人都向乘客要高價(jià)。" 可知，很多人以一種不誠(chéng)實(shí)的方式賺錢。所以，正確選項(xiàng)應(yīng)該是B。至于C、和D.說(shuō)這些行李童都來(lái)自貧寒家庭或者又瘦又小都沒(méi)有提及。

2.父親的建議是：你付出了一天的誠(chéng)實(shí)勞動(dòng)，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(yīng)該選A。

3.推理題：作者不能忍受偷竊行為是因?yàn)樗�是：A、一種完完全全的共同參與經(jīng)歷。B、被認(rèn)為是最危險(xiǎn)的行為。C、它是對(duì)人際關(guān)系的一種破壞。D、它可能會(huì)使他的運(yùn)動(dòng)隊(duì)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(jiàn)C選項(xiàng)是最佳答案。

4.推理題：從這句可見(jiàn)：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(guò)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(shuō)這段經(jīng)歷對(duì)作者的人生有深遠(yuǎn)的影響。)選D。

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