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　　My father woke me up early one summer morning when I was fourteen and announced：“Get up．You’re going with me to cut grass．”

　　The idea that my father actually thought I was big enough to help him in his business made me feel proud and excited．From sunup to sundown my father my younger brother and I worked in the large yards in a rich part of Atlanta Georgia．By the end of the day I was tired out but I felt good．I had put in a hard day’s labor and had earned ＄6．

　　One day my father found some leaves I’d missed and pulled me aside．“Clear away these leaves ” he said firmly “and don’t make me have to do it again ” The message was clear．Today I value the importance of doing a job right the first time．It will never fail to impress the person you are working for．

　　After two years my father told me and my brother that he felt we were old enough to do lawns(草坪)on our own．Every Saturday during our last two years of high school we set out early in the morning with the same desire and drive we had gained while working under our father．

　　Taking care of lawns was not exciting or high-paying but that didn’t matter．It taught me that any job is a good job and that whatever I was paid was more than I had before．

　　A newspaper reporter once asked me how someone could possibly live on a forty-hour-a-week minimum(最低的)pay．“My father never worked just forty hours a week and neither have I ”I replied．“If you’re only working forty hours you probably don’t want to do any better than you’re doing．”

　　In every job I’ve held from doing lawns to washing dishes I have learned something that helped me in my next job．If you look hard enough you can learn from any job you do．

(1)

Why did the writer feel proud and excited when asked to cut grass?
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A．	He was old enough to help his family．
B．	He became important to his father’s business．
C．	He was able to take care of large yards．
D．	He could earn ＄6 that day．

(2)

What does the underlined word “message” in the third paragraph mean?
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A．	Leaving leaves behind is not right．
B．	Giving no excuse for your mistakes．
C．	Doing a good job at the very beginning．
D．	Missing things can be found out．

(3)

When the writer finished high school he might be _______ year old．
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A．	14
B．	16
C．	18
D．	20

(4)

Which of the following is the most important thing that the writer has learned from his father?
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A．	Watch clearly while doing a job．
B．	Set out early for physical work．
C．	Keep learning from any job you hold．
D．	Work over 40 hours every week．

Answer 1

答案：1．A;2．C;3．C;4．C;
解析：
(1) 根据第二段开始“The idea that my father actually thought I was big enough to help him in his business made me feel proud and excited”．可以得到答案。 (2) 这个单词所在的句子的后一句说明了父亲所说的话的含义和对于我的作用：value the importance of doing a job right the first time。 (3) 根据第一段14岁的信息和第四段两个两年的信息，可以推断出高中毕业时的年龄是18岁。 (4) 这个问题属于全文总结性质，而文章的最后一段(包括倒数第三段的最后一句)正好是文章的总结，也是作者的反思总结。A、B、D三项显得过于肤浅。