_________ the heavy snow, the highway has been closed up until further notice.
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科目:高中英语 来源:2011届甘肃省天水市三中高三第六次检测英语卷 题型:阅读理解
I began working in journalism(新闻工作)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.
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 highly visible, making sure everyone could see me and the heavy black letters on the bag that said THE SATURDAY EVENING POST. When it was suppertime, 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 nickle(五分镍币). It was the first nickle I earned.
Afterwards my mother taught me how to be a salesman. I would have to ring doorbells, address adults with self-confidence(自信), 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 journalist as me would go back to her husband’s people for true life and love.
【小题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 competiton for the job was fierce. |
| A.excited | B.interested | C.ashamed | D.disappointed |
| A.She forced him to continue. | B.She punished him. |
| C.She gave him some money. | D.She changed her plan. |
| A.The war between th |
| B.The arguing between the boy and his mother. |
| C.The quarrel between the boy and his customers. |
| D.The fight between the boy and his father. |
| A.The early life of a journalist. |
| B.The early success of a journalist. |
| C.The happy childhood of the writer. |
| D.The important role of the writer in his family. |
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_____, the great mother, in order to save her sick child, kept waiting for four hours in the heavy snow.
| A.It depends | B.Take it easy | C.Believe it or not | D.It is OK |
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The highway has been closed because of the heavy snow. Please find an ________ means of transport.
A. addictive B. active C. attractive D. alternative
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Miss Gao couldn’t carry the heavy box because she is a woman without great ________.
A.force B.strength C.energy D.size
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—Shall we finish the project two days ahead?
—I’m afraid we , in case the heavy storm comes suddenly.
A.may B.will C.can D.must
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