第4部分：阅读理解—第一篇第31～45题，每题3分，共45分)
下面有3篇短文，每篇短文后有5道题，每道题后面都有4个选项。请仔细阅读短文并根据短文回答其后面的问题，从4个选项中选择1个最佳答案涂在答题卡相应的位置上。
第一篇
My Fast Job
I as six hen I joined my father and to elder brothers at sunrise in the hayfields of Eufaula, Oklahoma. By the time I as eight I as helping Dad fix up lo-income rental properties. He gave me a penny for every nail I pulled out of old boards.医,学全,在线.搜集.整理www.lindalemus.com
I got my first real job, at JM's Restaurant in ton, hen I as 12. My main responsibilities ere clearing tables and ashing dishes, but sometimes I helped cook.
Every day after school I ould head to JM's and ork until ten. Saturdays I orked from to until eleven. At that age it as unlucky going to ork and atching my friends run off to sim or play. I didn't necessarily like ork, but I loved hat orking alloed me to have. Because of my job I as alays the one buying hen my friends and I ent to the local bar Tastee Freez. This made me proud.
ord that I as honest and hardorking got around ton. A local clothing store extended credit to me although I as only in the seventh grade. I immediately charged a $ 68 sports coat and a $ 22 pair of trousers. I as making only 65 cents an hour, and I as already $ 90 in debt! So I learned early the danger of easy credit. I paid it off as soon as I could.
My first job taught me discipline, responsibility and brought me a level of personal satisfaction fe of my friends had experienced. As my father, ho orked three jobs, once told me, "If you understand sacrifice and commitment, there are not many things in life you can't have." Ho right he as!
31 hen the author as a child, he as made to help his father ork because___________
A the restaurant as short of hands.
B his family belonged to the lo-income group.
C he anted to earn some money
D he as stronger than his to brothers.
32 At the age of 12, the author got a job at a restaurant and often orked till late at night because___________
A he liked that ork.
B he didn't like playing.
C he as hard-orking.医 学全,在线.搜集.整理www.lindalemus.com
D he felt rearded by doing that ork.
33 The ord "ord" in the sentence "ord that I as honest and-hard-orking got around ton in the fourth paragraph means___________
A statement.
B advice.
C nes.
D promise.
34 hen the author as in the seventh grade, he as in debt because___________
A he did not ork any more.
B he bought clothes on credit.
C he as charged too much for the sports coat.
D he made little money at that time.
35 hat does the author ant to tell the reader by this text?
A If you kno sacrifice and responsibility, you can have many things in life.
B Children from poor families usually have a very unhappy childhood.
C Children should be made to ork and earn some money by themselves.
D You ill learn discipline and responsibility by orking early in life.
