Question

When I was a teenager growing up in Russia, I wanted to leave school and have my own life. The only way I could do this was to work in the local brick factory in my town, or get married. I was nervous when I told my father I wanted to leave school. I thought he would say, “No! You are going to college.” He took me by surprise when he said, “OK. We’ll go to the brick factory.”

Two days later, he took me to the factory. I had a very romantic idea of working in a factory. I had imagined everyone to be friends working together and having fun. I even imagined there would be music and singing. I guess I had watched too many movies as a teenager.

When we arrived at the factory gate, my father spoke to the guard and one minute later we were inside. My father said, “Take your time. Look around.” I walked around the factory looking at the building, the workers, and listening to the noise. It was horrible. I ran back to my father and said, “I want to go home.”

He asked me, “What do you think of the factory?”

“It’s terrible,” I replied.

“And marriage is even worse!” he said.

I went back to school the next day thinking about studying hard so I could get into a good college. I enjoyed studying English so I decided to major in languages at college. Thanks to my father and our trip to the brick factory, I now work at the United Nations and my father is very proud of me. I married a very good man and my life is much better than it would have been working in the factory!

1.The writer lived in       when she was a teenager.

A. Russia       B. Japan        C. China

2.At first she thought life in the factory would be       than in school.

A. more careful     B. more colorful       C. more beautiful

3.When she told her father that she wanted to leave school, he expressed his disagreement       .

A. by doing nothing    B. in a special way     C. by saying nothing

4.After they visited the factory, the girl       .

A. decided to work there     B. decided to get married    C. changed her mind

5.The underlined work “horrible” means “    ” in Chinese.

A. 糟糕的       B. 緊張的       C. 浪漫的

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.A

2.B

3.B

4.C

5.A

【解析】

試題分析：作者在這篇短文中介紹了她自己在小時候不愛上學，后來父親親自帶她去工廠參觀，改變了她的浪漫想法，從而開始努力學習。最終在英語方面取得不凡的成就，去了聯合國工作。

1.根據When I was a teenager growing up in Russia,描述可知她小時候住在俄羅斯，故選A。

2.根據I had a very romantic idea of working in a factory.及下文描述可知他認為在工廠的生活會比學校的生活更多姿多彩，故選B。

3.根據第一段I thought he would say, “No! You are going to college.” He took me by surprise when he said, “OK. We’ll go to the brick factory.”及下文描述，可知父親用一種特殊的方式回答了我的問題，故選B。

4.根據It was terrible. I ran back to my father and said, “I want to go home.”及上下文描述，可知作者做個改變了他的浪漫想法。故選C。

5.聯系下文I ran back to my father and said, “I want to go home.”及“It’s terrible,”，可知她認為這里是很糟糕的。故選A。

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