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I’ve worked in the factories surrounding my hometown every summer since I graduated from high school, but making the transition
I’ve worked in the factories surrounding my hometown every summer since I graduated from high school, but making the transition
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2013-04-25
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问题
I’ve worked in the factories surrounding my hometown every summer since I graduated from high school, but making the transition (转变) between school and full-time blue-collar work during the break never gets any easier. For a student like me who considers any class before noon to be uncivilized, getting to a factory by 6 o’clock each morning is torture. My friends never seem to understand why I’m so relieved to be back at school or that my summer vacation has been anything but a vacation.
There’re few people as self-confident as a college student who has never been out in the real world. People my age always seem to overestimate the value of their time and knowledge. In fact, all the classes did not prepare me for my battles with the machine I ran in the plant, which would jam whenever I absent-mindedly put in a part backward or upside down.
The most stressful thing about blue-collar life is knowing your job could disappear overnight. Issues like downsizing (裁员) and overseas relocation had always seemed distant to me until my co-workers told me that the unit I was working in would shut down within six months and move to Mexico, where people would work for 60 cents an hour.
After working 12-hour shifts in a factory, the other options have become only too clear. When I’m back at the university, skipping classes and turning in lazy re-writes seems too irresponsible after seeing what I would be doing without school. All the advice and public-service announcements about the value of an education that used to sound stale now ring true.
These lessons I’m learning, however valuable, are always tinged (带有) with a sense of guilt. Many people pass their lives in the places I briefly work, spending 30 years where I spend only two months at a time. "This job pays well, but it’s hell on the body," said one co-worker. "Study hard and keep reading," she added.
My experiences in the factories have inspired me to make the most of my college years before I enter the real world for good.
How did the author look back on his summer days while at college?
选项
A、They brought him nothing but torture.
B、They were no holiday for him at all.
C、They were a relief from his hard work at school.
D、They offered him a chance to know more people.
答案
B
解析
事实细节题。文章开篇提及“我”每年暑假都会在工厂打工,很早起床工作非常痛苦。在第一段最后,作者明确提出他的暑假“has been anything but a vacation”,anything but这个固定搭配意为“根本不,决不”,联系上文可知他的暑假很辛苦,根本算不上假期,故答案为B)。
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