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My father was foreman of a sugar-cane plantation in Rio piedras, puerto Rico. My first job was to drive the oxen that plowed the
My father was foreman of a sugar-cane plantation in Rio piedras, puerto Rico. My first job was to drive the oxen that plowed the
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My father was foreman of a sugar-cane plantation in Rio piedras, puerto Rico. My first job was to drive the oxen that plowed the cane fields. I would waik behind an ox, guiding him with a broomstick. For $1 a day, I worked eight hours straight, with no food breaks.
It was very
tedious
work, but it prepared me for life and taught me many lasting lessons. Because the plantation owners were always watching us, I had to be on time every day and work as hard as I could. I’ve never been late for any job since. I also learned about being respectful and loyal to the people you work for. More important, I earned my pay.
I was only six years old, but I was doing a man’s job. Our family needed every dollar we could make because my father never earned, more than $ 18 a week, our home was a three-room wood shack with a dirt floor and no toilet. Nothing made me prouder than bringing home money to help my mother, father, two brothers and three sisters. This give me self-esteem, one of the most important things a person can have.
When I was seven, I got work at a golf course near our house. My job was to stand down the fairway and spot the balls as they landed so the golfers could find them. Losing a ball meant you were fired, so I never miss one. Some nights I would lie in bed and dream of making thousands of dollars playing golf and being able to buy a bicycle.
The more I dreamed, the more I thought, why not? I made my first golf club out of guava limb and a piece of pipe. Then I hammered an empty tin can into the shape of a ball. And finally I dug two small holes in the ground and hit the ball back and forth. I practiced with the same devotion and intensity I learned while working in the field except now I was driving golf balls with club, not oxen with a broomstick.
What was the writer’s first job?
选项
A、To stand down the fairway at a golf course.
B、To spot the balls as they landed so the golfers could find them.
C、To drive the oxen that plowed the cane fields.
D、To watch the sugar-cane plantation.
答案
C
解析
本文作者回忆了自己年幼时的两次工作经历以及当时的梦想,这是一个交织着辛酸与幸福的故事,令人感到心灵的触动。全文分两个层次:第一层次讲述了作者的第一份工作——在农田里赶牛犁地。这份工作虽然单调劳累,却使作者为生活做好了准备,给他上了终身受用的一课。最重要的是,使他为自己那贫困的家庭赚了点钱,这给予了作者人生最宝贵的东西—一自尊。第二层讲述了他的第二份工作——在高尔夫球场捡球。在努力工作中,作者梦想成为成功的高尔夫球手,能为自己买辆单车。怀着这样的梦想,年幼时的作者用自制的一个简易破烂的高尔夫球杆,以他在农田工作时学到的投人精神和热情讲行着练习。作者在第一段的第二句提到:My first job was to drive the oxen that plowed the cane fields.我的第一份工作便是赶着牛犁甘蔗地。很明显,C符合文章内容.
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