首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
My father was a foreman of a sugar-cane plantation in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. My first job was to drive the oxen that plowed t
My father was a foreman of a sugar-cane plantation in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. My first job was to drive the oxen that plowed t
admin
2016-09-28
42
问题
My father was a 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 walk 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 dirty floor and no toilet. Nothing made me prouder than bringing home money to help my mother, father, two brothers and three sisters. This gave 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 working in the field—except now I was driving golf balls with club, not oxen with a broomstick.
What was the writer’s dream while working at a golf course?
选项
A、Making a lot of money by playing golf.
B、Becoming a successful golfer.
C、Running a golf course near his house.
D、Both A & B
答案
A
解析
事实细节题。第四段最后一句中的关键词是“playing golf”和“buy a bicycle”,只有A选项符合。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/bORO777K
0
成人本科学位英语
相关试题推荐
Thepremierandthevisitingforeignministerhadatalkin______friendlyatmos-phere.
SpeakerA:Doyouhappentoknowwhat’sonafterthenews?SpeakerB:______
Notlongago,Ihadmyfirston-linechat.Ithoughtitwouldbe(56)becauseIhaveheardsomanypeople(57)itinthatway.B
SpeakerA:I’vejustheardthattheticketsforSwanLakehavebeensoldout.SpeakerB:Oh,no!_________
Itwasduringthe1990’sthatthefriendshipbetweenEdwardandJeremyreachedtheirhighestpoint.
Thechairmanproposedthat(everyspeaker)(must)limit(himself)(to)fifteenminutes.
SpeakerA:Takeaseat,Mr.Brown.Couldyoutellmewhichpositionyouthinkmostappealstoyou?SpeakerB:______
Onesummerdaymyfathersentmetobuywireforourfarm.At16,Iliked【76】betterthandrivingourtruck,【77】thistimeIwasn
—Johnwantstoseeyoutoday.—Iwouldratherhe______tomorrowthantoday.
Whenitcomestoeatingsmartforyourheart,thinkingaboutshort-termfixesandsimplifylifewithastraightforwardapproac
随机试题
在社会主义初级阶段,按劳分配是
______thatyoursoniswellagain,younolongerhaveanythingtoworryabout.
一患者因疑有颅内动脉瘤,医生开处脑血管造影,以明确诊断造影时,患者可能会突然出现一些短暂症状,应向病人作好解释。如()
患者李某,女性,40岁,新近被确诊患有子宫内膜癌,需要施行子宫切除术。患者得知此诊断后,不停地哭泣。护士与此患者进行沟通时适宜的方法是
首选骶髂关节正位摄影的疾病是
女,10岁,阵发性腹痛,黑便2天,双下肢散在出血点,双膝关节肿胀,腹软,双下腹压痛,白细胞12.5×109/L血小板200×109/L,血红蛋白110g/L,尿常规:蛋白质(+),红细胞(+),颗粒管型0~3个/HP哪项是不常见的病因
2013年3月12Et,吴某应聘到甲公司工作,每月2000元,直至2014年2月12日甲公司才与其签订合同。甲公司应补偿吴某()元。
“心理不健康状态”的症状学效度是指()。
2007年,我国内资企业注册资本(金)同比增加:
A、Attheendoftheonlinecatalogue.B、AttheReferenceDesk.C、InTheNewYorkTimes.D、IntheReader’sGuidetoPeriodicalLi
最新回复
(
0
)