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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
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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 threeroom 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 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 by 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 did the writer learn about from his first job?
选项
A、He could work as hard as possible.
B、He could go to work on time.
C、He should never fail to go to work.
D、He should be respectful and loyal to the people he works for.
答案
D
解析
文章第二段提到:I also learned about being respectful and loyal to the people you work for. 我也学会了应该尊敬并忠实于你为之工作的人。A. 他应尽可能努力地工作;B. 他应该准时上班;C. 他绝不能上班缺勤;这些选项在文中也提到过,都是在种植园主的监视下作者的实际做法,但并不符合本题的意思。作者在文中提出,在这一份工作中实际学到的便是尊敬和忠实于雇主。故答案为D。
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