Question

閱讀下面短文，撐握其大意，然后從36~55各題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D），選出最佳選項。

I had my first job at the age of thirteen, when a friend of my mother’s who owned a bookshop _36 me for six hours a week to help her in the shop. I was very   37 to earn my own pocket money and my parents   38 interfered(干涉) with how I spent it, even when I was spending it   39 . They believed that by earning money, spending it, and learning from the   40 , I would become more mature(成熟) and  41 about how to handle work, relationships with others, and money.

Like many   42 parents, my parents also let me and my brothers do things over which they  43  a great deal. When I was sixteen, for example, after I finished high school and before I entered university, I wanted to spend the summer months traveling around   44 . My mother was against the idea of my traveling alone at such a young age, but my father felt that it would be a great   45 for me. In the end, my father won the   46 on the condition that I limited my traveling to France, my mother’s home, where I had many uncles, aunts and cousins   47 through the country who could   48 shelter and help if I need them.

Three years later, my younger brother decide to   49 a year off after his first year in university and travel through the United States and the Caribbean. Again my mother was very worried and not   50 to see my brother leave school, but my father encouraged him and my brother had a(n)   51 year working his way on trains and ships to   52 passage to different ports and cities, and discovering many fascinating places and people.

These kinds of experiences are probably rare(稀少的) for children in many countries but in the US they are fairly   53 . Most parents start   54 their children at a young age to do small things by themselves. By the time they have finished high school, many American kids have already had part-time jobs, traveled around the US or other countries on their own, have   55 the university they plan to attend and maybe even decided on their future career, and so on.

1.	A．taught B．allowed C．treated D．hired

 

2.	A．anxious B．content C．proud D．hopeful

 

3.	A．never B．ever C．always D．even

 

4.	A．quickly B．foolishly C．seriously D．honesty

 

5.	A．work B．mistakes C．others D．books

 

6.	A．strict B．reasonable C．polite D．responsible

 

7.	A．American B．Japanese C．Chinese D．British

 

8.	A．helped B．supported C．shared D．worried

 

9.	A．Asia B．Africa C．Europe D．Oceania

 

10.	A．journey B．experience C．chance D．possibility

 

11.	A．argument B．game C．discussion D．plan

 

12.	A．send out B．give out C．carry out D．spread out

 

13.	A．promise B．afford C．provide D．serve

 

14.	A．leave B．make C．take D．prepare

 

15.	A．angry B．eager C．sorry D．sad

 

16.	A．unusual B．hard C．strange D．busy

 

17.	A．accept B．earn C．find D．search

 

18.	A．welcome B．fit C．necessary D．common

 

19.	A．bringing B．forcing C．pushing D．protecting

 

20.	A．selected B．admired C．afforded D．left

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.D

2.C

3.A

4.B

5.B

6.D

7.A

8.D

9.C

10.B

11.A

12.D

13.C

14.C

15.B

16.A

17.B

18.D

19.C

20.A

【解析】略