Question

【題目】 Growing a Family Business Every Saturday and Sunday this fall, while other kids are sleeping in or preparing for a soccer game, Phillip Gargiulo, age 11, will be up at 5 a.m. sweeping floors. It's hard work, but Phillip's job at Masker Orchards（果園） isn't just a job-it's all for his family.

Masker is one of the largest pick-it-yourself apple orchards in the New York area, with 200 acres（英畝） of land and 16,000 trees. The orchard was founded in 1913 by the Masker family. In 1969, Phillip's grandfather bought the land. His three kids and six grandkids have been running the family business ever since.

On a good weekend, there will be more than 800 customers. One of Phillip's jobs is to count the items they bought, give customers a total, and take their money. That's a lot of apples-and a lot of math! And more than 100 teens work there, too. For their hard work, the Gargiulo kids are paid﹩15 per hour. After working there for seven years, Phillip has saved﹩3,000. He's planning to use it to buy a car one day, and to help pay for college.

Having a family business means much more than making money. It also means making sacrifices.

"Growing up, it was good and bad," says Phillip's mom. She's been working at the orchard since she was 4 years old. "From August to Halloween, I would be busy. In high school, you want to be with your friends, out doing other things. That wasn't always possible when I had to be at the orchard."

Phillip, too, sees both sides. "I'm learning how to run a business, and I'm learning what hard work is really all about." he says. He admits, though, that some mornings, when his alarm clock goes off in the early morning, he'd rather be sleeping in or playing baseball with friends. "But I'm learning to do things that I will need for the rest of my life," he says. "And I'm spending time with my family. I love it."

【1】Phillip gets up early every weekend to ______ .

A.finish his homeworkB.do the work for his family

C.prepare for a soccer gameD.go for a run in the morning

【2】What does Phillip do on a good weekend in Masker?

A.To plant some apple trees.

B.To work on math problems.

C.To play baseball with friends.

D.To count apples and take the money.

【3】What can we learn from this passage?

A.Getting something probably means giving up something.

B.It's necessary to make money as early as possible.

C.Growing up means doing what you want to do.

D.There is nothing more important than parents.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】D

【3】A

【解析】

這篇文章講述了周末當(dāng)別的孩子在睡覺或者準備足球比賽，而Phillip卻要在果園里忙碌的故事。

【1】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“Phillip Gargiulo, age 11, will be up at 5 a.m. sweeping floors.”可知，早上5點開始，Phillip就開始做家務(wù)。故選B。

【2】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“One of Phillip's jobs is to count the items they bought, give customers a total, and take their money.”可知，Phillip的工作就是計數(shù)，給顧客報總數(shù)和收錢。故選D。

【3】推理判斷題。根據(jù)“Having a family business means much more than making money. It also means making sacrifices.”可知，家族商業(yè)不僅僅意味著賺錢，有時候也意味著犧牲�？赏茢喑龅玫侥承〇|西的時候，要失去其他的東西。故選A。