I love it at night. It’s peaceful. And when it cools down I sometimes do some ironing. I don’t really care for it. I work full-time and am too busy for most housework. I remember the old woman who taught me to iron(熨烫). I was about 15 and somehow got a live-in job taking care of a woman who had been an able-bodied, healthy woman until the accident that caused her to be paralyzed.
The woman had an electric wheelchair. She could move her head and arms but not her hands or fingers. She had this clamp（夹子）attached to her arm and I’d have to open it and put a cup or a pencil in it and then she could move it. She would tell me how to do things. She would instruct me in great detail on the correct way to do things. Her home was perfect and beautiful. She would follow me around in her electric wheelchair to make sure I did everything exactly right. I’m sure she had been a perfect homemaker. She would have me fold everything, including socks and pillow cases. I would complain silently and wish terrible things on her. She taught me the right way to make the bed and tuck the corners. I know sometimes she’d get frustrated and impatient with me. I knew she wanted to grab it and do it herself. But she never yelled or scolded. Only she insisted I do it right. I didn’t like it much, but I did it.
Today I can iron pretty well. I know where to start on a shirt, the right way to do the collar and sleeves. Now that I think about it, I don’t think she is an old lady. I think she might have been about my age now. Anyway, when I iron, I think of her and silently thank her for all the things I learned.
小题1:From the passage we can infer that the writer of the passage now is ________.
A．a housewife
B．a full-time worker
C．a clothes maker
D．a college student小题2:The writer used to take care of the lady because ______.
A．she wanted to earn some money while sleeping and eating there
B．she wanted to learn how to do housework
C．she was a relative of the disabled woman
D．she had to do something in return to the lady for her kindness小题3:When the lady taught the writer how to do housework, the little girl was ______.
A．careful to learn
B．eager to learn
C．forced to learn
D．unwilling to learn小题4:What’s the writer’s attitude towards the lady now?
A．Sympathetic.
B．Fearful.
C．Thankful.
D．Hateful.
小题1:B
小题2:A
小题3:D
小题4:C
题目分析：本文介绍作者通过照顾一个瘫痪的老太太，学会很多家务，虽然当时不愿意，但是，现在对老太太很感激。
小题1:细节题：从第一段的句子：I work full-time and am too busy for most housework.可知作者是全职的工人。选B
小题2:推理题：从第一段的句子：I was about 15 and somehow got a live-in job taking care of a woman who had been an able-bodied,可知作者为老太太工作可以吃住在她家，选A
小题3:推理题：从第二段的句子：I would complain silently and wish terrible things on her.可知作者不愿意学这些家务，选D
小题4:细节题：从最后一段的句子：Anyway, when I iron, I think of her and silently thank her for all the things I learned.可知作者现在很感激老太太。选C。
点评：本文以细节题的考查为主，细节题是针对文中某个细节、某句话或某部分具体内容设置问题，正确答案的根据一定可以在原文中找到，即原文的改写往往成为正确选项。通常细节题的正确选项有以下特征：对原文句子中的关键词进行替换。把原文中的一些词换成意义相近的词，成为正确选项。词性或者语态的变化。把原文中的一些词变换一下词性，或者改变原文句子的语态，给考生制造障碍。语言简化。把原文中的复杂语言现象进行简化，成为正确答案。正话反说。把原文中的意思反过来表达而成为正确选项(适用于寻找错误选项的题目)。