阅读下面短文，掌握其大意。然后从36-55各题所给的选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 Mark was seven when he joined his father and two other elder brothers at sunrise in the fields. __36__ the time he was eight he was helping Dad fix up old furniture. He was given a cent for every nail he __37__ out of old boards. He got his first __38__ job at BT’s Restaurant in town, when he reached twelve. His main tasks were__39__tables and washing dishes, __40__sometimes he helped cook. Every day after school he would __41__ to BT’s and work till ten. Even on Saturdays he __42__ from two till eleven. At that age it was difficult going to work and __43__ his friends run off to swim or play. He didn’t necessarily like work, but he loved what working __44__ him to have. Because of his __45__ he was always the one buying when his friends and he went to the local shop. That made him __46__. Word that he was trustworthy and hard-working __47__ around the town. A local clothing shop offered him credit（赊帐）__48__ he was only in Grade 7. He immediately __49__ a $ 68 sports coats and a $ 22 pair of shoes. He was__50__ only 65 cents an hour, and he already owed the shopkeeper $ 90! So he learned __51__ the danger of easy credit. He paid it __52__ as soon as he could. The first job taught him self-control, responsibility and brought him a __53__of personal satisfaction few of his friends had experienced. As his father, __54__worked three jobs, once told him, “If you__55__sacrifice and responsibility, there are not many things in life you cannot have.” How right he was!
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小题1:D
小题2:A
小题3:B
小题4:C
小题5:C
小题6:A
小题7:B
小题8:C
小题9:D
小题10:D
小题11:A
小题12:B
小题13:A
小题14:C
小题15:B
小题16:D
小题17:D
小题18:B
小题19:C
小题20:A
小题1:D 本题考察固定短语“by the time”，到...时候。故本题选D。
小题2:A 根据句意，本题考察短语“pull out of”，把钉子从板子上拔出来。故本题选A。
小题3:B 根据句意应是“第一件真正的工作”，故本题选B。
小题4:C 本题考察动词的用法，根据句意“擦桌子”，故本题选C。
小题5:C 根据上下文联系，上文主要工作是“擦桌子、洗盘子”，下文出现“有时帮忙做饭”，应该为转折关系。故本题选C。
小题6:A 本题考察动词，根据句意得出“放学后就出发去...”，故本题选A。head, 做动词用，意为出发。
小题7:B 根据句意应为“从2点工作到11点”，故本题选B。
小题8:C 根据句意及上下文间的联系，本题选C。工作和看别的孩子去玩对于这个年龄的孩子来说是很不容易的。
小题9:D 本题考察动词的用法，“但是他喜欢工作给予他的东西”，故本题选D。
小题10:D 根据句意，“由于他的工作的缘故”，故本题选D。
小题11:A 根据上下文的联系，和朋友去商店他是唯一掏钱的人，这使他引以为傲。故本题选A。
小题12:B 根据句意，本题选B。get around (消息等）传开。
小题13:A 根据句意，本题上下句之间应为转折关系，“虽然他只是个七年级的学生，但是服装店让他赊帐”。故本题选A。
小题14:C 本题考察动词用法，根据句意及联系上下文，本题选C。
小题15:B 本题考察动词用法，根据句意“挣钱”，故本题选B。
小题16:D 根据句意，本题选D。“他早就知道轻而易举得来的是很危险的。”
小题17:D 本题考察固定短语“pay off”，清偿债务，故本题选D。
小题18:B 根据句意，本题选B。“个人的满足感达到了朋友们达不到的水平。
小题19:C 本题考察定语从句的引导词，故选C。
小题20:A 根据句意“如果你懂得奉献和责任，你生命中就会拥有很多东西。”，本题应选A。
就整篇短文而言，主要是考察对短文的理解，只要对短文的理解没有偏差，再仔细分析每一个选项，应该能容易地做出来。