题文
My father was a foreman of a sugar-cane plantation(甘蔗种植园) in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. My first job was to drive the oxen that ploughed(耕) the cane fields. I would walk behind an ox(牛), 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 faithful to the people you work for. More important, I earned my pay; it never entered my mind to say I was sick just because I didn’t want to work.
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 three-room wood shack with a dirty 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(自尊心), one of the most important things a person can have.
When I was seven, I got work at a golf course(高尔夫球场) 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 missed one. Some nights I would lie in bed and dreamt 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(番石榴树枝) 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 working in the field — except now I was driving golf balls with club, not oxen with a broomstick.
小题1:The word “tedious” in Paragraph 2 most probably means _______.A．easyB．boringC．interestingD．unusual小题2:The writer learned that_______ from his first job.A．he should work for those who he liked mostB．he should work longer than what he was expectedC．he should never fail to say hello to his ownerD．he should be respectful and faithful to the people he worked for小题3:_______ gave the writer self-esteem.A．Having a family of eight people B．Owning his own golf courseC．Bringing money back home to help the familyD．Helping his father with the work on the plantation 题型：未知难度：其他题型
答案
小题1:B
小题2:D
小题3:C
解析
本文主要介绍父亲是一名里约种植园的工头。我的第一份工作是在甘蔗地里赶牛耕地。这工作需要一连干八个小时不能休息，一天也只有一美元的收入，虽然工作很乏味单调，但是我学会了为人生做准备：坚持、尊重人、待人诚恳和有自尊心。我只有六岁但却干着成年男人的工作。七岁时我去了家附近的高尔夫球场做球童，由此产生了当成功的高尔夫球手的梦想。于是我拼命练习自己喜欢的高尔夫，终于我学会了在田野里工作。---现在握住的是高尔夫球杆而不是赶牛的扫帚柄。
小题1:推理题：根据上下文语境判断，作者的工作是跟在耕牛后用扫帚把赶牛。应该不累，但是持续时间长而且中途不能休息即使吃饭也不可以。因此可知这份工作很枯燥。故选B。
小题2:细节题：根据第二段中“I also learned about being respectful and faithful to the people you work for.”可知作者从他的第一份工作学会了对他的雇主要恭敬和诚实守信。故选D。
小题3:细节题：根据第三段中“Nothing made me prouder than bringing home money to help my mother, father, two brothers and three sisters.”可知把钱带回家帮助家人给了作者自尊心。故选C。
考点
据考高分专家说，试题“My father was a fore.....”主要考查你对 [人生感悟类阅读 ]考点的理解。人生感悟类阅读
人生感悟类阅读的概念：
生活感悟类的文章就是指能给人心灵以启迪，使人从中受到教育的文章。这类文章的体裁可以是记叙文，如生活中一些感人故事或情感故事，有点类似心灵鸡汤一样的短文。
生活感悟类阅读解题指导：
一、文章特点：
生活感悟类的文章就是指能给人心灵以启迪，使人从中受到教育的文章。这类文章的体裁可以是记叙文，如生活中一些感人故事或情感故事，有点类似心灵鸡汤一样的短文。有时故事的结尾会有一句“点睛之笔”，点出全文的中心思想，就像《伊索寓言》里的寓言一样。还可能是夹叙夹议的哲理散文或生活随笔。散文随笔通常会阐述一种朴素易懂，耳熟能详的人生道理或宝贵品质。文章的结构和议论文类似，一般是总分总或总分结构。每段首句或尾句为主题句（论点），其它句子围绕主题展开论述（论据），论证方法多种多样，或举例，或引用名言，或正反对照等。
二、解题技巧：
针对生活感悟类文章的特点，做这类文章的完形填空时，要特别注意以下几点：
1、重点理解全文的首句。如果是记叙文，找出when，where，who，what等基本要素。如果是散文随笔，充分理解文章的中心句—全文的主题。
2、阅读全文的结尾段或结尾句，有助于理解文章所阐述或蕴含的哲理、感悟或忠告等。
3、调动自己的背景知识和情感。这类文章不会讲大道理也不会涉及到一些很专业的知识技术领域，而是谈一些小事和简单的道理，所以如果读者能和作者产生感情上的共鸣，读者会更好地把握作者的意图态度，从而提高做题的准确度。因此，考生在平时要做一个有心人，即用心去感悟生活中发生的小事，思考人生的一些基本道理，多阅读一些短小精悍的美文，多写写自己的心情故事和对生活学习的感悟。只有平时多用心，做题时才能调动自己的背景知识和情感。
