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【题目】I want to tell you the story of one of my old friends called Bob. His teachers called him A Troublemaker. They also said that he had no future and no hope. But now he owns a small second-hand bookstore store which makes him enough money to live on and also to support his mother.

He told me that after he finished grade nine, he went to study at a technical college. He was a pretty bad student so he became one of the gang (一帮) leaders there. Many of them got caught many times for fighting.

It looked like nothing could change his life. That was until one sad day when his father died. That changed everything.

After his father died, his mother had to work very hard to make enough money to support the family. He told me that he really pitied his mum after his dad died. He felt that he needed to earn some money rather than let his mum work alone. He loved reading cartoon(卡通) books and had been collecting them for years. As his family was short of money, he decided that he should sell them. He did this by the side of the road where his mother was selling food.

Soon he realized that his books were very popular. So he decided to set up his own business. He started his business by going around buying cartoon books from other people. He bought them for 25% and then sold them for half price. He could make enough money to help support the family.

He was a troublemaker to his teachers but he is a hero to me. If you are judged as a bad student or as someone being stupid, I suggest you pay no attention to what they say. Just do your best in everything. Don’t give up so easily. Believe in yourself. If you think that you can do it, then you can. Believe me, one day you could be more successful than those persons who looked down upon you.

【1】What does the author want to tell the readers?

A. How a young man helped his mother.

B. How a young man graduated from college.

C. People can change when they are determined to.

D. People can be successful after they lose a family member.

【2】Bob felt that he should change his way of life mainly because he ________.

A. pitied his mother

B. got caught for fighting

C. wanted to work with his mother

D. had to sell food by the roadside

【3】Bob decided to start his own business when he ________.

A. sold all his cartoon books

B. found others liked cartoon books

C. could write his own cartoon books

D. could buy cartoon books from others

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】B

【解析】

试题分析: 本文主要讲了作者的一个朋友Bob，他在学校学习很差，表现也差，老师们都称他为麻烦制造者。但是自从他的爸爸去世后，他就下定决心挣钱减轻妈妈的负担，最后他开了一家书店，挣了足够的钱养家，作者想告诉我们：只要下定决定就能改变一些事情。

【1】C 主旨大意题。本文以Bob的例子想告诉读者：只要下定决定就能改变一些事情。故选C。

【2】A 细节理解题。根据第四段第二、三句He told me that he really pitied his mum after his dad died. He felt that he needed to earn some money rather than let his mum work alone.可知，他改变了生活方式是因为他心疼他的妈妈。故选A。

【3】B 细节理解题。根据第五段中Soon he realized that his books were very popular. So he decided to set up his own business. 可知，当他知道他的书很受欢迎时，他开始创建自己的生意。故选B。