Question

I began working in journalism(新闻工作) when I was eight. It was my mother’s idea. She wanted me to “make something” of myself, and decided I had better start young if I was to have any chance of keeping up with the competition.
    With my load of magazines I headed toward Belleville Avenue. The crowds were there. There were two gas stations on the corner of Belleville and Union. For several hours I made myself highly visible, making sure everyone could see me and the heavy black letters on the bag that said THE SATURDAY EVENING POST. When it was supper time, I walked back home.
“How many did you sell, my boy?” my mother asked.
“None.”
“Where did you go?”
“The corner of Belleville and Union Avenues.”
“What did you do?”
“Stood on the corner waiting for somebody to buy a Saturday Evening Post.”
“You just stood there?”
“Didn’t sell a single one.”
“My God, Russell!”
    Uncle Allen put in, “Well, I’ve decided to take the Post.” I handed him a copy and he paid me a nickel(五分镍币). It was the first nickel I earned.
    Afterwards my mother taught me how to be a salesman. I would have to ring doorbells, address adults with self-confidence, and persuade them by saying that no one, no matter how poor, could afford to be without the Saturday Evening Post in the home.
    One day, I told my mother I’d changed my mind. I didn’t want to make a success in the magazine business.“If you think you can change your mind like this,” she replied, “you’ll become a good-for-nothing.” She insisted that, as soon as school was over, I should start ringing doorbells, selling magazines. Whenever I said no, she would scold me.
   My mother and I had fought this battle almost as long as I could remember. My mother, dissatisfied with my father’s plain workman’s life, determined that I would not grow up like him and his people. But never did she expect that, forty years later, such a successful journalist as me would go back to her husband’s people for true life and love.
56、 Why did the boy start his job young?

A．He wanted to be famous in the future.   B．The job was quite easy for him.

C．His mother had high hopes for him.     D．The competition for the job was fierce

57、From the dialogue between the boy and his mother, we learn that the mother was _______.

A．excited

B．interested  C．ashamed  D．disappointed

 58、What did the mother do when the boy wanted to give up?

A．She forced him to continue.   B．She punished him.

C．She gave him some money.   D．She changed her plan.

59、 What does the underlined phrase “this battle” refer to?

A．The war between the boy’s parents.

B．The arguing between the boy and his mother.

C．The quarrel between the boy and his customers.

D．The fight between the boy and his father.

60、 What is the text mainly about?

A．The early life of a journalist.

B．The early success of a journalist.

C．The happy childhood of the writer.

D．The important role of the writer in his family.

Answer 1

CDABA

【解析】【56】C 推理题。根据文章1,2行She wanted me to “make something” of myself, and decided I had better start young if I was to have any chance of keeping up with the competition.说明妈妈希望我成为重要人物，所以希望我很早就开始。故C正确。
【57】D 推理题。根据“You just stood there?”
“Didn’t sell a single one.”
“My God, Russell!”可知妈妈对我一份报纸也没有卖掉感觉很失望。故D正确。
【58】A 细节题。根据文章倒数4,5行Whenever I said no, she would scold me.
My mother and I had fought this battle almost as long as I could remember.说明只要我要放弃妈妈就会责备我，迫使我继续努力。故A正确。
【59】B 推理题。根据文章倒数第4行My mother and I had fought this battle almost as long as I could remember.可知如果我想放弃，妈妈就会责备我。这是我和妈妈之间的战斗。故B正确。
【60】A 主旨大意题。本文主要讲述的是我在很小的时候就开始了卖报纸的活动，以及妈妈对我的教育。故A正确。