I’m seventeen. I worked as a box boy at a supermarket in Los Angeles. People came to the counter (柜台) and I put things in their bags for them and carried things to their cars. It was hard work.
While working, I wore a plate with my name on it. I once met someone I knew years ago. I remembered his name and said, “Mr. Castle, how are you?” We talked about this and that. As he left, he said, “It was nice talking to you, Brett.” I felt great, he remembered me. Then I looked down at my name plate. Oh, no. He didn’t remember me at all, he just read the name plate. I wish I had put “Irving” down on my name plate. If he’d have said, “Oh yes, Irving, how could I forget you?” I’d have been ready for him. There’s nothing personal here.
The manager and everyone else who were a step above the box boys often shouted orders. One of these was: you couldn’t accept tips(小费). Okay, I’m outside and I put the bags in the car. For a lot of people, the natural reaction(反应)is to take a quarter and give it to me. I’d say, “I’m sorry, I can’t.” They’d get angry. When you give someone a tip, you’re sort of being polite. You take a quarter and you put it in their hand and you expect them to say, “Oh, thanks a lot.” When you say, “I’m sorry, I can’t.” they feel a little put down. They say, “No one will know.” And they put it in your pocket. You say, “I really can’t.” It gets to a point where you almost have to hurt a person physically to prevent him from tipping you. It was not in agreement with the store’s belief in being friendly. Accepting tips was a friendly thing and made the customer feel good. I just couldn’t understand the strangeness of some people’s ideas. One lady actually put a tip in my pocket, got in the car, and drove away. I was puzzled and didn’t know what to do. Should I d have had to throw the quarter at her or eaten it or something?
I decided that one year had been enough. Some people needed the job to stay alive and fed. I guess I had the means and could afford to hate it and give it up.
【小题1】. From the second paragraph, we can infer (推断) that ________.

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A．Because I'm afraid of dogs I ran as fast as I could.

B．I've remembered I was bitten（咬）by a dog.

C．No. But it's important for us to learn it in our everyday life.

D．What's wrong with you?

E．I fell off a tall tree though my mother told me not to climb too high.

F．Are you badly hurt?

G．Then take him to see a doctor. Do you remember?

（T: Teacher S: Students）

T: Hello, boys and girls. This class we'll learn some knowledge about first aid.

S: Why? Is there an accident?

T: 1 Now who wants to tell me an accident you had before?

S: Me.

T: What was wrong with you?

S: 2 .

T: Bad luck! Please listen and remember if someone is hurt, you shouldn't move him at once. You should telephone 120 first and wait until the ambulance comes. Who had another accident?

S: 3 .

T: Really? How terrible! Where did it bite you?

S: My left leg.

T: How did it happen?

S: Last year I was walking on the road when I saw a dog. 4 The dog saw me running. then it ran after me and bit me on my left leg.

T: Oh, poor boy! Here I want to tell you that if a person is bitten by an animal, wash the wound（伤口）with cold running water first. 5 .

S: Yes, we do.

T: OK. This class we know something about first aid. We can save ourselves and other people's lives when accidents happen. Class is over, bye!

S: Bye!