话题: 打工经历
体裁: 记叙文
难度: ★★★
建议用时: 15分钟
实际用时:
正确率: /15
My life as a tax-paying employed person began in middle school, when, for three whole days, I worked in a baking factory.
My best friend Betsy’s father was a manager at Hough Bakeries, which, at Easter time, 1 little bunny ( 兔子 ) cakes for all its 2 throughout Cleveland. It happened that the plant downtown needed eight kids for 3 help during our spring break, for which I had no 4 beyond listening to my favorite records. I’d 5 minimum wage. I’d see how a factory 6 . My parents thought all of this was a grand idea and called Betsy’s dad with their 7 .
Our 8 in the factory were simple: Place cakes on a moving belt. Attach icing ( 糖霜 ) ears. Apply icing eyes and nose. 9 bunny from the belt. This was 10 than it sounds. 11 a bit and the cakes pile up. As I told my parents at dinner that first night, it was all a little more high-pressure than I’d 12 .
Dad 13 . The son of a grocer, he’d spent the summers of his childhood 14 food in Bernardsville, New Jersey. This was the sort of work that made you the 15 dollars you earned and respect those who did the work, he told me.
1. A. sold B. ordered C. made D. reserved
2. A. stores B. families C. schools D. citizens
3. A. generous B. financial C. technical D. temporary
4. A. plans B. problems C. excuses D. hobbies
5. A. offer B. earn C. set D. suggest
6. A. worked B. closed C. developed D. survived
7. A. ambition B. permission C. experience D. invitation
8. A. joys B. ideas C. roles D. choices
9. A. Save B. Keep C. Stop D. Remove
10. A. harder B. better C. longer D. cheaper
11. A. Calm down B. Slow down C. Stay on D. Move on
12. A. indicated B. witnessed C. expected D. remembered
13. A. cried B. smiled C. hesitated D. refused
14. A. tasting B. finding C. sharing D. delivering
15. A. withdraw B. donate C. receive D. appreciate