One cold January evening in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, America, I went with my

One cold January evening in Philadelphia,Pennsylvania, America, I went with my father on an oil burner service call. Myfather was in his forties at that time and I was about twelve years old. He wasalways working hard trying to support us seven kids. I enjoyed hanging out withhim whenever I could — he taught me so much.

We arrived at the call and after walkingover snow and ice, we knocked on the customer’s door. A senior citizen openedthe door and let us into her very cold home. She was wearing an old, worn-outbrown coat that went down to her knees. On her head, covering her gray hair,was an old and worn hat. The home wasn’t furnished very well and was quitedark, except for a single light bulb over the dining room table. Below thelight was an older man counting change from several old coffee cans. He lookedup at us as we passed by to get to the kitchen where my dad would fix the oilburner. He didn’t say anything. He just looked up at us. He couldn’t speakEnglish, nor could his wife. She only pointed to the kitchen and smiled at us.

After a short while, my father had the heaterup and running, and it began to heat their cold home. The lady asked my dad inpoor English how much she owed him for fixing the heater. My dad looked aroundthe house and said that he had to go out to the truck and write the bill.

Once in the truck he marked the bill “noanswer at home, no charge”, so they wouldn’t be charged for his work. He lookedover at me and said, “He was counting his change to pay me. They need theirmoney more than I do.”

As usual, my father taught me somethingimportant that time, which was to be kind to the poor.

1.According to Paragraph 1, we know thatthe writer’sfather                       .

2.The description in Paragraph 2 shows thatthe oldcouple                       .

3.What can we infer from the passage?

4.The writer’s father didn’t charge for hisworkbecause                        .

试题答案

【答案】

1.C

2.B

3.D

4.B

【解析】略