Once there was a young woman who didn’t like her job. Everyday when she came hom
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Once there was a young woman who didn’tlike her job. Everyday when she came home from work, she told her husband howterrible her day had been, how tiring the work and how unreasonable her boss.“Leave that job,” her husband told her.
“Oh, I will,” she said. “But not yet. Ihave too many friends there for me to leave.” And so she remained unhappy atwork until the years became decades and her children had children. “Leave thatjob,” her grandchildren told her. “Oh, I will,” she said. “But not yet. Thereare only seven more years until I reach thirty years of service and can retire.So I can’t just yet.”
I know this woman. And her story reminds meof an old dog half asleep on the porch of a general store, moaning and groaningin the sun. “Why is your dog acting that way?” a customer asked the storeowner. “Oh,” answered the man. “He’s lying on a nail.” “Well, why doesn’t hemove?” “Because it’s not hurting him bad enough.”
That’s true for people, too. We convinceourselves the pain is not bad enough to leave the workplace we know. But we’rewrong. Prolonged work pain is continuing. Some work pain damages ourself-esteem, kills our passion or destroys our dreams.
Wilbur Wright once commented, “We couldhardly wait to get up in the morning. I know that exhilarating feeling of beingso passionate about something I was working on that I couldn’t wait to get backto work. And people who are winning at working know that kind of passion, too.”
They get excited about work. They offertheir unique gifts and talents eagerly. And when things don’t change as theysometimes will, they refuse to let environment hijack(劫持) their self-esteem, passionor dreams.
1.The woman complained to her husband everyday because .
| A．she didn’t have enough money to support her family |
| B．her boss criticized her for what she had done |
| C．she was not satisfied with her job at all |
| D．her work was difficult and her boss was cruel |
2.From the second paragraph we can knowthat the woman .
| A．liked making friends with others |
| B．loved all of her children very much |
| C．left her tiring job at last |
| D．did exactly the same job all along |
3.The underlined word “Prolonged” (inParagraph 4) means .
| A．lasting | B．slight | C．serious | D．hard |
4.People who are getting along well withtheir work .
| A．have to get up early every day |
| B．are not willing to go to work |
| C．need more unique gifts and talents |
| D．are likely to change with the situation |
试题答案
【答案】
1.C
2.D
3.A
4.D
【解析】
1.细节题。根据文章第一行Once there was a young woman who didn’t like her job.可知她对自己的工作不满意。
2.推理题。根据文章第2段可知孙子孙女都出生了，她还在做那份工作，说明她一直在做同样的工作。
3.猜测词义题。根据上下文可知A正确，是指持久的痛苦对我们有很大的影响。
4.总结归纳题。根据文章最后一段And when things don’t change as they sometimes will, they refuse tolet environment hijack(劫持) their self-esteem, passion or dreams.可知很多人都会随着情况的变化而变化。