Question

One young excellent person was trying to find a high position in a big company. It was the director who would make the final decision.

  The director discovered that the young man did an excellent job in his college, which interested him a lot.[来

  The director asked, “Who paid for your college?”

  The young man answered, “My father passed away when I was one year old, so it was just my mother.”

  “What did your mother do?” The director seemed surprised.

  “She is a clothes cleaner,” the young man answered, with no feeling.

  “Have you ever helped your mother wash some clothes before?”

  “Never. My mother always wanted me to study and read more books. She could wash clothes faster than me,” the young man seemed puzzled (迷惑) when answering.

  “Well, now I need you to do something. When you go back home today, clean your mother’s hands and see me tomorrow.”

  The youth was happy when hearing this because he felt that his chance of getting the job was great. When he went home, he happily asked his mother to let him clean her hands. His mother felt strange but happy. With mixed feelings, she showed her hands to the kid.

  The young man cleaned his mother’s hands, with tears falling. It was the first time he noticed that his mother’s hands were so wrinkled (皱的), and there were so many wounds. This pair of hands enabled him to go through college. This pair of hands was the price that his mother had to pay for his life and his future.

  The next morning, the director asked the young man, “Now tell me what you learned yesterday.”

  After hearing what he said, the director knew the young man had learned his lesson. “This is the man whom I am looking for. We want you to be our member.”

1.Did the young man do quite well in college?

    __________, ______________________________________________.

2.Who paid for the young man’s college?

_________________________________________________________.

3.Why hadn’t the young man helped clean the clothes before?

________________________________________________________.

4.What did the director ask the young man to do when he went back?

_________________________________________________________.

5.Why did the mother feel strange but happy when her son wanted to wash her hands?

    _________________________________________________________.

6.The young man had learned his lesson. What can you learn from his lesson?

   __________________________________________________________.

Answer

1.Yes, he did.

2.His mother.

3.Because his mother always wanted him to study and read more books. His mother could wash clothes faster than him.

4.To clean his mother’s hands.

5.Because it was the first time his son cleaned her hands./Because his son never cleaned her hands before.

6.(Any reasonable answer is OK.)

【解析】

试题分析：短文大意：一个年轻的优秀的人试图找到一个大公司的高端位置就职。这是董事会作出最后的决定。主任发现，这个年轻人在他大学期间工作出色，使他感兴趣的很多。最后录用了他。

1.根据第三行The director discovered that the young man did an excellent job in his college, which interested him a lot。可知该做肯定回答： Yes, he did.

2.根据第五行中“My father passed away when I was one year old, so it was just my mother.”可知该作答：His mother.

3.根据第九行中“Never. My mother always wanted me to study and read more books. She could wash clothes faster than me,” 可知该作答：Because his mother always wanted him to study and read more books. His mother could wash clothes faster than him.

4.根据第十一行中When you go back home today, clean your mother’s hands and see me tomorrow.可知该作答：To clean his mother’s hands.

5.读短文可知他的妈妈觉得奇怪但高兴是因为她的儿子从没有给他洗过手，所以作答：Because it was the first time his son cleaned her hands./Because his son never cleaned her hands before.

6.

考点：任务型阅读。