阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白出的最佳选项。
My father woke me up early one summer morning announcing, “Get up. You’re going with me to cut grass.” The idea 1my father actually thought I was big enough to help him in his 2made me feel proud and 3. From sunup to sundown my father, my younger brother and I 4in the large yards in a rich part of Atlanta, Georgia. By the end of the day I was tired out, but felt good. I had 5a hard day’s labour and had earned $6.
One day my father found some leaves I’d 6and pulled me aside. “Clear away these leaves,” he said 7, “and don’t make me have to tell you to do it again.” The 8was clear. Today I value the importance of doing a job 9the first time. It will never 10to impress the person you are working for.
After two years my father told me and my brother that he felt we were 11enough to do lawns(草坪) on our own. Every Saturday , we 12out early in the morning with the same desire and drive we had gained while working 13our father.
Taking care of lawns was not exciting 14high-paying, but that didn’t matter. It taught me that any job is a good job and that 15I was paid was more than I had before.
A newspaper reporter once asked me how someone 16possible live on a forty-hour- a –week minimum(最低的) pay. “My father never worked just forty hours a 17, and neither have I.” I replied. “If you’re only working forty hours, you probably don’t want to do 18better than you’re doing.”
In every job I’ve 19------from doing lawns to washing dishes-----I have learned something that helped me in my next job. If you 20hard enough, you can learn from any job you do.
1.A. what B. that C. which D. why
2.A. farm B. family C. business D. company
3.A. excited B. tired C. troubled D. unpleasant
4.A. played B. excised C. worked D. struggled
5.A. put out B. put down C. put away D. put in
6.A. collected B. cleaned C. missed D. noticed
7.A. finally B. usually C. unexpectedly D. firmly
8.A. news B. message C. information D. word
9.A. right B. quickly C. fast D. wrong
10.A. happen B. seem C. fail D. begin
11.A. strong B. old C. clever D. skilled
12.A. worked B. set C. turned D. figured
13.A. beyond B. without C. under D. like
14.A. and B. and yet C. but D. or
15.A. no matter how B. whatever C. no matter what D. however
16.A. must B. should C. may D. could
17.A. day B. year C. week D. month
18.A. some B. any C. little D. very
19.A. found B. lost C. held D. helped
20.A. see B. look C. try D. enjoy
—Waiter!
—________?
—I can’t eat this. It’s too salty.
A. Yes, sir B. What C. All right D. Pardon
It was ______ back home after the experiment.
A. not until midnight did he go B. until midnight when he didn’t go
C. until midnight that he didn’t go D. not until midnight that he went
---Mary, you clean the blackboard after class, _________?
---Well, but it is Tim who’s on duty today.
A. don’t you B. shall we C. won’t you D. do you
I showed an old friend of mine around the city, surprise, the changes had been so great.
A．whose B．which C．to whose D．to which
— Has Tim started? He said he would join in the party.
— He ____．He is a man of keeping his word.
A．could have left B．must have left C．can’t come D．won’t be coming
