Question

    In a big room on the second floor of the New York City Department of Sanitation's East 99th Street garage， 63-year-old Manhattan native Nelson Molina was listening to a Frank Sinatra CD he found in the trash． "The Way You Look Tonight" was playing through a music player． In fact， the entire space was filled with items strangers threw away．"My family kept everything，"said Molina．"Nowadays， people throw it all away．" Molina， during his 34 years as a sanitation worker （环卫工人）， gave these items a second life．

Molina grew up in a housing project with his parents and five other kids in the family and had a habit of picking up unused items at a young age． "My family was poor， so we didn't get much for Christmas，" he said． "I'd go out to look for a toy for my sisters， maybe a truck for my brothers．" He kept his early morning habit secret from his friends， but not out of embarrassment： "I didn't want the competition．"

On the job， Molina had his sixth sense for finding items．"I could tell， sometimes just by the sound， whether a bag was filled with bottles or a different kind of glass，" he said． He kept special finds on the truck， and then put them in out-of-the-way places in the sanitation garage． After almost 10 years， he began showing his discoveries．"It's not a normal practice．"said NYC Department of Sanitation assistant chief Keith Mellis． Recently， a team of New York University students has taken on the task of cataloging （分类） the tens of thousands of objects， in hopes that the collection， which has hardly been open to the public， might one day be shown in an official sanitation museum．

1.Why did Molina go to the garage？ ______

A. To listen to music．    B. To clean the space．

C. To keep items he collected．    D. To get items strangers threw away．

2.Molina was worried that if his friends knew his morning habits， they would ______ ．

A. stop him    B. join in him

C. make fun of him    D. take away his items

3.What can be inferred from the last paragraph？ ______

A. Molina had done something meaningful．

B. Molina had difficulty collecting the items．

C. Molina didn't want to show his discoveries．

D. Molina planned to build a museum for unused items．

4.What's the best title for the text？ ______

A. Rich and Poor．    B. Lost and Found．

C. A Different Garage．    D. A Sanitation Worker's Dream．

Answer

1. C

2. B

3. A

4. B

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文阅读。文章主要讲述了环卫工人Molina，在工作的几十年来都有收集废旧物品的习惯，收集了数万件物品，告诉人们他人丢弃的废物可能成为他人有用的物品。

1.细节理解题。根据文章第三段内容He kept special finds on the truck， and then put them in out-of-the-way places in the sanitation garage．他把自己在工作时捡到的物品放在卡车上，然后把它们放在环卫车库的偏僻地方。故Molina 去车库是为了放他收集的物品，结合选项，故选C。

2.细节理解题。根据文章第二段内容He kept his early morning habit secret from his friends， but not out of embarrassment： "I didn't want the competition．"他对朋友们保密他早起的习惯，但并不是出于尴尬："我不想参加比赛。"即他不想让他的朋友也参与到收集物品的行列中来，结合选项，故选B。

3.推理判断题。根据文章最后一段内容Recently， a team of New York University students has taken on the task of cataloging （分类） the tens of thousands of objects， in hopes that the collection， which has hardly been open to the public， might one day be shown in an official sanitation museum．最近，一个由纽约大学学生组成的小组承担了对数万件物品进行分类的任务，希望这些几乎不向公众开放的收藏品有朝一日能在一家官方卫生博物馆展出．由此可知，Molina的小小的无意的行为是具有一定的社会意义的，让人们能够在博物馆看到这些曾经被丢弃的物品，也可以提醒人们减少丢弃，减少污染．结合选项，故选A。

4.主旨大意题。根据文章内容，本文章主要讲述了环卫工人Molina，在工作的几十年来都有收集废旧物品的习惯，收集了数万件物品，告诉人们他人丢弃的废物可能成为他人有用的物品，结合选项，故选B。