Question

【題目】 I wasn't interested in becoming a model at first. I worked as a receptionist in a beauty shop during high school. It was in South Dakota. A woman who had worked for Vogue—a famous fashion magazine said to me, “Why don't you go to New York and be a model?”

So I went to New York at eighteen. I went to the first model agency, they thought that I was too long-waisted. It was too bad since I came all the way from South Dakota. I did an information check on the internet and found that Hunting Hartford had just bought the agency. I looked up in the telephone book and dialed. Then I went there. About half an hour later, the man who had just taken over the agency—he had been a male model before—came in. I was just staring at this unfamiliar man when he said, “You! Come into my office!”

How do you feel as a fashion model? Quite OK, I should say. But you stop thinking when you are working. It takes a lot of nervous energy as well because the camera goes one, two, three very fast and you have to move very fast. I like my job because it gives me freedom. I can have half a day off to do things I like. I can't do that if I do a normal job. I never like becoming a secretary. They have to sit in the office for eight hours a day, facing the same people.

Most models, after one or two years, can't be still very interested in it. But I like being a model. Maybe I was a born one, as many people say.

【1】Who inspired the author's desire to become a model?

A. A woman customer in the beauty shop.

B. Hunting Hartford.

C. The author herself.

D. The author's father.

【2】Why didn't the author return to South Dakota when she was first refused?

A. Because she had a strong desire to become a model.

B. Because she liked to be a receptionist at a beauty shop.

C. Because Hunting Hartford asked her not to go back.

D.Because South Dakota is far away from New York.

【3】Why did the author like being a model?

A. Because she liked the woman customer.

B. Because she liked the freedom.

C. Because she liked to have a regular work schedule.

D. Because she liked Hunting Hartford.

【4】What can we learn from the passage?

A. Perseverance leads to your success.

B. Finding a job you like to do is important.

C. Both A and B.

D. Becoming a model is quite easy.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】D

【3】B

【4】C

【解析】

試題分析: 本文講述自己是如何受人鼓舞成為模特的，堅(jiān)持和喜愛(ài)是成功的關(guān)鍵。

【1】A考查細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段提到A woman who had worked for Vogue—a famous fashion magazine said to me, “Why don't you go to New York and be a model?”一個(gè)著名雜志工作的女士說(shuō)，為什么不去紐約當(dāng)個(gè)模特呢，故選A項(xiàng)。

【2】D 考查推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段提到It was too bad since I came all the way from South Dakota太糟糕了因此我從南達(dá)科塔來(lái)的，可知很遠(yuǎn)，故選D項(xiàng)。

【3】B 考查細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段提到I like my job because it gives me freedom我喜歡這個(gè)工作因?yàn)樗�能給我自由，故選B項(xiàng)。

【4】C 考查推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段提到作者第一次被拒絕并沒(méi)有灰心繼續(xù)尋找，最終成為模特可知堅(jiān)持很重要，根據(jù)第三段提到作者喜歡這個(gè)模特是因?yàn)榭梢詭��?lái)自由，找到喜歡的工作是重要的，故選C項(xiàng)

考點(diǎn) ：人物類閱讀。