語 篇 提 能閱讀理解ADear Editor，I was surprised to read your recent article on the question of students parttime jobs. You appear to be making a lot of generalizations (歸納) on the basis of just one unfortunate incident (I assure you that not all young people who deliver newspapers are as foolish and dishonest as the two youths mentioned in your article)The first point I would like to make is that there are many jobs teenagers can do which give them useful experience of the working world. They are brought into contact with a variety of people, often older, and are given experience of expressing themselves clearly and fluently. I am thinking here of jobs such as travel guides and shop assistants.Another argument for schoolchildren and college students having holiday or weekend jobs is that many parents need the financial assistance. If we take, for example, a family in which the father is unemployed or perhaps a singleparent family on a low income, it seems logical and fair that a son or daughter should try to bring money into the family.One further thing I want to say is that a lot of jobs for the young can be both fun for the people who do them and useful to the community. Young people who help in schools and hospitals often get a great deal of pleasure and satisfaction as well as contributing something valuable to local society.In conclusion, I would add that when I was a girl, my father said my teens were a time for books, hobbies and academic studies. Thinking back, I feel I would have learned much more about myself, other people and life in general if he had allowed me to do a limited amount of real work. Certainly, when she is old enough, I shall encourage my own daughter to do so, rather than waste her time on soap operas and computer games.Yours faithfully，Margaret Williams (Mrs)語篇解讀作者在信中表達了自己支持學生從事兼職工作的觀點。1Why did Margaret write the letter to the editor?A. To ask for some advice.B. To express her support.C. To show her thankfulness.D. To give a different opinion.答案與解析D寫作目的題。通讀全文可知，Margaret Williams不同意那位編輯的觀點。Margaret認為學生可以去從事一些兼職工作。故本文的寫作目的是為了表達一種不同的觀點。2What was the editors attitude towards students parttime jobs?A. Supportive. B. Indifferent.C. Opposed. D. Tolerant.答案與解析C推理判斷題。主要根據在第一段。Margaret Williams認為那位編輯只根據一件不幸的事件就得出了很多結論。她認為那個事件的發生，兩個年輕人也有責任。根據下文可知，Margaret Williams是支持學生從事兼職工作的。故可推斷那位編輯是反對學生從事兼職工作的。3Margaret believes that students parttime jobs _.A. help improve their speaking abilityB. have a good influence on their studiesC. might cause higher unemploymentD. usually offer them very little pay答案與解析A細節理解題。根據第二段的“and are given experience of expressing themselves clearly and fluently”可知，Margaret Williams認為學生從事兼職工作可以提高口語表達能力。4When Margaret was a student, her father _.A. encouraged her to support herselfB. didnt allow her to do parttime jobsC. thought she could do a little parttime workD. didnt let her spend too much time learning答案與解析B細節理解題。根據最后一段的“when I was a girl, my father said my teens were a time for books, hobbies and academic studies”和“if he had allowed me to do a limited amount of real work”可知， Margaret Williams的父親當時不讓她從事兼職工作。BA group of boys wanted to help some orphans (孤兒). They planned to collect money for them so that they could go to school.They wanted to ask people for donations (捐款). The first man they turned to was a person sitting on a chair. They saw him through the door. He was scolding a boy for tearing a piece of unused paper into pieces. He was very angry and warned the boy not to waste paper.They_didnt_want_to_waste_their_time_there. When they were going away, the gentleman called them in. They were in two minds whether to go in or not. Finally, they all went in. The gentleman smiled and asked them to take a seat. They didnt know how to begin. They looked at one another when the gentleman asked the purpose of their visit. The boys gathered courage and explained to him the purpose of their visit. When they told him of the need to collect money for the orphans, he asked them to wait. As they were waiting, hot snacks were served to them.The gentleman pulled out an envelope from his pocket, gave it to them and asked them to open it and have a look. To their surprise, when they opened it, they saw a cheque for$l,000,000. He told them to make good use of it and to hand it over to the local schools.The gentleman knew that they were not going to enter the house when they saw him scolding his boy for wasting paper. He said to them, “I am not mean, but saving what we have is a good habit. We can spend every penny we save on the most important thing this way.” That day the boys were extremely delighted. They couldnt thank him enough.語篇解讀一群孩子為了幫助孤兒上學而去募捐。他們遇到一個相當節約的人，他們認為那人不會捐款，誰料到那人捐出了100萬美元。5The children were collecting money because they wanted to _.A. help improve the local schoolsB. receive better education at schoolC. provide an opportunity for orphans to go to schoolD. help those children who were treated badly at home答案與解析C細節理解題。根據第一段的“A group of boys wanted to help some orphans (孤兒). They planned to collect money for them so that they could go to school.”可知這些小孩募捐是希望那些孤兒有錢上學。6What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 3 tell us?A. The boys were extremely busy with their plan.B. The boys didnt think the man would give them money.C. The boys regretted having tried to carry out their plan.D. The boys didnt think the man was that boys father.答案與解析B推理判斷題。根據前面的語境，可知那些小孩看到那個男人在訓斥一個撕碎了一張還未使用的紙的小男孩，他們應該覺得他不會給他們錢，所以才不想浪費時間