【題目】I am 26. I’m clear that I’m never going to catch up with Mother Teresa. But I want to do something to help people every single day like her.

Everybody thinks we just serve food and soda. The safety training is serious and stressful. Caring for 49 people in a business class in 90 minutes is not easy. I had a roommate who was a waitress; she just left a candle and a table cloth burning, and I used a fire extinguisher (滅火器) to put out the fire. If something goes bad at her job, she calls the police. But if something happens up in the air, it’s up to us.

I’m single and have no kids. I’ve flown every Christmas since 1995. If I fly, someone else can be with their kids. Christmas in an airport can be depressing, but it’s the little things that make a difference.

________It’s hard to put on a smile and just pretend everything is great when it isn’t. I’ve seen co-workers lose a family member the day before a trip and just pull themselves together (take control of their feelings and believe in a calm way). At the end of a 14-hour flight, it’s like, “It was really nice to help you, but I’m ready for you to get off the plane.” Those last 15 minutes can be the longest 15 minutes of your life. You can’t wait to turn off the flight attendant’s voice and get something to eat without anyone saying “Excuse me.”

Sometimes I go all day and never hear a “please” or a “thank you.” When you say thank you, it’s huge. It makes us feel like you actually see us as fellow humans. We’re up there together at a height of 30,000 feet, enjoying the miracle (奇跡) of the modern flight.

【1】What’s the author’s attitude towards Mother Teresa?

A. Grateful B. Fearful C. Doubtful D. Admiring

【2】How did the author like her roommate’s job?

A. It was the same as hers B. It was more interesting than hers

C. It was easier than hers D. It was more serious than hers

【3】Why does the author fly every Christmas?

A. Because she has nowhere to go.

B. Because she’s trying to be a helpful co-worker.

C. Because she owes her co-workers some favors.

D. Because she’d like to earn more money.

【4】What does the author imply by saying the underlined sentence “We’re not robots”?

A. Flight attendants are not stronger than robots.

B. Flight attendants also experience emotions.

C. Flight attendants get tired while robots don’t.

D. Flight attendants need to rest now and then.

【答案】

【1】D

【2】C

【3】B

【4】B

【解析】試題分析: 本文是一篇記敘文，作者作為一名空姐熱愛著她的本職工作，但同時(shí)也講述了空姐工作的艱辛和不容易，也表達(dá)了作者希望得到大家的理解和尊重。

【1】C 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段提到I’m clear that I’m never going to catch up with Mother Teresa. But I want to do something to help people every single day like her（我永遠(yuǎn)趕不上特雷莎修女，但我希望能像她一樣，做點(diǎn)什么來幫助人們）可推知，作者對(duì)特雷莎修女是欽佩贊賞的，故選C項(xiàng)。

【2】C 推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段提到Caring for 49 people in a business class in 90 minutes is not easy.（在九十分鐘的飛行中照顧商務(wù)艙中的四十九人并不容易）和 If something goes bad at her job, she calls the police. But if something happens up in the air, it’s up to us（如果她的工作中有不好的事情發(fā)生，她可以打電話叫警察，但如果飛行中有突發(fā)事件，那只能靠我們自己），推斷室友工作比我的容易，故選C項(xiàng)。

【3】B 推理判斷題。根據(jù)第三段提到If I fly, someone else can be with their kids.可知，如果作者去上班，別人就可以與孩子一起過圣誕節(jié)，故作者是個(gè)樂于助人的人，故選B項(xiàng)。

【4】B 推理判斷題。根據(jù)第四段提到It’s hard to put on a smile and just pretend everything is great when it isn’t（事情不順利時(shí)假裝一切都好，還要面帶微笑是不容易的），后面講述一個(gè)同事起飛前失去親人，飛行中仍然要控制感情去工作，推知這句話的意思是“我們不是機(jī)器人，我們也有感情的”，故選B項(xiàng)。

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