Pulling heavy suitcases all day in the summer is hard work, especially when you’re a thin 14-year-old. That was me in 1940—the youngest and smallest baggage boy at New York City’s Pennsylvania Railway Station.
After just a few days on the job, I began noticing that the other fellows were overcharging passengers. I’d like to join them, thinking, “Everyone else is doing it.”
When I got home that night, I told my dad what I wanted to do. “You give an honest day’s work,” he said, looking at me straight in the eye. “They’re paying you. If they want to do that, you let them do that.”
I followed my dad’s advice for the rest of that summer and have lived by his words ever since.
Of all the jobs I’ve had, it was my experience at Pennsylvania. Railway Service that has stuck with me. Now I teach my players to have respect for other people and their possessions. Being a member of a team is a totally shared experience. If one person steals, it destroys trust and hurts everyone. I can put up with many things, but not with people who steal. If one of my players were caught stealing, he’d be gone.
Whether you’re on a sports team, in an office or a member of a family, if you can’t trust one another, there’s going to be trouble.
【小题1】What can be inferred about the baggage boys?A．They could earn much, but they had to work hard.B．Many of them earned money in a dishonest way.C．They were all from poor families.D．They were all thin, young boys.【小题2】 What does the father’s advice imply?A．It is wrong to give more pay to the passengers.B．Don’t believe them if they are paying you more.C．Don’t follow others to overcharge the passengers.D．It is difficult to work hard and live as an honest boy.【小题3】The writer can’t put up with stealing because he thinks that .A．it is a totally shared experienceB．it is considered as the most dangerousC．it does great harm to human relationshipD．it may lead to the loss of his sports team【小题4】It can be concluded from the text that .A．his father’s advice helped him to decide which job to take upB．working in the sports team was his most important experienceC．he learnt much from his shared experience with his team membersD．his experience as a baggage boy had a great influence on his latter lifeB
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(答案→)B
解析：
【小题1】本题考查考生对文中细节的理解程度。第二段中“...the others fellows were overcharging passengers”由此可知，许多搬运工以不诚实的手段来赚钱。
【小题2】本题考查考生文中语句的理解程度。文中父亲说“You give an honest day’s work. They’re paying you. If they want to do that, you let them do that.”由此可见父亲教导儿子要诚实赚钱。
【小题3】本题考查考生对文中语句的理解能力。第四段中作者提到“If one person steals, it destroys trust and hurts everyone”。由此可知偷盗行为会极大地伤害人与人之间的关系。
【小题4】本题考查考生对全文的理解程度。纵观全文，考生可知作者儿时做搬运工的经历至今仍深深地影响着他，诚信对于工作和生活来说都是至关重要的。