2017届高考英语一轮复习滚动测试：5（牛津译林版含解析）_高考复习指南

2017届高考英语一轮复习滚动测试：5（牛津译林版含解析）

　　答案:C

　　解析:主旨大意题。根据文章第一段内容就可以知道文章主要讲述的是电视的发展历史,故C项正确。

　　I’m seventeen.I had worked as a box boy at a supermarket in Los Angeles.People came to the counter and you put things in their bags for them and carried things to their cars.It was hard work.

　　While working,you wear a plate with your name on it.I once met someone I knew years ago.I remembered his name and said,“Mr Castle,how are you?” We talked about this and that.As he left,he said,“It was nice talking to you,Brett.” I felt great,he remembered me.Then I looked down at my name plate.Oh,no.He didn’t remember me at all;he just read the name plate.I wish I had put “Irving” down on my name plate.If he’d have said,“Oh yes,Irving,how could I forget you?” I’d have been ready for him.There’s nothing personal here.

　　The manager and everyone else who were a step above the box boys often shouted orders.One of these was:you couldn’t accept tips.Okay,I’m outside and I put the bags in the car.For a lot of people,the natural reaction is to take a quarter and give it to me.I’d say,“I’m sorry,I can’t.” They’d get angry.When you give someone a tip,you’re sort of being polite.You take a quarter and you put it in their hand and you expect them to say,“Oh,thanks a lot.” When you say,“I’m sorry,I can’t.” They feel a little put down.They say,“No one will know.” And they put it in your pocket.You say,“I really can’t.” It gets to a point where you almost have to hurt a person physically to prevent him from tipping you.It was not in agreement with the store’s belief in being friendly.Accepting tips was a friendly thing and made the customer feel good.I just couldn’t understand the strangeness of some people’s ideas.