To make two long stories short,Mr. Ballou never paid me a cent for cutting his grass that year or the next,but for fifteen years I taught anthropology at Dartmouth College. Summer reading was not the innocent entertainment I had assumed it to be,not a lighthearted,instantly forgettable escape in a hammock(吊床)(though I have since enjoyed many of those,too).A book,if it arrives before you at the right moment,in the proper season,at an internal,in the daily business of things,will change the course of all that follows.
【解题导语】作者靠给别人修剪草坪挣钱,一个老人因银行账户出问题而无法付他报酬,就送他一本书作为答谢。但是本书却改变了他的人生。虽然那位老人没有付钱给他,但是他认为那本书给他的启发胜过金钱的回报。
40.The author thought that Mr. Ballou was________.
A.rich but mean
B.poor but polite
C.honest but fogettable
D.strong but lazy
答案 B [根据文意可知,Mr. Ballou 虽然没有给作者报酬,但是他也并没想赖掉。故他给作者书刊,却不求归还。由此可知,作者认为Mr. Ballou虽穷但是很礼貌。故选B项。]
41.Before his encounter with Mr. Ballou,the author used to read________.
A.anything and everything
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