中考英语阅读理解练习（带答案解析及全文翻译）(11)

我的兼职工作是在中国的一家餐馆里当一名服务员。有一次，当我为一对中年夫妇服务时，那个妻子问我食品怎么能这么快被送上来。我告诉她我保证他们能这么快享受到食物是因为我总是尊敬老人。当我说完后，她非常不高兴。我的经理碰巧听到我那样说，把我带到一边给我一个冗长的关于美国人如何敏感并且如何不喜被欢描述的“老”的演说。随后我走到坐姿旁边向那位妻子道歉。当那对夫妇听了我的解释，他们明白是文化的差异引起的误会，因此他们笑了并且不再生气。

In my village in China, people are proud of being old. Not so many people live to be seventy or eighty, and people who reach such an age have the most knowledge and experience. Young people always respect older people because they know they can learn from their rich experience.

在我们中国的小村庄，人们以老为荣。并不是很多人都有七十或八十岁，达到这个岁数的人拥有最丰富的知识和经验。年轻人总是尊敬老人，因为他们知道他们能学习那些丰富的经验。 However, in the United States, people think “growing old” is a problem since “old” shows that a person is going to retire or that the body is not working well. Here many people try to keep themselves away from growing old by doing exercises or jogging, and women put on makeup, hoping to look young. When I told the couple in the restaurant that I respect the elderly, they got angry because this caused them to feel they had failed to stay young. I had told them something they didn?t want to hear.

然而，在美国，人们认为“变老”是一个问题，因为“老”意味着一个人就要退休或者身体不好。在这儿很多人试图通过锻炼或慢跑让自己远离衰老，妇女化妆，希望看起来年轻一些。当我告诉餐馆的那对夫妇我尊敬老人时，他们生气是因为我说的话让他们感觉到他们不再年轻。我说了他们不想听到的话。

After that, I changed the way I had been with older people. It is not that I don?t respect them any more;

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I still respect them, but now I don?t show my feelings through words.

在那之后，我改变了与老人之间的交流方式。并不是我从此不再尊敬老人，我仍然尊敬他们，但是我不会通过语言来表达我的感受。 10

I worked for a short time as a cashier(出纳员) at a restaurant a few months ago. I also helped to clean up the tables when it was very busy. One night, just before Christmas, I found a large black wallet on the floor near one of the tables. I guessed I should check it to find out who was the owner, but I was very busy at the time. And I imagined that if there was something valuable(有价值的) in the wallet, the owner would be back. Sure enough, an hour later a man came up to the counter and asked if anyone had found a wallet. I asked him to describe the lost wallet, and after he described it exactly, I gave him the wallet. He expressed his thanks when I handed it to him. He asked me if I had opened it, and when I told him “no”. At once he opened it and showed that it had nearly $ 800 in cash(现金). He took out a twenty-dollar bill and handed it to me and I was amazed at this. “A reward(酬劳) for your honesty,” he said and then turned and walked away.

Thinking about it later, I began wondering whether I would have been honest if I had known what was in the wallet! I thought that if I had no way to find the owner and no one returned to get it, I might keep it. But it also came into my mind that I actually saved someone?s Christmas plans by finding and returning the wallet. The good feeling it gave me was worth more than anything could buy.

1. Which of the following is true?

A. The owner of the wallet found a twenty-dollar bill gone. B. The writer wasn?t surprised when the man gave her a reward. C. Nothing in the wallet was missing. D. The man was very, very excited when he got his wallet back.

选C。由于作者并未打开钱包，更没有从中取出什么，所以说Nothing in the wallet was missing。

2. The writer returned the wallet to the owner because _______.

A. she thought Christmas was coming B. the owner came back too soon C. she didn?t know there was so much money in it

D. as an honest person, she didn?t care much about money

选B。根据文章最后一段中的Thinking about it later, I began wondering whether I would have been honest if I had known what was in the wallet! I thought that if I had no way to find the owner and no one returned to get it, I might keep it可排除选项C和D。比较选项A和B，再结合文章大意，选B为佳。

3. Which of the following is NOT true? A. The writer accepted a reward of $ 20.

B. The writer regretted(后悔) that she had returned the wallet. C. The writer didn?t return the wallet until the owner came back. D. The writer fell very happy after she returned the wallet. 选B。此题可用排除法来做：根据第1段最后两句He took out a twenty-dollar bill and handed it to me and I was amazed at this. “A reward for your honesty,” he said and then turned and walked away可知选项A与文章内容相符；选项C的意思是“作者直到失主返回来才将钱包还给他”，这显然与文章内容相符；根据第2段最后一句话The good feeling it gave me was worth more than anything could buy可知，选项D也与文章内容相符。

翻译

I worked for a short time as a cashier(出纳员) at a restaurant a few months ago. I also helped to clean up the tables when it was very busy. One night, just before Christmas, I found a large black wallet on

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