Question

Dolores Huerta has worked hard most of her life to help other people. She has helped change things so that farm workers can have a better life.

Dolores grew up in California. She was a good student and liked school. After she finished high school, she went to college and studied to be a teacher. After she became a teacher, Dolores noticed that many of her students were not getting enough food to eat. Some of them wore very old clothes. Dolores wondered how she could help them.

Dolores decided to stop teaching so that she could spend more time helping the farm workers and their families. One thing she wanted to do was to get more pay for farm workers so they could buy their children the things they needed.

Dolores knew that many farm workers moved often from one place to another to help pick different kinds of fruits and vegetables. She began talking and writing about these workers. Even people who lived far from California read what Dolores wrote.

Getting higher pay for the farm workers was not easy. Dolores worked hard to make sure that farm workers got good pay for their work. She knew that nothing would change unless people made new laws to help the workers. Through all her hard work, new laws were made that gave farm workers good pay.

Dolores Huerta has worked for more than 30 years in many different ways to make life better for working people. She has shown how much one person can change things.

1.Dolores became a ____ after she left college.

A. farmerB. teacherC. worker D. lawyer

2.Dolores gave up her first job because ____.

A. she found it was too boring for her

B. the work condition was too bad

C. she wanted to do more for others

D. she got little pay for her work

3.How did Dolores help farm workers?

A. She gave them food and clothes.

B. She helped them teach their children.

C. She helped them got more pay.

D. She made new laws for them.

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.C

3.C

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文讲述的是Dolores在成为一名教师后，发现她的学生很穷，没有足够的食物吃。所以她放弃了教书的工作，去帮助农民们获得更多的报酬，这样他们就可以给孩子买他们需要的东西，改善他们的生活。

1.细节理解题。根据短文第二段中After she finished high school, she went to college and studied to be a teacher. After she became a teacher…可知，Dolores 中学毕业后，上了大学，为成为一名教师而学习。故在大学毕业后，她成为了一名老师。故选B。

2.细节理解题。根据短文第二段和第三段中Dolores decided to stop teaching so that she could spend more time helping the farm workers and their families.可知，Dolores 成为老师后，发现她的学生没有足够的食物吃，所以她决定放弃教书，花更多的时间帮助农民和他们的家人。故选C。

3.细节理解题。根据短文第三段中One thing she wanted to do was to get more pay for farm workers so they could buy their children the things they needed. 以及第五段Dolores worked hard to make sure that farm workers got good pay for their work.可知，Dolores 帮助农民们得到更多的报酬，这样他们就可以给孩子买他们需要的东西。故选C。

考点：日常生活类短文阅读。