a lumber yard.It was hot outside，but he got a lot of exercise lifting and carrying things like boards and drywall.He also learned a lot about building supplies.It still didn't pay well.

　　From there，he spent a year doing some tutoring for a friend of the family，but that was piecemeal.His first real job came the last year at school，when he fixed registers and worked on computers at a big box store.It was his favorite job yet，but it still didn't pay well.

　　What Peter realized with all of these jobs was that he needed a better paying job！The only way to get that was to get trained or educated.He could go to school and get a 2­year degree in an office or technical position.His other choices were going to a 4­year college or joining the army.He wasn't sure what he was going to do yet，but he knew he had to do something.Jobs were a lot of work，money was hard to earn，but he liked staying busy and being able to buy things.Peter wanted the most out of life，and that meant education.

　　语篇解读　本文是一篇记叙文。一个名叫Peter的高中生想要买好看的衣服、出去闲逛、开车，而这一切都需要钱。于是他就想自己挣钱来满足这些需求。然而打了五份工之后，他依然收入微薄。最后，他终于意识到要想找到一份好的工作，唯一的途径就是接受培训或接受教育，所以他现在必须好好学习。

　　1．How many jobs had Peter taken?

　　A．Three. B．Four.

　　C．Five. D．Six.

　　解析：　细节理解题。文章中提到Peter打了五份工：第二段第一句提到"...his classmate got him a job working on a hay (干草) farm"；第三段第一句提到"He once worked a few nights a week at a grocery store."；第四段第一句提到"...but the following summer he tried working at a lumber yard."；第五段提到"...he spent a year doing some tutoring for a friend of the family..."；及"His first real job came the last year at school，when he fixed registers and worked on computers at a big box store."。

　　答案：　C

　　2．All the jobs Peter had taken had one thing in common：________.

　　 A．They didn't pay well

　　B．They were dull and tiresome

　　C．They needed hard labour

　　D．They were done during his vacation

解析：　细节理解题。根据第二段最后一句"It was a hot，low­paying job."，第三段最后一句"It was dull and didn't pay much."第四段最后一句"It still didn't pay well."以及