7．When I came home to London at the end of my first term at university in December 1968，I was flat broke，and more broke because it was Christmas，so I went to an employment agency for a job．
"Would you like to work for the Beatles？"they asked．
Don't you have anything better？"I asked．
Fifteen minutes later I got the job．Wen I asked why they accepted me when millions would have done the job for free，the answer was"That's just the proble．"Yes．I owed the job to the fact that I was not a crazy fan．
But of course I was a fan．It was difficult not to be．I worked over the winter holiday in 1968 and also during Easter 1969．I had to take a taxi in the days to deliver papers sealed in envelopes to the Beatles'house．I took the envelopes to the address，handed them over to whoever answered the door and lift．Who would entrust（委托）such papers to an unknown student today-the envelopes would be opened and the contents of the papers copied and sold to the Press，I t never opccurred to me to do that．Much has been lost in 40 years!
I am always asked how many autographs（簽名） I collected，and the answer is none．How uncool would it have been to ask for an autograph？Far better just to hear the Beatles's greets--"Hi，boy．"How's it goping？"
More than 40 years later，this remains the best job I have ever had．It met my immediate material need and provides a memory that can be my life treasure．For a child of the 60s，this was its peak．If some details of the memory are not so fresh，it's because they weren't important then．At 19，you take man you things that happen for granted．At 61，they become gold dust．If I had known that then，I would have kept a diary．
56．The authorBwhen he came home according to the first paragraph．
A．got sick B．was penniless C．broke his arms D．had to leave school
57．The author was offered the job as a mailboy becauseC．
A．the agency was in urgent need of helping hands
B．the Beatles wanted to help poor young men
C．the boy seemed not to be a fan of the Beatles
D．the poor boy couldn't do heavy physical work
58．From the 5th paragraph，we can learn that the authorBthe Beatles．
A．disliked B．respected C．doubted D．envied
59．The reason why the author didn't collect the autographs of the Beatles was thatD．
A．he had no chance to do that B．he had no enough money
C．he was not allowed to collect D．he preferred to talk with the Beatles
60．How does the author find his job as a mailboy when he was 19？A
A．It was an experience worth treasuring．
B．It was foolish of him not to make more money．
C．He reached the peak of his life in the university．
D．It helped him develop a habit of keeping a diary．
分析 本文屬于記敘文閱讀，作者通過這篇文章主要向我們描述了作者19歲時的一次求職經歷，甲殼蟲樂隊因為作者對他們的尊重錄取了他，而作者也通過這次工作的經歷收獲了人生的巨大財富．
解答 56．B．細節(jié)理解題．根據文章第一段"When I came home to London at the end of my first term at university in December 1968，I was flat broke，and more broke"可知，作者結束學業(yè)回到倫敦的家時，他身無分文．"flat broke"一文不名，身無分文．"penniless"身無分文．故選B．
57．C．細節(jié)理解題．根據文章第四段"I owed the job to the fact that I was not a crazy fan．"可知，他之所以被錄用，是因為他不是甲殼蟲的瘋狂的粉絲．故選C．
58．B．推理預測題．根據文章第五段"But of course I was a fan"我當然是他們的粉絲，I am always asked how many autographs（簽名） I collected，and the answer is none但我從來沒有要過簽名，可推測作者尊重這樣的樂隊明星．故選B．
59．D．細節(jié)理解題．根據文章第六段"How uncool would it have been to ask for an autograph？Far better just to hear the Beatles's greets--"Hi，boy"可知，甲殼蟲樂隊對待粉絲是問候而不是簽名，作者更喜歡這樣的方式，故選D．
60．A．細節(jié)理解題．根據文章第七段More than 40 years later，this remains the best job I have ever had．It met my immediate material need and provides a memory that can be my life treasure可知40多年后的今天，這仍然是我所見過的最好的工作．它滿足了我眼前的物質需要，提供了一段作為人生財富的記憶，故選A．
點評 考察學生的細節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力，做細節(jié)理解題時一定要找到文章中的原句，和題干進行比較，再做出正確的選擇．在做推理判斷題不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實，要根據文章事實進行合乎邏輯的推理判斷．
