备战2021年高考XX【名校、地市好题必刷】 全真模拟卷·2月卷 第二模拟 (时间:120分钟 满分:120分) 选择题部分 阅读理解(共两节,满分50分) 第一节(共15小题;每小题2.5分,满分37.5分) 阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项A、B、C和D中,选出最佳选项。 A (2020·内蒙古乌兰察布市·集宁一中高三月考) When I ( Country singer Clint Black ) was 14, I was hired for an after-school job selling subscriptions to my hometown paper, the Houston Post. I was sent to some of the city's worst neighborhoods to ask door-to-door. Even though I was often struggling around after dark in bad areas searching for some place for the night, I was thankful for the work. It was a hard job because people didn't like a stranger knocking on their door, especially a boy trying to get them to buy something. One time, a man shut his door heavily in my face and shouted, "I don't want any paper." I forced myself to knock again and was able to tell him how great the paper was. I ended up selling him a subscription. I was soon among the top sellers and, like other successful salesmen, was asked to train newcomers. Around this time I started playing some musical instruments. Before long I was playing in a band at some and other events. When I turned 18, I fixed my attention on becoming a professional musician. I never give up this dream. I'm sure my perseverance came from what I learned knocking on strangers' doors. That experience helped me in many ways. Early in my music job I was locked in a lawful quarrel with a former manager. He forced me to give in, but I refused. Having all those doors closed in my face as a boy gave me the strength to stand up to this frightening person. Except this time there was one difference: I was the one saying no. And I won. 1.Which of the following statements is untrue according to paragraph 1 ? A.He sold subscriptions in his spare time. B.The places he went to was not good. C.He found it hard to look for a place for the night. D.He was not satisfied with the work. 2.He was asked to train newcomers because . A.he began to do the job much earlier than n