Unit2 Section Ⅲ Developing ideas & Presenting ideas（作业）-2022-2023学年新教材高中英语选择性必修第四册【精讲精练】外研版

[限时检测] (限时30分钟) Ⅰ.阅读理解 A (2022·泉州高二期中)I've worked in the factories surrounding my hometown every summer since I graduated from high school，but making the transition between school and full­time blue­collar work during the break never gets any easier.For a student like me who considers any class before noon to be uncivilized，getting to a factory by 6 o'clock each morning is torture (折磨).My friends never seem to understand why I'm so relieved to be back at school or that my summer vacation has been anything but a vacation. There're few people as self­confident as a college student who had never been out in the real world.People my age always seem to overestimate the value of their time and knowledge.In fact，all the classes did not prepare me for my battles with the machine I ran in the plant，which would break down whenever I absent­mindedly put in a part backward or upside down. The most stressful thing about blue­collar life is knowing your job could disappear overnight.Issues like downsizing and overseas relocation had always seemed distant to me until my co­workers told me that the unit I was working in would shut down within six months and move to Mexico，where people would work for 60 cents an hour. After working 12­hour shifts in a factory，the other opinions have become only too clear.When I'm back at the university，skipping classes and turning in poor essays seems too irresponsible after seeing what I would be doing without school.All the advice and public­service announcements about the value of an education that used to sound boring now ring true. These lessons I'm learning，however valuable，are always tinged with a sense of guilt.And my experiences in the factories has inspired me to make the most of my college years before I enter the real world for good. 【解题导语】　这是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了作者在大学假期成为了一名工厂的蓝领工人，在工厂工作期间工作强度大、工作无保障、工作时间长，在工厂工作的经验让作者明白要好好珍惜在校学习的时间，并为走出社会真正地做好准备。 1．What does the author think of his summer days while at college? A．They were no holiday for him at