专题04 阅读理解之记叙文10篇(第二期)-备战2024年高考英语名校模拟真题速递(新高考九省专用)

备战2024年高考英语名校模拟真题速递(新高考九省专用) 第二期 专题04 阅读理解之记叙文10篇 （2024·黑龙江·二模）I’ve worked in the factories surrounding my hometown every summer since I graduated from high school. But making the transition between school and full-time blue-collar 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 a kind of suffering. 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 are few people as self-confident as a college student who has never been out in the real world. People of my age always seem to overestimate(高估)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 jam whenever I absent-mindedly put in a part backward or upside down. The most stressful thing about blue-collar life is knowing your job could disappear overnight. Issues like downsizing(裁员)and overseas relocation(重新安置)had always seemed distant to me until my co-workers 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 12-hour shifts in a factory, the other options have become only too clear. When I’m back at the university, skipping classes and turning in lazy re-writes seems too irresponsible after seeing what I would be doing without school. All the advice and public-service announcements about the value of education that used to sound boring now ring true. These lessons I’m learning, however precious, are always accompauied by a sense of guilt. Many people pass their lives in the places I briefly work, spending 30 years where I spend only two months at a time. “This job pays well, but it’s a kind of physical suffering,” said one co-worker. “Study hard and keep reading,” she added. My experiences in the factories ha