If you had been in my classes in the early McKee days , you would have seen a skinny young

If you had been in my classes in the early McKee days , you would have seen a skinny young man in his late twenties with messy black hair , eyes that looked with a sign of infection , bad teeth and the hangdog look you see on immigrants in Ellis Island photographs or on pickpockets being arrested .
There were reasons for the hangdog look .
I was born in New York and taken to Ireland before I was four . I had three brothers . My father , an alcoholic , wild man , great patriot , always ready to die for Ireland , abandoned us when I was ten . A baby sister died , twin boys died , two boys were born . My mother begged for food , clothing , and coal to boil water for the tea . Neighbors told her to place us in an orphanage , a place for homeless kids . No , no , never . The shame of it . She hung on . We grew . My brothers and I left school at fourteen , worked , dreamed of America and , one by one , sailed away . my mother followed with the youngest , expecting to live happily ever after . That’s what you are supposed to do in America , but she never had a moment of happy-ever-after .
In New York I worked at laboring jobs till I was put into the United States Army . After two years in Germany I went to college on the GI Bill program to become a teacher . In college there were courses on literature and composition . There were courses on how to teach by professors who did not know how to teach . After college I went to McKee , where I put what I had learnt to trial and embarrassed myself when the students considered me a fool .
【小题1】. What is a hangdog look ?A．happyB．disappointedC．discouragedD．angry【小题2】. It can be inferred from this passage that .A．before the author went to Ireland , he lived in New York .B．the mother is living a joyful life in America with her little sonC．there are four sons in this Irish family living in AmericaD．the author is now a young teacher in his twenties teaching in a high school【小题3】. Which of the following statements is TRUE ?A．Someone recommended the mother give the children away to kind people .B．The author’s father sacrificed himself for his beloved homeland .C．The author got into college because he was hard-working .D．The author didn’t know much about how to teach when he first started .【小题4】. In what way is the passage mainly developed ?A．Presenting effects and analyzing the causes .B．Giving typical examples .C．Describing things in space order .D．Presenting an idea and arguing in favor of it ..C

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