Iwas17andmyjobwastotrytokeepeightfairlyactive10-,11-...

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    I was 17 and my job was to try to keep eight fairly active 10-, 11- and 12-year-olds from killing one another or themselves. Among other activities, I would take them camping in the woods outside Dover Plains, N.Y. I learned that if you are going to be in the woods for a couple of days, take frosted flakes. You can eat them for breakfast, lunch and dinner, you don’t have to cook them and they don’t weigh as much as your meats and vegetables. I’ll never touch another frosted flake as long as I live.  

    The camp was for low-income youngsters from New York City. I was a suburban kid, and a wonderful thing about the job was that it exposed me to different people: kids from the inner city and college students from exotic places like Minnesota.

    Being out in the woods with the kids was a little scary. I suddenly realized these are actually somebody’s children and I’m responsible for them. Not one of them to my knowledge ever died on me, although occasionally there were bee stings. I found myself being an authority figure because I had to. On a camping trip we stopped at a lake to pitch (搭起) our tents. I was the only white person in the group. We were swimming when these white kids in a motorboat began yelling racial abuses and trying to splash (泼水) us. The assistant counselor (辅导员) and I had no choice but to warn them, “If you come anywhere near these kids, we’ve written down the number of your boat and we’re going to call the police.” 

    They yelled more stuff but finally left. That experience was the biggest test of responsibility I had ever faced. 

    When I returned to high school after that first summer, it seemed a lot less intimidating (令人胆怯) than before. Plus, I had earned $375, which after trips to the camp candy store was down to eight cents’ clear profit.

25. The author took along frosted flakes for the following reasons EXCEPT that _____.

  A. They were his favorite snacks     B. They were easy to carry and eat

  C. They filled the belly easily     D. They wouldn’t go bad in a couple of days

26. What gave the author the best lesson of responsibility when they camped in the woods? 

  A. To teach 8 naughty kids to swim. B. To put up tents out in the wilds.

  B. To stop the kids from bee stings.        D. To protect his campers from abuses.

27. Which word may best conclude the camp trip?　　　　　　

  A. Amusing.       B. Profitable.   C. Relaxing.          D. Comfortable.

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