Question

【題目】My father is a wise man although he just finished high school. Before leaving for ______， my father sat me down and told this unforgettable story to me. It is one I shall never forget. After you read the story, you'll ______ what I mean.

There is an old story of a boilermaker(鍋爐修理工) who repaired a huge steamship boiler system that was not working well. After ______ the engineer's description of the problems and asking a few questions, he went to the boiler's room. He looked at many pipes, listened to the sound of the boiler and noise of steam for a few ______， and touched some pipes with his ______. Then he thought for a while, reached into his workclothes and took out a small hammer, and tapped(敲) a bright red valve(閥門) one time. ______， the system began working perfectly, and the boilermaker went home. ______ the steamship owner received a bill for $1，000, he complained(抱怨) that the boilermaker was only in the engine room for 15 minutes and asked so ______. So the boilermaker sent him a bill that ______ as follows:

For tapping the valve: $0.50

For knowing ______ to tap: $999.50

Total: $1，000.00

“Tony，” he said, “I want you to go to college so that you can get your degree, but more importantly, I want you to return with an education.”

【1】A. home B. college C. America D. office

【2】A. guess B. study C. know D. hear

【3】A. talking with B. looking for C. writing down D. listening to

【4】A. minutes B. hours C. days D. weeks

【5】A. eyes B. feet C. hands D. face

【6】A. At once B. At last C. At all D. At first

【7】A. Until B. When C. Because D. But

【8】A. few B. little C. many D. much

【9】A. told B. read C. wrote D. drew

【10】A. who B. why C. when D. where

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】 B

【2】 C

【3】 D

【4】 A

【5】 C

【6】 A

【7】 B

【8】 D

【9】 B

【10】 D

【解析】

父親在兒子上大學(xué)前給他講了一個鍋爐修理工的故事。一個巨大的輪船鍋爐系統(tǒng)出了毛病，一位鍋爐修理工被請去對其進(jìn)行修理，在聽完工程師的描述并問了幾個問題之后，修理工只用15分鐘的時間便解決了問題。船主對修理工用時很少卻要求支付1000美元的勞務(wù)費的事情感到不滿，于是修理工給他寫了一張賬單，上面寫著拍閥費0.5美元，知道拍哪里999.5美元。通過這個故事，父親激勵兒子應(yīng)該努力學(xué)習(xí)、接受教育、拿到學(xué)位。

【1】句意：在我動身上大學(xué)前，我爸爸讓我坐下來并給我講了個難忘的故事。A家；B大學(xué)；；C美國；D辦公室。根據(jù)最后一段“I want you to go to college so that you can get your degree, but more importantly, I want you to return with an education.” 可知父親在我上大學(xué)前給我講個個故事，故應(yīng)選B。

【2】句意：在讀完我的故事，你會知道我的意思。A猜測；B學(xué)習(xí)；C知道、了解；D聽說。根據(jù)語境可知讀完故事后，才會了解作者的意思，故選C。

【3】句意：在聽完工程師對問題的描述并且問了幾個問題之后，他進(jìn)入到了鍋爐房。A和…交談；B尋找；C記下，寫下；D聽。根據(jù)句中engineer's description of the problems可知應(yīng)是聽工程師的描述，故選D項。

【4】句意：他看著許多管子，聽了幾分鐘鍋爐和蒸汽的聲音。A分鐘；B小時；C天；D周。根據(jù)語境可知父親通過聽聲音的方式檢查管線，B、C、D項所指時間較長，不符合語境，故應(yīng)選A選項。

【5】句意：他看著許多管子，聽了幾分鐘鍋爐和蒸汽的聲音，并且用手觸摸了一些管子。A眼睛；B腳；C手；D臉。根據(jù)語境可知是用手觸摸管子，故選C項。

【6】句意：立刻，系統(tǒng)開始完美地工作了。A立刻，馬上；B最后；C根本，究竟；D起初，首先。根據(jù)后文the boilermaker went home可知鍋爐修理工敲了一下紅色的閥門后，系統(tǒng)立刻正常工作了，故選A項。

【7】句意：當(dāng)船主收到一張一千美元的帳單時，他抱怨說那修理工只在鍋爐房呆了 15 分鐘，并且問了那么多。A直到；B當(dāng)…時；C因為；D但是。根據(jù)上下文語境可知當(dāng)船主收到賬單是才開始抱怨，故選B項。

【8】句意：當(dāng)船主收到一張一千美元的帳單時，他抱怨說那修理工只在鍋爐房呆了 15 分鐘，并且問了那么多。A項few意為“很少”，用于修飾可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù)；B項little意為“很少”，用于修飾不可數(shù)名詞；C項many意為“許多”，用于修飾可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù)；D項much可作為形容詞修飾不可數(shù)名詞，也可作為副詞修飾動詞、形容詞或副詞本身，根據(jù)and asking a few questions可知他問得很多，但此處修飾動詞ask，故選D項。

【9】句意：所以鍋爐修理工寄給了他這樣一張賬單，內(nèi)容如下：A告訴；B讀；C寫；D畫。英語里常用read表示某標(biāo)語、告示牌、賬單等上面寫的內(nèi)容，故應(yīng)選B項。

【10】句意：知道敲哪里，999.5美元。A誰；B為什么；C什么時候；D哪里。根據(jù)上文tapped(敲) a bright red valve可知鍋爐工準(zhǔn)確地知道敲哪里能解決問題，故本題應(yīng)選D。