Question

【題目】通讀下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后從各題所給的A、B、C三個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出一個(gè)最佳答案。

An old carpenter (木匠) was ready to leave the house-building business. He told his boss of his plan to live a more _______ life with his wife and children because of his age.

The boss was sorry to see his good worker go and asked if he could build just one more house for him. The carpenter said _______ , but it was easy to see that his heart was not in work. He worked _______ and used poor materials. It was really a _______ to end his business in such a way.

When the carpenter finished his work. His boss came to the house. Then he _______ the front-door key to the carpenter. "This is your house." he said with a smile, "my gift to you."

What a surprise! If he had only known he was building his own house, he would have done it in a _______ way. If he had only known it, he wouldn't have been that careless, _______ less than the best. With _______ , the carpenter had to live in the house built by himself.

Sometimes we are like this carpenter. We build our lives in a careless way. At important points, we do not give the job our best effort. Think of yourself as the carpenter. Each day you do something to build your own house. _______ build wisely. It is the only life you will ever build. Life is a do-it-yourself project. Your life tomorrow will be the __________ of your attitudes(態(tài)度) and the choices you make today.

【1】A.terribleB.comfortableC.difficult

【2】A.yesB.noC.sorry

【3】A.hardlyB.carelesslyC.seriously

【4】A.prizeB.jokeC.shame

【5】A.knockedB.handedC.threw

【6】A.differentB.similarC.honest

【7】A.putting upB.coming upC.giving up

【8】A.pleasureB.satisfactionC.regret

【9】A.ThenB.StillC.Only

【10】A.successB.resultC.present

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】B

【4】C

【5】B

【6】A

【7】A

【8】C

【9】A

【10】B

【解析】

短文主要講了一個(gè)木匠在退休之前，老板要求其再建一棟房子，由于木匠在退休前根本沒有心思把工作做好，但當(dāng)他把房子建好，發(fā)現(xiàn)這是老板送給他的房子。這個(gè)故事告訴我們，每一天都要認(rèn)真生活，這樣生活就會(huì)完全不一樣。

【1】句意：他告訴老板，由于年齡的關(guān)系，他打算和妻兒一起過上更舒適的生活。

terrible可怕的；comfortable舒適的；difficult困難的。根據(jù)句意是指“過上更舒適的生活”，故選B。

【2】句意：木匠答應(yīng)了，但很容易看出他的心不在工作。

yes是；no不；sorry難過。根據(jù)“but it was easy to see that his heart was not in work”，可知木匠答應(yīng)了老板的工作，故選A。

【3】句意：他工作粗心，用不好的材料。

hardly幾乎不；carelessly粗心地；seriously嚴(yán)肅地。根據(jù)“but it was easy to see that his heart was not in work”，可知他工作粗心，故選B。

【4】句意：以這種方式結(jié)束他的工作真是太可惜了。

prize獎(jiǎng)品；joke玩笑；shame令人惋惜的事。根據(jù)句意可知木匠最后一次工作沒有認(rèn)真去做，以這種方式結(jié)束太可惜了，故選C。

【5】句意：然后他把前門鑰匙交給木匠。

knocked敲門；handed上交；threw扔掉。hand sth. to sb.意為“把某物交給某人”，根據(jù)句意，故選B。

【6】句意：如果他知道在給自己蓋房子，他會(huì)用另一種方式。

different不同的；similar相似的；honest誠(chéng)實(shí)的。根據(jù)句意是指工匠如果知道在給自己蓋房子，他會(huì)用不同的方式，故選A。

【7】句意：如果他知道的話，他就不會(huì)那么粗心，會(huì)盡心盡力的。

putting up放起來，省下；coming up開始發(fā)生；giving up放棄。put up less than the best意為“盡心盡力”，故選A。

【8】句意：由于遺憾，木匠只好住在自己蓋的房子里。

pleasure快樂；satisfaction滿意；regret遺憾。根據(jù)the carpenter had to live in the house built by himself木匠只好住在自己蓋的房子里。可知知道實(shí)情后，木匠很遺憾，故選C。

【9】句意：然后明智地建造。

Then然后；Still仍然；Only僅僅。根據(jù)句意是指接下來然后，故選A。

【10】句意：你明天的生活將是你的態(tài)度和你今天的選擇的結(jié)果。

success成功；result結(jié)果；present禮物。根據(jù)句意是指“選擇的結(jié)果”，故選B。