Sharpen your axe (斧頭)

A young man approached the foreman (工頭)of a logging crew and asked for a job.

“That ” replied the foreman. “Let’s see you fell this tree.”

The young man stepped forward and skillfully a great tree. , the foreman exclaimed, “You can start Monday.”

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and on Thursday afternoon the foreman approached the young man and said, “You can pick up your on the way out today.” , the young man replied, “I thought you paid on Friday.”

“ we do,” said the foreman. “But we’re letting you go today because you’ve . Our daily felling charts show that you’ve from first place on Monday to last place today.”

“But I’m a worker,” the young man objected. “I arrive first, leave last, and have worked through my coffee breaks!”

The foreman, the young man’s honesty, thought for a minute and then asked, “Have you ____ your axe?”

The young man replied, “No, sir, I’ve been working too hard to take time for !”

Our lives are like that. We sometimes get so that we don’t take time to sharpen the axe. In today’s world, it seems that everyone is busier than ever, but happy than ever. Why is that? Could it be that we have forgotten how to sharp?

There’s nothing wrong with activity and hard work. But we all need time to , to think and meditate(謀劃), to learn and . If we don’t take time to sharpen the axe, we will become and lose our effectiveness.

1.A. depends B. expects C. experiences D. makes

2.A. cut down B. pulled down C. moved away D. put down

3.A. Scared B. Disappointed C. Impressed D. Approved

4.A. ran off B. went by C. came on D. went along

5.A. spirit B. effort C. work D. paycheck

6.A. Discouraged B. Moved C. Astonished D. Satisfied

7.A. Unfortunately B. Excitedly C. Commonly D. Normally

8.A. fallen behind B. finished up C. cut up D. speeded up

9.A. reduced B. dropped C. decreased D. climbed

10.A. excellent B. new C. young D. hard

11.A. usually B. even C. yet D. ever

12.A. noticing B. observing C. sensing D. watching

13.A. repairing B. sharpening C. breaking D. operating

14.A. that B. one C. those D. something

15.A. busy B. tired C. easy D. ready

16.A. more B. rather C. less D. most

17.A. make B. turn C. grow D. stay

18.A. explore B. motivate C. relax D. work

19.A. grow B. observe C. play D. practice

20.A. full B. dull C. stupid D. lazy

1.A

2.A

3.C

4.B

5.D

6.C

7.D

8.A

9.B

10.D

11.B

12.C

13.B

14.A

15.A

16.C

17.D

18.C

19.A

20.B

【解析】

試題分析：年輕人憑借嫻熟的砍樹技能說服了工頭給他一份工作，然而，剛過去三天，工頭就準(zhǔn)備把年輕人辭掉。年輕人雖然非常努力地工作，甚至忙得連磨斧子的功夫都沒有，但是砍樹的斧子鈍了，再多的力氣都是白費。故事告訴我們，每個人都不應(yīng)該只知道不停地工作，還應(yīng)該預(yù)留出休息和放松的時間。

1.Let’s see you fell this tree.”可知，伐木工想看看那個年輕人是否適合砍伐樹木，That/It depends.視情況而定，故選A。

2.skillfully...You can start Monday.”可知，年輕人熟練地把樹砍倒了，工頭讓他周一開始上班，故選A。

3.the foreman exclaimed, “You can start Monday.””可知，年輕人的表現(xiàn)給工頭留下了深刻印象，工頭對年輕人的表現(xiàn)很滿意并讓他周一開始工作，故選C。

4.and on Thursday afternoon”可知，過去三天后，工頭去找年輕人，故選B。

5.I thought you paid on Friday.”可知，工頭讓年輕人現(xiàn)在去領(lǐng)完工資后走人，故選D。

6.I thought you paid on Friday.”可知，年輕人以為是周五結(jié)工資，聽到工頭讓他現(xiàn)在就去領(lǐng)工資并走人，年輕人感到驚訝，故選C。

7.“ we do,” said the foreman.工頭說他們按理說是在周五結(jié)工資，故選D。

8.from first place on Monday to last place today”可知，年輕人從第一名落后到了最后一名，故選A。

9.from first place on Monday to last place today”可知，年輕人從第一名落后到了最后一名，drop在此意為“落后”，故選B。

10.I arrive first, leave last, and have worked through my coffee breaks!”可知，年輕人認(rèn)為他是一個工作努力的人，故選D。

11.and have worked through my coffee breaks年輕人第一個到，最后一個離開，甚至連休息的時間都在工作，故選B。

12.thought for a minute and then asked”可知，工頭思考了一會兒，說明他感覺到了年輕人的真誠，故選C。

13.that we don’t take time to sharpen the axe”可知，工頭問年輕人他是否把砍樹的斧子磨快了，故選B。

14.No, sir, I’ve been working too hard to take time for !因為年輕人把時間都用在了工作上，以至于沒有時間磨斧子。that指代前面說的磨斧子的事情，故選A。

15.We sometimes get so that we don’t take time to sharpen the axe.我們有時候太忙碌了以至于沒有時間把斧子磨快，故選A。

16.everyone is busier than ever, but happy than ever每個人比以往任何時候都要忙，但是卻沒有以前過得開心，根據(jù)but表轉(zhuǎn)折可知，現(xiàn)代人很忙碌但不開心，故選C。

17.we don’t take time to sharpen the axe”可知，人們似乎已經(jīng)忘記了該怎樣讓自己保持敏銳，故選D。

18.to think and meditate(謀劃), to learn”可知，人們不能一直工作，因為我們需要時間來放松自己，就像斧子需要磨快一樣，故選C。

19.to think and meditate(謀劃), to learn and .人們需要時間放松、思考、沉思、學(xué)習(xí)和成長，故選A。

20.If we don’t take time to sharpen the axe...and lose our effectiveness”可知，如果我們不花時間放松和學(xué)習(xí)，我們就會像斧子一樣會變得遲鈍，故選B。

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