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  An old carpenter(木匠)was ready to stop working.He told his boss about his plan to leave to enjoy his rest years with his family.He would miss the money each week, but he wanted to retire.He had enough money to live on.

  The boss was sorry to see his good worker go and asked if he could build just one more house.The carpenter said “yes”, but his heart was not in his work.

  When the carpenter finished his work, his boss came to look at the house.Then he handed the key to the carpenter and said, “ This is your house-my gift to you.”

  The carpenter was shocked(震惊)!

  What a shame! If he had known he was building his own house, he would have done it well.

  In our life, sometimes this kind of things happens.Somebody lets us do something and we think it isn't our own thing, so we don't try our best to do it.At last, we find the thing is related(涉及)to us closely.But it is too late for us when we know that.

(1)

Why did the carpenter want to stop working?

[  ]

A.

He didn't enjoy building houses any longer.

B.

He was badly ill.

C.

He wanted to enjoy his rest years with his family.

D.

His boss was bad to him.

(2)

What does the underlined word “retire” mean in Chinese?

[  ]

A.

工作

B.

退休

C.

挣钱

D.

旅游

(3)

Who did the boss give the new house to?

[  ]

A.

His father

B.

Himself

C.

The old carpenter

D.

We don't know

(4)

Why was the carpenter shocked?

[  ]

A.

Because the boss liked the house very much.

B.

Because he didn't want to leave his job.

C.

Because the boss give him lots of money.

D.

Because the house was built for himself.

(5)

What can we learn from this story?

[  ]

A.

The carpenter was a lazy man.

B.

People should always try their best to do their work.

C.

The boss had a good sense of humor.

D.

The carpenter was always very careful with his work.

  Jennie sat at her window as usual, looking out upon the street, with a look of sadness on her face,“What a long day this is going to be!”

  Then she saw a little boy running down the street, swinging his schoolbag. Looking up to the window, he took off   41  hat and bowed with a bright, pleasant smile.

  “What a nice   42  ,”said Jennie to herself, as the boy ran out of sight.“It seems like having the sunshine. I wish everybody who goes by would look up   43  smile.”

  George, the little boy, told his mother about that   44  girl when he got back home,“She looks so helpless. I wish I could do something for her.”

  “Why not give her some   45  ?”said his mother. George agreed.

  The next morning, as Jennie   46  at he window again, she saw George with a handful of beautiful flowers carefully picking his way across the street. He stopped in front of her window, smiling pleasantly, and said,“Can I come in?”Jennie told him   47  to get into the house.

  Opening the door to Jennie’s gentle“Come in”, George said, “I’ve brought you some flowers.”

  “Are they for me?”said Jennie   48  .“How kind you are,”she continued, as George put the flowers on her lap.“I’ve   49  received any flower since we moved to the town.”

“Did you live in the countryside?”asked George,   50  the old, small and empty room.

“Yes,”said Jennie.

Jennie used to have a happy family and live in a beautiful house in the countryside. However, she lost her right leg in an accident. She   51  walk like other people any longer. Later, her father died, and her mother was sick   52  so many years that their money was all gone. They sold the house, and move here to get work to do.

George told his parents   53  . They decided to help her. More and more people in the  54  gave Jennie friendly smiles when they passed by her house. She was greatly cheered up.

A few months later, Jennie and her mother   55  a flower shop. People could always see Jennie sitting in the shop, having a lovely smile on her face.

41) A. her      B. his      C. your    D. my

42) A. house     B. door    C. smile      D. schoolbag

43) A. and      B. but     C. as      D. or

44) A. rich      B. lucky     C. bad     D. poor

45) A. money     B. flowers    C. clothes    D. food

46) A. danced     B. cried    C. sat      D. laughed

47) A. how      B. who      C. when     D. why

48) A. angrily    B. easily    C. sadly     D. happily

49) A. never   B. usually     C. always     D. sometimes

50) A. looking for  B. looking around C. looking like  D. looking after

51) A. shouldn’t   B. needn’t    C. couldn’t    D. mustn’t

52) A. for      B. in       C. at       D. on

53) A. something   B. anything    C. everything    D. nothing

54) A. countryside   B. town     C. village     D. city

55) A. reached    B. left      C. closed     D. opened

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