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  Have you heard of the saying, “If anything is worth doing, it is worth doing well”? The proverb is a piece of advice to make effort towards perfection in whichever job one does.It could be a small task like folding up your clothes, or a major ne like organizing a business meeting in your later life.

  Perfection is nothing but attention to details.If it is your job to dust the furniture at home, dust it so that not a single spot of dirt shows from any angle.If your task is to make the beds, make them so that not a single crease(皱痕)shows on the bed-covers.

  There are only two ways to do a job:either sloppily, or well.If you choose the latter path, you need to realize that any job that qualifies as “your” work deserves nothing less than your best.Perfection is an attitude that can be cultivated(培养)with just a little effort.It is a habit that does much good to your later life.Let us prove with an example:you may be asked to turn in an essay on, say, wildlife, for a school project.Instead of writing carelessly a few facts that you already know, you could make the project more effective by looking up reference books, encyclopedias(百科全书)or websites for additional information.You could then go over the finished essay for slips(疏漏)and errors, and provide pictures where necessary.If you make it a habit to put in extra effort in your school homework, will it not help you to handle more difficult projects at the college or university level?

  As Michelangelo, the famous 16th century sculptor and painter, once put it:Trifles(琐事)go to make perfection, and perfection is no trifle.

(1)

According to the passage, to achieve perfection is _________.

[  ]

A.

to realize the quality of the work

B.

to pay attention to details of one’s work

C.

to do as many jobs as possible

D.

to form the habit of doing things ahead of time

(2)

The underlined word “sloppily” in Paragraph 3 may mean _________.

[  ]

A.

badly

B.

patiently

C.

carefully

D.

slowly

(3)

What can be inferred from the third paragraph?

[  ]

A.

It is necessary to provide pictures for your essay.

B.

Websites are the sources of information you want.

C.

Perfection is a habit that promises a good future.

D.

You should make much effort to develop perfection.

(4)

The purpose of writing this passage is to _________.

[  ]

A.

introduce the famous painter Michelangelo

B.

advise us to do the things that are worth doing

C.

explain to us the meaning of the perfection

D.

expect us to give our best to our work

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     Curt and I have this kind of friendship that I wish everyone would be able to experience.
     Our friendship   1   many years ago. We met while   2   different high schools. As years passed, we became
good friends. Curt was the best man (伴郎) at my wedding, and I was   3   a few years later when he married
my sister's roommate. And yet the event that almost showed our partnership and   4   our friendship happened
over 25 years ago, when we were in our 20's.
     Curt and I were attending a pool party at the local Swim and Racquet Club. We were walking to the car,
joking about the party, and Curt   5   ne and said, "Steve, your ve had too much   6  . Maybe I should drive."
At first I thought he was   7 , but since Curt is definitely the wiser of us, I   8   his judgment.
     "Good idea." I said, and handed him the   9  .
     After I was settled in the passenger seat and Curt sat behind the wheel, he said, "I'm going to need your  10  
because I'm not sure how to get to your house from here." "No problem," I  11 .
     Curt started the car and we were  12 . The next ten miles seemed like a hundred as I prompted (提示) Curt
with  13 -left now, right soon, slow down, speed up and so on. The important thing was that we got home  14   
that night.
     Ten years later at my wedding, Curt brought  15  to the eyes of 400 guests as he told the story of our partners
hip and  16  we drove home together that night. Why was it such a (n)  17  story? We would all offer our keys 
 18  we knew we shouldn't drive. But you see, my friend Curt was blind. He had been blind from  19  and never
sat behind the wheel of a car  20  that night.
(     )1. A. continued  
(     )2. A. attending  
(     )3. A. alone      
(     )4. A. formed     
(     )5. A. pointed to 
(     )6. A. water      
(     )7. A. lying      
(     )8. A. respected  
(     )9. A. wheels     
(     )10. A. advice    
(     )11. A. agreed    
(     )12. A. off       
(     )13. A. safety    
(     )14. A. late      
(     )15. A. attention 
(     )16. A. how       
(     )17. A. interesting
(     )18. A. when      
(     )19. A. now       
(     )20. A. during    
B. began       
B. taking      
B. theirs      
B. began       
B. turned to 
B. medicine  
B. insisting   
B. doubted     
B. keys        
B. reason      
B. answered    
B. over      
B. speed       
B. safely      
B. excitement   
B. why         
B. surprising  
B. until       
B. nature      
B. over      
C. encouraged
C. leaving   
C. there     
C. deepened  
C. went to   
C. smoke     
C. joking    
C. understood 
C. seat      
C. help      
C. promised  
C. out       
C. qualities 
C. early     
C. tears     
C. when      
C. touching  
C. because   
C. end       
C. after     
D. interrupted 
D. finishing   
D. his         
D. valued      
D. looked into 
D. wine        
D. deciding    
D. used        
D. car         
D. statement                 
D. decided     
D. down        
D. directions  
D. drunken     
D. surprise    
D. whom        
D. amazing     
D. since       
D. birth       
D. before      

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