题目内容
第二节:完形填空(共20小题;每小题1分,满分20分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
An elderly carpenter (木匠) was ready to retire.He told his employer of his __36___to leave the house building __37__ and live a more leisurely life with his wife, ___38___ time with his extended family.He would ___39___the pay, but he needed to retire.They could ___40___.
The employer was ___41____to see such a good worker leave and asked if he could build just one more house as a personal___42___.The carpenter said yes, but in time it was ___43___ to see that his heart was not in his work.He built the house ___44___ and used poor materials.It was an ___45___ way to end his career.
When the carpenter ___46___ his work, the employer handed the front – door key to the carpenter.“This is your house,” he said, “a ___47___ to you.”
What a shock! What a ___48____! If he had only known he was building his __49___house, he would have done it all so __50__.Now he had to live in the home he had built none too well.
__51___it is with us.We build our __52___in a distracted (心不在焉)way, reacting rather than acting, willing to put up less than the best.At __53___points we do not give the job our best effort.Then with a shock we look at the situation we have __54_____ and find that we are now living in the house we have built .If we had ___55___, we would have done it differently.
36.A.retirement B.problem C.purposes D.plans
37.A.business B.site C.teams D.workers
38.A.spending B.dividing C.enjoying D.sparing
39.A.consider B.miss C.raise D.save
40.A.get by B.get alone C.get back D.get around
41.A.ashamed B.anxious C.frightened D.sorry
42.A.favor B.bargain C.present D.reply
43.A.frank B.probable C.easy D.content
44.A.sadly B.carelessly C.slowly D.proudly
45.A.unfair B.unhappy C.unfortunate D.unlucky
46.A.checked B.discovered C.prepared D.finished
47.A.gift B.salary C.memory D.punishment
48.A.quality B.prize C.shame D.surprise
49.A.final B.best C.everlasting D.own
50.A.differently B.quickly C.hard D.happily
51.A.Then B.So C.But D.Whatever
52.A.houses B.bodies C.glories D.lives
53.A.difficult B.main C.strong D.important
54.A.created B.faced C.improved D.avoided
55.A.known B.noticed C.realized D.previewed
36---55 DACBA DACBC DACDA BDDAC
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