Question

 

     He's an old cobbler  (修鞋匠)  with a shop in the Marais, a historic area in Paris. When I took him my shoes, he at first told me: “I haven't time. Take them to the other fellow on the main street ; he'll fix them for you right away.”

     But I'd had my eye on his shop for a long time. Just looking at his bench loaded with tools and pieces of leather, I knew he was a skilled craftsman  (手艺人).  “No,” I replied, “the other fellow can't do it well.”

      “The other fellow” was one of those shopkeepers who fix shoes and make keys “while-U-wait” -- without knowing much about mending shoes or making keys. They work carelessly, and when they have finished sewing back a sandal strap (鞋带) you might as well just throw away the pair.

      My man saw I wouldn't give in, and he smiled. He wiped his hands on his blue apron ( 围裙), looked at my shoes, had me write my name on one shoe with a piece of chalk and said, “Come back in a week.”

      I was about to leave when he took a pair of soft leather boots off a shelf.

      “See what I can do?” he said with pride.  “Only three of us in Paris can do this kind of work.. ”

      When I got back out into the street, the world seemed brand-new to me. He was something out of an ancient legend, this old craftsman with his way of speaking familiarly, his very strange, dusty felt hat, his funny accent from who-knows-where and, above all, his pride in his craft.

      These are times when nothing is important but the bottom line, when you can do things any old, way as long as it “pays”, when, in short, people look on work as a path to ever-increasing consumption  (消费) rather than a way to realize their own abilities. In such a period it is a rare comfort to find a cobbler who gets his greatest satisfaction from pride in a job well done.

1.Which of the following is true about the old cobbler.'?

     A. He was equipped with the best repairing tools.

     B. He was the only cobbler in the Marais.

     C. He was proud of his skills.

     D. He was a native Parisian.

2.The sentence “He was something out of an ancient legend.” ( paragraph 7 ) implies that       

     A. nowadays you can hardly find anyone like him

     B. it was difficult to communicate with this man

     C. the man was very strange

     D. the man was too old

3.According to the author, many people work just to           .

     A. realize their abilities     B. gain happiness    C. make money   D. gain respect

4.This story wants to tell us that            .

     A. craftsmen make a lot of money          B. whatever you do, do it well

     C. craftsmen need self-respect              D. people are born equal

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.C

【解析】从第1到7段作者对cobbler的描写，特别是第6段可以判断出。

【考点】细节理解题

【易错点】不要被个别字眼影响，误选其它答案。

【备考建议】阅读时，要随着作者的对人物的描写思路，猜测作者流露出的喜欢，讨厌，赞扬或批评等语气。

2.A

【解析】从第7段和最后一句可以判断。

【考点】推理判断题

【易错点】考生若抓住文中his very strange 来理解划线部分的话，会误选C.

【备考建议】推理判断题的特点是：文章有的细节不要选。

3.C

【解析】从最后一段第一句进行归纳。

【考点】深层细节理解题

【易错点】注意作者在最后一段指代哪类人，别搞错了，误选A.

【备考建议】注意文章篇章结构。

4.B

【解析】从全文作者的亲身经历和发出的感受描写可以归纳出。

【考点】归纳概括题

【易错点】本题应该区分度不大，因为设题难度较低。

    【备考建议】归纳中心思想时，选择的答案要归纳性强，能体现文章的主题和作者的意图。