题目内容
8．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．
The 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．
There 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．
24．Which of the following is true about the old cobbler？D
A．He was equipped with the best repairing tools．
B．He was the only cobbler in the Marais．
C．He was a native Parisian．
D．He was proud of his skills．
25．The sentence"He was something out of an ancient legend．"（ paragraph 7 ） implies thatD．
A．the man was very strange
B．it was difficult to communicate with this man
C．the man was too old
D．nowadays you can hardly find anyone like him
26．According to the author，many people work just toC．
A．realize their abilities
B．gain respect
C．make money
D．gain happiness
27．This story wants to tell us thatC．
A．craftsmen make a lot of money
B．people are born equal
C．whatever you do，do it well
D．craftsmen need self-respect．
分析 本文是一篇人物故事类阅读．文章主要讲述了一个老鞋匠几十年如一日的兢兢业业的工作，让自己的补鞋的手艺变得非常好．旨在告诉我们做任何工作都应该努力认真．
解答 24-27 DDCC
24．D．细节理解题．根据"he said with pride．"Only three of us in Paris can do this kind of work…""可知老鞋匠对自己的手艺很自豪．故选D．
25．D．推理判断题．根据"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．"可知划线句子的意思是"现在很难找到像他这样的人啦"．故选D．
26．C．细节理解题．根据"people look on work as a path to ever-increasing consumption（消费）rather than a way to realize their own abilities．"可知作者认为很多人工作是为了赚钱．故选C．
27．C．主旨大意题．纵览全文并根据"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．"可知文章旨在告诉我们做任何事都要把它做好．故选C．
点评 本文是一篇人物故事类阅读．此类题型主要考查学生的细节理解和推理判断能力．细节理解题是针对文中某个细节、某句话或某部分具体内容设置问题，所以在做细节理解题时要结合原文和提干有针对性的找出相关语句进行仔细分析，再结合选项选出正确答案．在做推理判断题时不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实，要联系上下文根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断．在做主旨大意题时考生首先要仔细阅读短文，完整了解信息，准确把握作者观点，确定主旨．
