Question

【题目】 Some time ago, an old businessman had a large store in Boston. He wanted a boy to work for him, and he ______ an advertisement in the newspaper. The next morning, many boys came to the old man’s office to ______ the job.

The businessman pointed to a nail((钉子)) on the door of his office, ______ a walking stick and said, “Everyone has three chances. If anyone can hit the nail on the head with this stick more than once, I will give him the job. ” The boy thought it was very ______. They all tried, but ______ could make it. So the old man said, “I’m sorry I can’t take any of you. ” And they left.

He kept the advertisement in the papers, and the next morning many more boys came, and among them he saw a thin boy who had been there the day before. The boy hit the nail ______ for three times. The old man felt ______ and asked how he did that. “I also ______ yesterday,” said the boy, “but I thought if I kept on trying, I could do it. So I went home and practiced hitting a nail with a stick______ I could do it, and I got up very early this morning, and tried again. ”

The old man said, “You are the boy for me,” and gave him the ______. Whatever the boy had to do, he tried to do his best. It was not very long before he became the best clerk in the store.

【1】A.kept upB.put upC.turned upD.looked up

【2】A.care forB.pay forC.ask forD.look for

【3】A.put outB.carried outC.broke outD.took out

【4】A.livelyB.sillyC.crazyD.easy

【5】A.anybodyB.nobodyC.somebodyD.everybody

【6】A.successfullyB.proudlyC.politelyD.hardly

【7】A.excitedB.surprisingC.sadD.amazing

【8】A.passedB.succeededC.failedD.regretted

【9】A.untilB.sinceC.whenD.after

【10】A.stickB.nailC.jobD.advertisement

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】D

【4】D

【5】B

【6】A

【7】A

【8】C

【9】A

【10】C

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了一个商人想招聘员工，他的面试题是让应聘者们用拐杖击中门上的钉子至少两次，每人有三次机会，许多人都办不到。一个男孩失败后回家认真练习，最后做到了并获得了这份工作。

【1】句意：他在报纸上刊登了一则广告。

考查动词短语。A. kept up保持；B. put up张贴，刊登；C. turned up出现；D. looked up查阅。根据句意，可知他是在报上登了个广告，故选B。

【2】句意：许多男孩来到这个老人的办公室申请这份工作。

考查动词短语。A. care for在意；B. pay for为……付钱；C. ask for请求；D. look for寻找。根据句意，可知应聘者们是来请求获得这份工作的，故选C。

【3】句意：这个商人指着他办公室门上的一个钉子，拿出一个拐杖说。

考查动词短语。A. put out熄灭；B. carried out执行；C. broke out爆发；D. took out拿出。根据句意，可知此处表示拿出一根拐杖，故选D。

【4】句意：男孩认为这很容易。

考查形容词词义辨析。A. lively有生机的；B. silly愚蠢的；C. crazy疯狂的；D. easy容易的。根据后文but nobody could make it，可知后文出现转折，那么此处是他们原本认为很容易，故选D。

【5】句意：但是没人能成功。

考查复合不定代词。A. anybody任何人；B. nobody没人；C. somebody某人；D. everybody每个人。根据but，可知此处表示转折，前文说大家都试了，可知此处是说没人成功，故选B。

【6】句意：这个男孩成功地击中了钉子三次。

考查副词词义辨析。A. successfully成功地；B. proudly骄傲地；C. politely有礼貌地；D. hardly几乎不。此处副词修饰其前动词hit，根据句意，可知是成功击中，故选A。

【7】句意：这个老人很兴奋，问他是如何做到的。

考查形容词词义辨析。A. excited兴奋的；B. surprising令人惊讶的；C. sad悲伤的；D. amazing令人惊奇的。BD选项都是修饰一个事物，表示“令人……的”，此处作felt的表语，主语是the old man，所以排除BD；根据后文，可知老人是兴奋，故选A。

【8】句意：我昨天也失败了。

考查动词词义辨析。A. passed通过；B. succeeded成功；C. failed失败；D. regretted后悔。根据前文but nobody could make it，可知第一天没人成功，所以此处他是说自己那天也失败了，故选C。

【9】句意：所以我回家练习用棍子击打钉子，直到我能做到为止。

考查连词。A. until直到；B. since自从；C. when当……时；D. after在……之后。根据句意，可知此处用until引导时间状语从句，意为“直到”，故选A。

【10】句意：老人说：“你就是我要找的那个人”，然后给了他这份工作。

考查名词词义辨析。A. stick棍子；B. nail钉子；C. job工作；D. advertisement广告。根据前文，可知老人在招员工，可知此处是给了男孩这份工作，故选C。