题目内容
A young man went to the boss of a logging crew (伐木队) and asked for a job.
“That depends,” replied the boss .“Let’s see you cut down this tree.”
The young man stepped forward, and skillfully cut down a great tree.
The boss was ____ and said: “You can start Monday.”
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday went by, and _____ afternoon the boss went to the young man and said:“You can pick up your wages(薪水) on the way out today.”
The young man was very surprised. He replied:“I thought you would _____on Friday.”
“Usually we do,” said the boss. “But we’re letting you go today because you’ve ____. Our daily charts(日程表) show that you’ve dropped from ______ place on Monday to last place today.”
“But I’m quite ______ ” The young man replied.“I am the first to arrive, and the last to leave, and even work during my coffee breaks!”
The boss thought for a minute and then asked:“Have you sharpened your axe (斧子)？”
The young man replied:“No, sir. I’ve been working ____ hard to take time out for that!”
Our lives are ______that. We sometimes get so busy that we don’t take time out to “sharpen the axe.” There is _______wrong with hard work but we all need time to relax, to think, to learn and grow. _______ we don’t have time to relax, we will feel bored and lose our effectiveness (效率).
1.A. angry B. satisfied C. disappointed
2.A. Thursday B. Friday C. Saturday
3.A. go B. pay C. work
4.A. fallen down B. fallen behind C. fallen off
5.A. second B. third C. first
6.A. hardworking B. outgoing C. happy
7.A. very B. so C. too
8.A. like B. about C. behind
9.A. something B. everything C. nothing
10.A. Because B. If C. Unless
1.B 2.A 3.B 4.B 5.C 6.A 7.C 8.A 9.C 10.B 【解析】本文讲述了一位年轻人凭借娴熟的砍树技能说服了工头给他一份工作，然而，刚过去三天，工头就准备把年轻人辞掉。年轻人虽然非常努力地工作，甚至忙得连磨斧子的功夫都没有，但是砍树的斧子钝了，再多的力气都是白费。故事告诉我们，每个人都不应该只知道不停地工作，还应...
