Question

A punctual person is in the habit of doing a thing at the correct time and is never late for anything.

An unpunctual man never does what he has to do at the right time. He is always in a hurry and in the end loses both time and his good name. A lost thing may be found again, but lost time can never be got back. Time is more useful than material things. In fact, time is life itself. An unpunctual man is always wasting his most important things as well as others'. An unpunctual person is always saying unhappily that he finds no time to answer letters or return calls. But the man who really has much to do is very careful of his time. He knows that he can not finish all his work unless he carefully does every piece of work.

Being unpunctual is the sign of disrespect (不尊重_) towards others. If a person is invited to dinner and arrives later than the time when he should be there, he keeps all the other guests (客人)waiting for him. Usually this will be thought as a great disrespect to the host and all the other guests.

Not like a punctual person, an unpunctual one can't do his duty wonderfully, whether it is public or personal. Imagine how it would be if those who should do important tasks failed to be on time. A man who is known to be often unpunctual is never believed by his friends or fellow men.

1.The Chinese meaning of the word "punctual" in this passage is probably “ ”.

A. 守时的 B.听话的 C.守纪律的 D.能干的

2.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. An unpunctual person often has more time.

B. A punctual person often does his work wonderfully

C. A punctual person often has a busy life.

D.. An unpunctual person has more work to do.

3.When you are invited to dinner, you'd better arrive there .

A. in a hurry B. after the host

C. at the decided time D. before other guests

4.From the passage, we learn that an unpunctual man usually in the end.

A. saves time for others

B. leaves his family and friends

C. gets his chances and knowledge

D. loses his time and good name

 

Answer 1

1.A

2.B

3.C

4.D

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文给我们讲述的是守时的人和不守时的人的区别。守时的人总是会在正确的时间去做事情，而且从不会迟到，他们会把时间安排的井井有条；而不守时的人总是匆匆忙忙，什么事情也做不好，最后还会丢掉自己的好名声。

1.词义猜测题。根据这个单词所在的句子A punctual person is in the habit of doing a thing at the correct time and is never late for anything.我们可以知道，这样的人习惯在正确的时间做事情，并且做任何事情都不会迟到。故这个单词的意思应该是守时的。故选A。

2.推理判断题。根据第二段An unpunctual person is always saying unhappily that he finds no time to answer letters or return calls.可知，不守时的人总是抱怨他没有时间写信或回电话，由此可知A不争气；C选项应该是不守时的人会觉得生活很繁忙，故C不对；根据短文第二段的内容我们可以知道，并不是不守时的人有很多工作要做，而是他们不知道怎样安排好时间，显得每天都很匆忙，故Ｄ也不对；根据Not like a punctual person, an unpunctual one can't do his duty wonderfully,可知，Ｂ选项是正确的。

3.推理判断题。根据短文第三段中If a person is invited to dinner and arrives later than the time when he should be there, he keeps all the other guests (客人)waiting for him. Usually this will be thought as a great disrespect to the host and all the other guests.可知，如果我们被邀请去吃饭，我们应该按照约定的时间准时到达，否则就会让所有其他的客人等，这样被认为对主人和其他的客人是不尊重的。故选Ｃ。

4.细节理解题。根据短文第二段中An unpunctual man never does what he has to do at the right time. He is always in a hurry and in the end loses both time and his good name.可知，不守时的人从来不在正确的时间做事情，他总是很匆忙，最后不光会失去时间，还会丢掉他的好名声。故选Ｄ。

考点：人生哲理类短文阅读。