题目内容
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An old carpenter (木匠) was ready to retire.
His boss was 1 to see the good worker go.
He asked the carpenter 2 he could build just one more house. The carpenter said yes,3 his mind was not on his work any more.
He used poor materials and worked on the house 4 . When the carpenter finished his work,the boss 5 the front-door key to him, “This is your house ,” he said, “A 6for you. ”
What a surprise!What a 7!If he had known he was building his 8 house,he would have done it differently. Now he had to live in the house he had poorly built.
9 it is with us. Sometimes we build our 10 carelessly. At important points we do not try our best. Then with a shame we look at the situation we have 11 . We 干ind that we are now living in the house we have poorly built. But we don't have a 12 to make it all over again.
Think of 13 as the carpenter. Think about your life. Build it 14 . It is the only life you will ever build because life is a do-it-yourself project.
Your life today is the 15 of your attitudes and choices you made in the past. Your life tomorrow will be that of your attitudes and choices you make today.
() 1. A. glad B. nervous
C. ready D. sorry
() 2. A. if B. when
C. how D. why
() 3. A. and B. but
C. or D. so
() 4. A. carefully B. completely
C. carelessly D. successfully
() 5. A. handed B. left
C. sold D. threw
() 6. A. gift B. promise
C. choice D. question
() 7. A. task B. wisdom
C. shame D. stress
() 8. A. real B. expensive
C. old D. own
() 9. A. Neither B. So
C. Nor D. As
() 10. A. studies B. lives
C. jobs D. feelings
() 11. A. created B. changed
C. discussed D. affected
() 12. A. plan B. chance
C. method D. pleasure
() 13. A. himself B. herself
C. myself D. yourself
() 14. A. wisely B. peacefully
C. rapidly D. widely
() 15. A. talent B. wealth
C. result D. difference
(2015江苏盐城)