Question

【题目】通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

An old carpenter (木匠) was ready to leave the house-building business. He told his boss of his plan to live a more _______ life with his wife and children because of his age.

The boss was sorry to see his good worker go and asked if he could build just one more house for him. The carpenter said _______ , but it was easy to see that his heart was not in work. He worked _______ and used poor materials. It was really a _______ to end his business in such a way.

When the carpenter finished his work. His boss came to the house. Then he _______ the front-door key to the carpenter. "This is your house." he said with a smile, "my gift to you."

What a surprise! If he had only known he was building his own house, he would have done it in a _______ way. If he had only known it, he wouldn't have been that careless, _______ less than the best. With _______ , the carpenter had to live in the house built by himself.

Sometimes we are like this carpenter. We build our lives in a careless way. At important points, we do not give the job our best effort. Think of yourself as the carpenter. Each day you do something to build your own house. _______ build wisely. It is the only life you will ever build. Life is a do-it-yourself project. Your life tomorrow will be the __________ of your attitudes(态度) and the choices you make today.

【1】A.terribleB.comfortableC.difficult

【2】A.yesB.noC.sorry

【3】A.hardlyB.carelesslyC.seriously

【4】A.prizeB.jokeC.shame

【5】A.knockedB.handedC.threw

【6】A.differentB.similarC.honest

【7】A.putting upB.coming upC.giving up

【8】A.pleasureB.satisfactionC.regret

【9】A.ThenB.StillC.Only

【10】A.successB.resultC.present

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】B

【4】C

【5】B

【6】A

【7】A

【8】C

【9】A

【10】B

【解析】

短文主要讲了一个木匠在退休之前，老板要求其再建一栋房子，由于木匠在退休前根本没有心思把工作做好，但当他把房子建好，发现这是老板送给他的房子。这个故事告诉我们，每一天都要认真生活，这样生活就会完全不一样。

【1】句意：他告诉老板，由于年龄的关系，他打算和妻儿一起过上更舒适的生活。

terrible可怕的；comfortable舒适的；difficult困难的。根据句意是指“过上更舒适的生活”，故选B。

【2】句意：木匠答应了，但很容易看出他的心不在工作。

yes是；no不；sorry难过。根据“but it was easy to see that his heart was not in work”，可知木匠答应了老板的工作，故选A。

【3】句意：他工作粗心，用不好的材料。

hardly几乎不；carelessly粗心地；seriously严肃地。根据“but it was easy to see that his heart was not in work”，可知他工作粗心，故选B。

【4】句意：以这种方式结束他的工作真是太可惜了。

prize奖品；joke玩笑；shame令人惋惜的事。根据句意可知木匠最后一次工作没有认真去做，以这种方式结束太可惜了，故选C。

【5】句意：然后他把前门钥匙交给木匠。

knocked敲门；handed上交；threw扔掉。hand sth. to sb.意为“把某物交给某人”，根据句意，故选B。

【6】句意：如果他知道在给自己盖房子，他会用另一种方式。

different不同的；similar相似的；honest诚实的。根据句意是指工匠如果知道在给自己盖房子，他会用不同的方式，故选A。

【7】句意：如果他知道的话，他就不会那么粗心，会尽心尽力的。

putting up放起来，省下；coming up开始发生；giving up放弃。put up less than the best意为“尽心尽力”，故选A。

【8】句意：由于遗憾，木匠只好住在自己盖的房子里。

pleasure快乐；satisfaction满意；regret遗憾。根据the carpenter had to live in the house built by himself木匠只好住在自己盖的房子里。可知知道实情后，木匠很遗憾，故选C。

【9】句意：然后明智地建造。

Then然后；Still仍然；Only仅仅。根据句意是指接下来然后，故选A。

【10】句意：你明天的生活将是你的态度和你今天的选择的结果。

success成功；result结果；present礼物。根据句意是指“选择的结果”，故选B。