Question

【题目】阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项

He’s an old cobbler(修鞋匠) with a shop in the Marais, a historic area in Paris. When I took him my shoes, he at first told me: “I haven’t time. Take them to the other fellow on the main street; he’ll fix them for you right away.”

But I’d had my eye on his shop for a long time. Just looking at his bench loaded with tools and pieces of leather, I knew he was a skilled craftsman(手艺人). “No,” I replied, “the other fellow can't do it well.”

“The other fellow” was one of those shopkeepers who fix shoes and make keys “while-U-wait” — without knowing much about mending shoes or making keys. They work carelessly, and when they have finished sewing back a sandal strap(鞋带), you might as well just throw away the pair.

My man saw I wouldn’t give in, and he smiled. He looked at my shoes, had me write my name on one shoe with a piece of chalk and said, “Come back in a week.”

I was about to leave when he took a pair of soft leather boots off a shelf.

“See what I can do?” he said with pride. “Only three of us in Paris can do this kind of work.”

When I got back out into the street, the world seemed brand-new to me. He was something out of an ancient legend, this old craftsman with his way of speaking familiarly, his very strange, dusty felt hat, his funny accent from who-knows-where and, above all, his pride in his craft.

These are times when nothing is important but the bottom line, when you can do things any old way as long as it “pays”, when, in short, people look on work as a path to ever-increasing consumption(消费) rather than a way to realize their own abilities. In such a period it is a rare comfort to find a cobbler who gets his greatest satisfaction from pride in a job well done.

【1】Which of the following is true about the old cobbler?

A．He was equipped with the best repairing tools.

B．He was proud of his skills.

C．He was the only cobbler in the Marais.

D．He was a native Parisian.

【2】The underlined sentence “He was something out of an ancient legend” shows that ______.

A．it was difficult to communicate with this man

B．the man was very strange

C．nowadays you can hardly find anyone like him

D．the man was too old

【3】According to the author, many people work just to ______.

A．make money

B．realize their abilities

C．gain happiness

D．gain respect

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】A

【解析】很多人工作只是为了赚钱，而一位老修鞋匠却从自己精湛的技艺中获得极大的满足并引以为荣，这让作者无比崇敬，感慨万千。

【1】B 细节理解题。根据文章“See what I can do?” he said with pride. “Only three of us in Paris can do this kind of work.”及this old craftsman with his way of speaking familiarly, his very strange, dusty felt hat, his funny accent from who-knows-where and, above all, his pride in his craft.可知，修鞋匠为自己精湛的技艺感到骄傲，故选B。

【2】C句意理解题。根据文章第三段的内容可知，大多数修鞋匠只是敷衍了事，而这位老修鞋匠全神贯注于自己的工作，为自己的技艺而骄傲，犹如古代的传说，由此可推断如今像他这样的人几乎找不到了，故选C。

【3】A细节理解题。根据文章最后一段...in short, people look on work as a path to ever-increasing consumption(消费) rather than a way to realize their own abilities.可知，人们把工作看做是通往不断增加消费的一条路，而不是实现自身能力的一个方式，由此可推断很多人工作只是为了“赚钱”，故选A。