阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从16-35各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。

Once there was a group of men — a young hot-blooded man and a big number of old folks, doing a timber (木料) job in a jungle.

This young man was very   16  . He always continued to work through his break time and   17  that those old folks were wasting time, having to  18  several times a day to drink and chat. As time went by,this young man noticed that  19  he worked through break time and hardly took a   20   , those old folks were chopping the same   21   of trees as he did and sometimes did more. It was as if they worked through the break time as he did. So he   22   to work harder the next day. Unfortunately the   23   were even worse.

One day, one of the old folks   24   him for a drink during their break time. That young man   25   and said that he had no   26   time! Then the old man smiled and said, “It is just a waste of effort to   27   chopping trees without  re-sharpening  your axe(斧子).Sooner or later you will   28   or be so tired as you have spent too much   29   .”

Suddenly the young man  30   that actually during break times while those old folks were having a chat, they were   31   re-sharpening their axes at the same time! And that's how they could   32   faster than him, yet spending less time!

What we  33   is efficiency by making use of our skill and ability 34   . Only then can we have more time to do other things. Otherwise we will always keep saying ... I have no  35   !

A. weak       B. clever         C. hard-working     D. good-looking

A. admired     B. complained    C. reminded        D. predicted

A. plan        B. appear        C. work            D. break

A. even though  B. only if       C. because          D. unless

A. photo       B. rest          C. step             D. bath

A. weight      B. height        C. amount          D. price

A. failed       B. pretended     C. agreed           D. decided

A. marks       B. results      C. effects          D. conditions

A. invited      B. blamed      C. thanked        D. forgave

A. begged     B. argued      C. nodded         D. refused

A. wrong.     B. valuable     C. extra           D. exact

A. mind       B. avoid.      C. practice         D. keep

A. speed up    B. give up     C. watch out        D. turn out

A. energy      B. money     C. life             D. skill

A. warned      B. expected   C. realized         D. announced

A. also         B. hardly     C. seldom         D. never

A. talk         B. chop      C. walk           D. climb

A. abandon     B. introduce   C. need           D. teach

A. quickly      B. curiously   C. seriously       D. intelligently

A. time         B. tool       C. job           D. patience

In my profession as an educator and health care provider, I have worked with numerous children infected with the virus that causes AIDS.The relationships that I have had with these special kids have been gifts in my life.They have taught me so many things, but I have especially learned that great courage can be found in the smallest of packages. Let me tell you about Tyler.

Tyler was born infected with HIV: his mother was also infected.From the very beginning of his life, he was dependent on medications to enable him to survive.When he was five, he had a tube surgically inserted in a vein in his chest.This tube was connected to a pump, which he carried in a small backpack on his back.Medications were hooked up to this pump and were continuously supplied through this tube to his bloodstream.At times, he also needed supplemented oxygen to support his breathing.

Tyler wasn’t willing to give up one single moment of his childhood to this deadly disease.It was not unusual to find him playing and racing around his backyard, wearing his medicine - laden backpack and dragging his tank of oxygen behind him in his little wagon.All of us who knew Tyler marveled at his pure joy in being alive and the energy it gave him.Tyler’s mom often teased him by telling him that he moved so fast she needed to dress him in red.That way, when she peered through the window to check on him playing in the yard, she could quickly spot him.

This dreaded(可怕的) disease eventually wore down even the likes of a little dynamo like Tyler.He grew quite ill and, unfortunately, so did his HIV - infected mother.When it became apparent that he wasn’t going to survive, Tyler’s mom talked to him about death.She comforted him by telling Tyler that she was dying too, and that she would be with him soon in heaven.

A few days before his death, Tyler beckoned me over to his hospital bed and whispered, " I might die soon.I’m not scared.When I die, please dress me in red.Mom promised she’s coming to heaven, too.I’ll be playing when she gets there, and I want to make sure she can find me."

his HIV - infected mother.When it became apparent that he wasn’t going to survive, Tyler’s mom talked to him about death.She comforted him by telling Tyler that she was dying too, and that she would be with him soon in heaven.

A few days before his death, Tyler beckoned me over to his hospital bed and whispered, " I might die soon.I’m not scared.When I die, please dress me in red.Mom promised she’s coming to heaven, too.I’ll be playing when she gets there, and I want to make sure she can find me."

What is the boy Tyler's attitude towards death?

A.pessimistic(悲观的).  B.optimistic.     C.sorrowful.     D.fearful.

Tyler requested the writer to dress him in red when he died simply because___________.

A.red is a lucky color               B.red might help to cure him

C.his mom could spot him easily      D.he could find more mates by wearing red

Which of the following might serve as a possible title for this passage?

A.My unusual profession. B.A caring mother.

C.Mother and son.           D.Dying in red.

The underlined word dynamo in the fourth paragraph here means   ________________.

A.a promising and helpful youth          

B.an extremely energetic person

C.a rare and beautiful flower             

D.a magic and understanding superstar

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