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The employer was 5 to see his good worker go and asked if he could build just one more house as a personal favor. The carpenter said yes, 6 over time it was easy to see that his heart was not in his work. He used bad workmanship and 7 materials. It was an unfortunate way to 8 a dedicated(献身的)career.
When the carpenter finished his work, his employer came to 9 the house. Then he handed the front-door 10 to the carpenter and said, “This is your house... my 11 to you.”
The carpenter was shocked!
What a 12 ! If he had only known he was building his own house, he would have done it all so differently.
13 it is with us. We build our lives, a day at a time, often putting 14 than our best into the building. Then, with a shock, we 15 we have to live in the house we have built. If we could do it over, we would do it much differently.
But, you cannot 16 . You are the carpenter, and every day you hammer a nail, place a board, or build a wall. Someone 17 said, “Life is a do-it-yourself project.” Your 18 , and the choices you 19 today, help build the “house” you will live in tomorrow. Therefore, build 20 !
1. A. continue B. start C. leave D. find
2. A. leisurely B. lonely C. orderly D. friendly 3. A support B. share C. enjoy D. care 4. A. go off B. get by C. pass on D. work away 5. A. polite B. nervous C. proud D. sorry
6. A. but B. while C. which D. before 7. A. perfect B. inferior C. superior D. tough 8. A. satisfy B. improve C. meet D. end
9. A. buy B. repair C. inspect D. sell 10. A. roof B. window C. key D. design 11. A. gift B. promise C. salary D. words
12. A. disappointment B. shame C. pleasure D. success 13. A. So B. Yet C. As D. Such 14. A. worse B. more C. rather D. less 15. A. realize B. explain C. think D. admit 16. A. step forward B. go back C. come out D. look around
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解析
2.A.。leisurely悠闲的,慢悠悠的;lonely孤独的;orderly有秩序的,有条理的;friendly友好的。根据常识可知,人们退休了以后,生活常是悠闲的,故选A项。
3.C. 退休了以后,老人可以更好的享受家庭的乐趣,选C项enjoy最佳。
4.B. go off开火、爆炸,(电灯等)熄灭;get by维持生计,设法过活;pass on转交,递给;work away连续不停地工作。根据前面的extended family和miss the paycheck可推知,老人生活上悠闲,但没有了工资,生活可能不如以前宽松,但他们能设法维持,故选B项。
5.D. 根据上文retire和下文的his good worker,作为老板,自己的好员工要走了,自然惋惜,故选D项sorry是符合情理的。
6.A. 从下文得知,老木匠的最后一座房子造的很不好,是因为他不用心。所以此处表示转折,选A项but,意为“他虽然答应了,但并不用心工作”。注意while是并列连词,表示前后对比,而非转折。
7.B. 根据前文的bad workmanship和下文可知,老木匠用的建筑材料是劣质的,故inferior正确。
8.D. 根据前文的retire、go和asked if he could build just one more house可知,这是老木匠为老板建造的最后一座房子,是他一生事业的结束,故选D项end。
9.C. 作为老板,自己让人建设的房子完工了,自然来查看一下。下文也提到他并非来购买、出售或修理房子,排除了其他选项。
10.C. 从下文的If he had only known he was building his own house可以看出,老板把刚刚建设的房子作为礼物(gift)送给了老木匠,应该给他房门钥匙,故A项key正确。
11.A. 根据上下文可知,这是老板给老木匠的礼物,以表示感谢。
12.B. 根据上文的shock和下句If he had only known he was building his own house, he would
have done it all so differently可知,老木匠为自己做的蠢事感到羞耻、后悔,故选B项shame正确。
13.A. “So it is with sb.”是一常见句型,意为“……也如此”。注意此题易错选as,误认为是定语从句。As可以引导定语从句,但注意是此句末的标点是句号,因此缺少先行词,无法构成定语从句。其他两选项意思、结构均不正确。
14.D. 根据文意,作者在向我们阐述一个道理,我们的生活也象老木匠建房子一样,没有投入全身心,即用的努力少(less),因此,选D项符合文意。
15.A. 根据上下文,开始我们没有觉察,但后来当我们认识到自己的愚蠢行为时,为时已晚。所以,此处选择realize是正确的。
16.B. 根据上文If we could do it over, we would do it much differently.和But可知,我们虽认识到错误,但有些事情是无法重新再做一遍的。Step forward自告奋勇;go back回到、重新再来;come out(太阳、星星……)出现;look around环视、环顾。四个词组中只有go back有此意。
17.C.根据下文可知,作者在引用某人(曾经说过)的话,所以用副词once最合适。其他选项与文意不符。
18.A. 根据上文,老木匠既有经验,技艺也高超,但态度不端正犯了大错。因此,一个人做事的态度决定结果,故选attitude是正确的。
19.D. Make a choice/ choices是常见的搭配,意为“作出选择”。
20.B. 根据最后一段和上文中的therefore可知,作者是在告戒读者:我们既然明白了这个道理,“建造自己的房子时”就明智些吧!所以wisely正确。
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试题【An elderly carpenter was ready to retire. He told his employer of his plans to 】;主要考察你对数词等知识点的理解。[详细]
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I had been feeling high, successful and important 12 those three words 13 me like a shotgun. Don’t we all? I needed help. Maybe not for bus fare or a place to sleep, but I needed help. I 14 my wallet and gave him not only enough for bus fare, but enough to get a warm meal and 15 for the day. Those three little words still ring 16 . No matter how much you have, no matter how much you have 17 , you need help too. No matter how 18 you have, no matter how 19 you are with problems, even without money or a place to sleep, you can 20 help.
1. A. that B. what C. which D. how
2. A. expressions B. manners C. looks D. attitudes
3. A. ride B. buy C. drive D. stop
4. A. generous B. disappointed C. modern D. ragged
5. A. air B. atmosphere C. appearance D. figure
6. A. finished B. stopped C. continued D. began
7. A. quietly B. casually C. aimlessly D. eagerly
8. A. intenting B. expected C. boring D. supposed
9. A. afraid B. glad C. doubtful D. sure
10. A. simple B. complex C. strange D. rigid
11. A. accept B. forget C. respond D. choose
12. A. unless B. after C. until D. when
13. A. fightened B. moved C. wounded D. hit
14. A. reached in B. searched for C. looked up D. exposed to
15. A. shelter B. clothes C. reward D. blanket
16. A. nice B. ridiculous C. true D. proper
17. A. submitted B. devoted C. applied D. accomplished
18. A. few B. many C. little D. enough
19. A. loaded B. puzzled C. angry D. unsatisfied
20. A. receive B. give C. need D. seek
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阅读下面短文,从各题所给的四个选项中选出最佳答案。
Mary had her own special kind of joy. and she knew exactly how to spread it around. She lifted children from 1 into laughter,love,and belonging.
Each time she found a new 2 for a child,she gave the family one of her little homemade paper roses. It had become a 3 for her,and the families didn’t’ever forget it.
One evening,Mary was 4 a meeting for adoptive parents.0ne of the 5 fathers stood up to introduce himself. But before he spoke,he reached into his coat pocket and held up a 6 ,red paper rose.
“Twenty years ago today, I felt alone and 7 .I didn’t know the talents inside me or what was possible for me.
Then Mary 8 two wonderful people into my life. They taught me what it was like to feel 9 .They not only loved me 10.They opened a world of 11 that I didn’t know existed.My new parents told me,‘Reach for your dreams!’
I did, and today I’m 12 to be giving that chance to a child who 13 just like me. My mother gave me this little rose. By now,all of you 14 where she got it so long ago.
Mary sent me a new rose just yesterday. And my new rose 15 a new spring,a beautiful new 1 6 for my own little girl. It 1 7 me to show her what unconditional love is,and to teach her to reach for her own beautiful dreams.
Thank you, Mary,for the special little things like roses that 18 our lives together. And thank you for all you’ve done for me and so many families over the years!”
One brief event can send our spirits soaring or 19 us in
quiet to ponder a new beginning. 20 it is also the very small
things,like Mary’s roses,that tie together the meaningful things.
1.A.poverty B.10neliness C.misery D.suffering
2.A.home B.place C.school D.1ife
3.A.glory B.favor C.habit D.tradition
4.A. organizing B. planning C. hosting D. attending
5.A.new B.grateful C.kind D.active
6.A.broken B.faded C.treasured D.dried
7.A.tasteless B.powerless C.priceless D.worthless
8.A.directed B.introduced C.brought D.accepted
9.A.10ved B.protected C.cared D.cheered
1 0.A. silently B. continuously
C.unintentionally D.unconditionally
1 1.A.necessities B.possibilities C. beauties D.riches
1 2.A.eager B.willing C.proud D.1ucky
13.A.started out B.came up C.turned out D.grew up
1 4.A.understand B.guess C.tell D.know
1 5.A.replaces B.symbolizes C.equals D.creates
1 6.A.chance B.mystery C.challenge D.beginning
1 7.A.reminds B.helps C.accompanies D.drives
18.A.fix B.close C.tie D.gather
19.A.cause B.push C.put D.1cave
20.A.Yet B.Besides C.Otherwise D.Therefore
In my letter in reply, I gave him my advice:
After reading your question, I can understand why you’re confused. It sounds like your relationship with your friend is a little shaky. There could be several reasons for her __38__. For example, maybe she has a lot on her mind and is __39__ a few challenges of her own. She may not feel comfortable talking to anyone about them __40__ and may just need a little time to sort through her own feelings. Or, on the day you talked to her, she could have been having a bad day and didn’t realize she was very cold to you. I could list a few more __41__for you, but you know, __42__, the only person who knows why your friend reacted that way is your friend. My__43__ to you is to tell her how you feel. Let her know she hurt your feelings and ask why on some days she’s nice to you, and on other days she isn’t __44__ nice. It could be that your friend is making some other new friends at school and is having difficulty __45___ her old relationships. Whatever her reasons are, you should let her know that you are a unique, caring person who certainly deserves a good friendship at school, _46__ you wouldn’t have taken the time to write me. If your __47__ with this person fades a bit, it’s OK, because you will develop may other friendships.
36. A. proving B. thinking C. showing D. acting
37. A. before B. if C. until D. in case
38. A. background B. feelings C. reaction D. appearance
39. A. getting alone B. going through C. blaming for D. standing up
40. A. already B. too C. yet D. afterwards
41. A. choices B. questions C. opportunities D. excuse
42. A. last but not least B. to conclude C. to be honest D. as a result
43. A. letter B. focus C. recommendation D. advice
44. A. too B. as C. also D. such
45. A. refusing B. finding C. remembering D. balancing
46. A. and B. otherwise C. because D. so
47. A. attitude B. progress C. hesitation D. closeness
Yesterday afternoon I went to Yuexiu Park. It happens that I saw 76._____________
a touched event. At that time, some people were boating on the lake. 77._____________
Among whom was a happy family. They were taking photos 78._____________
while suddenly the girl fell off the boat into the water. She was 79._____________
struggling but her parents cried out, “Help! Help!” It was 80._____________
obviously that they could not swim at all. From nearby a young man 81._____________
immediately rushed to the lake. Without taking off his clothes, he
jumped into water and quickly swam towards the girl, who was already 82._____________
tired out. At last he carried her to the lake bank. She was saved! 83._____________
How happy the parent were! Before they thought 84._____________
thanking the young man, he had disappeared. 85._____________
By chance, I 43 some prizes and awards for literature. A young woman from a 44 company came to the college one day. She told me that I won a national poetry award. I 45 at her in astonishment and disbelief. She wanted to make a short 46 about me, to which I said, “ No, I couldn’t do that.” Not that I had any real 47 . I was just frightened. In the end she 48 me that I should do it the following day.
So I did. They made a short film of me reading one of my 49 and I became 50 interested in literature than ever. I 51 what I should do after this, and decided some weeks later that I could not 52 myself spending the rest of my days dealing with machines. So one evening, I hesitatingly told my parents that I wanted to _53 to school. They were greatly surprised and a little afraid, but they did not try to persuade me not to. They wanted to know if I was 54 , and if I knew what it meant and 55 I realized that if I gave up my job training, it would be very difficult to get a good job. But nothing could stop me, and they asked about the matter no further.
36.A.stop B.go on C.continue D.walk
37.A.talk B.journey C.job D.walk
38.A.do B.sit C.talk D.work
39.A.family B.class C.city D.country
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42.A.mind B.heart C.soul D.thought
43.A.defeated B.beat C.won D.hit
44.A.TV B.radio C.shoe D.food
45.A.looked B.fixed C.shouted D.stared
46.A.talk B.film C.conversation D.speech
47.A.reason B.cause C.excuse D.wish
48.A.advised B.suggested C.agreed D.persuaded
49.A.poems B.stories C.speeches D.plans
50.A.less B.much C.far D.more
51.A.wandered B.considered C.discussed D.wondered
52.A.think B.consider C.spend D.imagine
53.A.drop B.leave C.return D.go to
54.A.sure B.clear C.curious D.true
55.A.whether B.that C.how D.what
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