Question

During his college years, Sherman Rogers spent a summer in logging(伐木) camp. When the boss had to leave for   41  days, he put Rogers in charge(掌管).

“What shall I do if the men   42  to follow my orders?” Rogers asked. He thought of Tony, a worker who complained all day, gave the other men a   43  time.

“Fire（解雇） them,” the boss said. Then, as if reading Rogers’ mind, he added, “I suppose you are going to fire Tony if you get the   44 . I’d feel badly about that. I have been logging for 40 years. Tony is one of the best workers I’ve ever had. I know he hates everybody and   45 . But he comes in first and leaves last. There has not been an   46  for eight years on the hill where he works.”

The next day, Rogers went to Tony, “Tony, do you know I’m in charge here today?” Tony said yes. “I was going to fire you the first time we quarreled,   47  I want you to know I’m not,” he told Tony, adding   48  the boss had said.

When he finished, Tony dropped the things in his hand and tears went down his   49 .

“Why didn’t he tell me that eight years   50  ?”

That day Tony worked   51  than ever before – and he smiled!

Rogers went back to   52  after that summer. Twelve years later he met Tony again who was now boss for one of the largest logging companies in the West. Rogers asked him how he came to California and happened to be so   53 .

Tony replied, “Were it not for the one minute you talk to me back that day, I would kill somebody some day. One minute   54  my whole life.”

Have you got one minute to thank someone? One minute to appreciate(欣赏) her or him? One minute. It can make a   55  for a lifetime.

1.	A．few B．a few C．little D．a little

2.	A．decide B．refuse C．want D．ask

3.	A．good B．relaxing C．pleasant D．hard

4.	A．way B．suggestion C．chance D．problem

5.	A．something B．nothing C．everything D．nobody

6.	A．advertisement B．action C．idea D．accident

7.	A．and B．but C．so D．because

8.	A．what B．why C．how D．when

9.	A．head B．hair C．face D．hands

10.	A．before B．later C．old D．ago

11.	A．harder B．less C．lazier D．slower

12.	A．school B．bank C．hospital D．hotel

13.	A．healthy B．friendly C．successful D．careful

14.	A．waited B．changed C．left D．sent

15.	A．speech B．mistake C．decision D．difference

Answer

1.B

2.B

3.D

4.C

5.C

6.D

7.B

8.A

9.C

10.D

11.A

12.A

13.C

14.B

15.D

【解析】

1.此题考查四个短语的区别，day是可数名词，根据语境可知选择a few表示几天，是肯定形式。

2.此题考查动词，根据语境可知选择refuse表示拒绝。

3.此题考查形容词，根据上下文可知选择hard。

4.此题考查名词，get the chance表示有机会。

5.此题考查不定代词，根据语境可知托尼憎恨所有的人和物。

6.此题考查名词，根据语境可知在他的工作岗位上没有出现任何事故。

7.此题考查连词，表示转折故用but。

8.此题考查引导词，根据语境可知选择what表示老板所说的话。

9.此题考查名词，根据句意可知托尼的眼泪顺着脸躺下来。

10.此题考查副词，eight years ago表示八年前。

11.此题考查副词，根据句子结构可知要用比较级，故用harder表示工作更努力。

12.此题考查名词，根据语境可知Rogers回校了。

13.此题考查副词，表示非常成功故用successfully。

14.此题考查动词表示改变故用changed。

15.此题考查名词，make a difference表示发生改变。