Question

    One day, an old carpenter(木匠) was ready to leave. He told his boss about his plans to live a more _________ life. He would miss the salary (薪水), but he needed to rest from work.

The boss was sorry to see his worker go and asked if he could build just one more _________ .The carpenter said yes, but it was easy to see that his _________ was not in his work at all. He did his work in a careless way. It was a bad way to _________ his lifelong work. When the carpenter finished his work, the boss handed the front-door key to him. “This is _________ house,” he said, “my gift to you.”

What a _________ ! If he knew that he would build his own house, he would do it _________ . Now he had to live in a poorly-built home. This wasn’t what he thought before.

It’s the same for all of us, too. We live our lives in a distracted(不经心的) way, keeping alive(活着) but not living. At important times, we do not put our _________ into what we do. Then we look at the house we have created and find that we are now living in the house we have built for ourselves. If we knew what was happening earlier, we would do things in a different way.

Think of yourself as the _________ . Think about your house. Each day, you do some little things for your house. Build it __________ . It is the only life you will ever have. Even if you live it for only one day more, that day needs to be gracious(优雅的) and with dignity (尊严).

1.A.hard-working B.difficult C.relaxing

2.A.house B.boat C.room

3.A.head B.body C.heart

4.A.end B.start C.find

5.A.my B.our C.your

6.A.surprise B.wish C.talent

7.A.differently B.quickly C.comfortably

8.A.worst B.best C.least

9.A.boss B.writer C.carpenter

10.A.cheaply B.wisely C.slowly

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.C

4.A

5.C

6.A

7.A

8.B

9.C

10.B

【解析】

文章大意：文章主要讲的是一名即将退休的木匠的故事，告诉人们应该如何面对生活和人生。

1.句意：他告诉老板他打算过一种更轻松的生活。

hard-working用功的；difficult困难的；relaxing令人放松的，根据后文的“he needed to rest from work”“他需要休息一下”可知，应该是更轻松的生活，故选C。

2.句意：老板看到他的工人要走了感到很难过，问他能否再盖一栋房子。

house房子；boat船；room房间，根据后文的“This is ____5____ house”可知，应该是再盖一栋房子，故选A。

3.句意：但很容易看出他的心根本不在工作上。

head头；body身体；heart心，根据后文的“He did his work in a careless way”“他以一种很粗心的方式做他的工作”可知，应该是心不在工作上，故选C。

4.句意：这样结束他毕生的工作是一种不好的方式。

end结束；start开始；find发现，根据后文的“When the carpenter finished his work”“当木匠完成他的工作时”可知，应该是结束他的工作，故选A。

5.句意：这是你的房子。

my我的；our我们的；your你的，根据后文的“my gift to you”“我给你的礼物”可知，应该是这是你的房子，故选C。

6.句意：真是太令人吃惊了！

surprise吃惊，惊讶；wish希望，愿望；talent天赋，根据前文可知，老板把建好的房子送给了木匠，所以应该是惊讶的，故选A。

7.句意：如果他知道他会建造自己的房子，他会做得不同。

differently不同地；quickly快速地；comfortably舒服地，根据前文的“He did his work in a careless way”和“If he knew that he would build his own house”可知，应该是会做得不同，会更精心地修建自己的房子。故选A。

8.句意：在重要的时候，我们没有全力以赴。

worst最糟糕的；best最好的；least最少的，根据前面的“we do not put our”“我们没有把我们”和后文的“If we knew what was happening earlier, we would do things in a different way”可知，应该是我们没有全力以赴，由前面的“not”可知，应该用best，故选B。

9.句意：把自己当成木匠。

boss老板；writer作家；carpenter木匠，根据后文的Think about your house可知，应该是把自己当成木匠，故选C。

10.句意：明智地建造它。

cheaply便宜地；wisely明智地；slowly缓慢地，根据前文的“Each day, you do some little things for your house”“每天，你都为你的房子做些小事情”可知，应该是明智地建造它，故选B。