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 wiped his hands on his blue apron (围裙), 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 boot 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, an old craftsman with his way of speaking familiarly, 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 the only cobbler in the Marais.
C．He was proud of his skills.
D．He was a native Parisian.
2.The sentence "He was something out of an ancient legend." ( paragraph 7 ) implies that .
A．nowadays you can hardly find anyone like him
B． it was difficult to communicate with this man
C．the man was very strange
D．the man was too old
3.According to the author, many people work just to .
A．realize their abilities B．gain happiness
C．make money D．gain respect
4.This story wants to tell us that .
A．craftsmen make a lot of money B．whatever you do, do it well
C．craftsmen need self-respect D．people are born equal
完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从下列各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上涂黑。
The other day I was talking to a stranger on the bus; he told me that he had a good 36 in Chicago and he wondered if, by any chance, I 37 to know him . For a moment, I thought he might be 38 ,but I could tell from the expression on his face that he was not. He was 39 . I felt like saying that it was ridiculous to 40 that out of all the millions of people in Chicago I could possibly have ever bumped into his friend. But, 41 , I just smiled and reminded him that Chicago was a very 42 city. He nodded, and I thought he was going to be content to drop the subject and talk about something else. But I was wrong. He was silent for a few minutes, and then he 43 to tell me all about his friend.
His friend’s main 44 in life seemed to be tennis. He was an excellent tennis player , and he 45 had his own tennis court. There were a lot of people with swimming 46 , yet there were only two people with private tennis court; his friend in Chicago was one of them. I told him that I knew several 47 like that, including my brother, who was doctor in California. He 48 that maybe there were more private courts in the country, than he 49 but he did not know of any others. Then he asked me 50 my brother lived in California. When I said Sacramento, he said that was a coincidence 51 his Chicago friend spent the summer in Sacramento last year and he lived next door to a 52 who had a tennis court in his backyard. I said I felt that really was a coincidence because my next-door neighbour had gone to Sacramento last summer and had 53 the house next to my brother’s house. For a moment, we stared at each other, but we did not say anything.
“Would your friend’s name happen to be Roland Kirkwood?” I asked finally. He 54 and said, “Yes. Would your brother’s name happen to be Dr Rey Hunter?” It was my 55 to laugh. “Yes,” I replied.
1.．A. brother B. teacher C. neighbour D．friend
2.A. managed B. happened C. tried D．wanted
3.A. expecting B．lying C．joking D．talking
4.A．funny B．serious C．careful D．disappointed
5.A．think B．find C．realize D．see
6.A．indeed B．actually C．instead D．exactly
7.A．famous B．interesting C．noisy D．big
8.A．began B．stopped C．refused D．failed
9.A．problem B．interest C．choice D．work
10.A．just B．ever C．even D．surely
11.A．suit B．habit C．pools D．river
12.A．people B．players C．strangers D．friends
13.A．advised B．argued C．admitted D．announced
14.A．recognized B．realized C．visited D．found
15.A．how B．whether C．when D．where
16.A．because B．if C．then D．though
17.A．doctor B．friend C．neighbour D．player
18.A．hired B．visited C．designed D．sold
19.A．smiled B．laughed C．cried D．nodded
20.A．chance B．pleasure C．time D．turn
Scientists have created the world's smallest "snowman",_____ about a fifth of the width of a human hair．
A．measures B．measuring C．measured D．to measure
—Late again! Where _____?
—Sony, I in the heavy traffic, or I would have been here earlier．
A．were you; have got stuck B．have you been; have got stuck
C．were you; got stuck D．have you been; got stuck
—Do you know why the teacher asks for me?
—He wants you to _____ your absence last night．
A．account for B．call for C．send for D．reach for
—What does the sign over there read?
—"No person smoke or carry a lighted cigarette, cigar or pipe in this area．"
A．shall B．may C．must D．will
