Question

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. “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”(立等可取)-- 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, 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 had 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.” (paragraph6) 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

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.C

4.B

【解析】

试题分析：很多人工作只是为了赚钱，而一位老修鞋匠却从自己精湛的技艺中获得极大的满足并引以为荣，这让作者无比崇敬，感慨万千。

1.C细节理解题。根据文章“See what I can do?” he said with pride. “Only three of us in Paris can do this kind of work.”及this old craftsman with his way of speaking familiarly, his very strange, dusty felt hat, his funny accent from who-knows-where and, above all, his pride in his craft. 可知修鞋匠为自己精湛的技艺感到骄傲，故选C。

2.A句意理解题。文章第三段“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.与this old craftsman with his way of speaking familiarly, his very strange, dusty felt hat, his funny accent from who-knows-where and, above all, his pride in his craft.形成对比，可知大多数修鞋匠只是敷衍了事，而这位老修鞋匠全神贯注于自己的工作，为自己的技艺而骄傲，犹如古代的传说，由此可推断如今像他这样的人几乎找不到了，故选A。

3.C细节理解题 。根据文章最后一段These are times when nothing is important but the bottom line, whenyou can do things any old way as long as it “pays”, when, in short, people look on work as a pathto ever-increasing consumption(消费) rather than a way to realize their own abilities. 只要有报酬，就有人去做，人们把工作看做是通往不断增加消费的一条路，而不是实现自身能力的一个方式，由此可推断很多人工作只是为了“赚钱”，故选C。

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考点：考查故事类短文

【名师点睛】作者从一个鞋匠从做好一个工作中得到最大的满足是一种安慰和现在的人不认真工作，只是为了挣钱。希望人们应该认真工作。本文考查细节题为主，细节题可以在文章中直接找到与答案有关的信息或是其变体。搜查信息在阅读中非常重要它包括理解作者在叙述某事时使用的具体事实、数据、图表等细节信息。在一篇短文里大部分篇幅都属于这类围绕主体展开的细节。做这类题一般采用寻读法即先读题，然后带着问题快速阅读短文，找出与问题有关的词语或句子，再对相关部分进行分析对比，找出答案。