Question

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式，并将答案填写在答题卷相应的位置上。

1.   elderly builder was ready to retire．He told his    2.   （employ） of his plans 3.       （leave）the house building business to live a more comfortable life with his wife．He would miss the pay-check, 4.    he wanted to retire．They could manage．

The employer 5.   ( be )sorry to see his good worker go and asked if he could build just one more house as a   6.         (person) favor．The builder said yes, but at that time  7.   was easy to see that his heart was not in his work. He built it 8.   (care) and used poor materials. It was an      9.            (fortunate ) way to end his career(working life)．

When the builder finished his work, the employer came  10.    handed the front-door key 11.  the builder．“This is your house”．he said．“my gift to you．”

The builder was 12.    (shock) !     13.    a shame! If he 14.         (know) he was building his own house, he would have done it all differently．Now he had to live in the home he   15.           (build)none too well．

16.     it is with us. We build our lives carelessly, a day at a time, often   17.      (put) less than our best into the building. Then with a shock we find that we have to live in the house    18.       we have built．If we had realized, we would have done it differently．

Think of 19.      (you )as the builder．Think about your house．Each day you hammer a nail, place a board, or set up a wall．Someone once said,” Life is a do-it-yourself project.” Your life today is the result of your attitudes and choices in the past.    20.   , build wisely．

Answer

1.An

2.employer

3.to leave

4.but

5.was

6.personal

7.it

8.carelessly

9.unfortunate

10.and

11.to

12.shocked

13.What

14.had known

15.had built

16.So

17.putting

18.that/which/ \

19.yourself

20.Therefore

【解析】

1.An 考察冠词。文意是一位老的建筑者准备退休了，elderly 是以元音字母开头的，所以用冠词an。

2.employer 考察名词。文意是他告诉他的雇佣者他将离开建造的房子，和他的妻子过舒适的日子。

3.to leave 考察不定式。Plan to do something是固定搭配，表示“计划做某事”。

4.but 考察转折连词。文意是他可能会错过现金支付，但他还是想退休，前后是转折关系，所以应用but。

5.was 考察时态。文意是老板看到自己的员工要走，感到很惋惜。文中时态是过去式，前后时态要保持一致，所以要用过去式。

6.personal 考察形容词。文意是老板询问他是否能建造一栋个人非常喜欢的房子，personal修饰favor。

7.it 考察代词。文意是很明显他的心思已经不再工作上了。It is easy to do something 是固定搭配，表示“做某事很简单”。

8.carelessly 考察副词。文意是他建造的时候心不在焉，并且用的材料也不是优质的。carelessly修饰的是动词built。

9.unfortunate 考察形容词。他采用了一种很不好大方法去结束自己的工作生涯。unfortunate修饰名词way。

10.and考察连词。当他完成这份工作的时候，他的老板来了，并把钥匙交到了建造者的手中，前后是并列关系，所以要用and。

11.to 考察不定式。文意是把钥匙教导建造者的手中。

12.shocked 考察被动语态。文意是我震惊了。

13.What 考察引导词。What a shame!中what引导的感叹句，表示“多么羞愧啊”。

14.had known考察时态。文意是如果他早就知道建造的房子是给自己的，他做的可能就会完全不一样。如果他早就知道建造房子这件事发生在过去的过去，所以要用过去完成时态。

15.had built考察时态。文意是他住在他从没有建造的的房子里。

16.So考察连词。文意前后是因果关系。

17.putting考察动名词。often是一般现在时态的标志性词语。

18.that/which/ \考察引导词。that/which/ \引导的定于从句修饰house。

19.yourself考察反身代词。文意是假设你自己本身是建筑师。

20.Therefore考察连词。你今天的生活是昨天的态度和选择，所以，要明明智。文意前后是因果关系。

考点：单词填空。