Question

John graduated from a key university and he was very good at his major. He wished to find a good job. One day, he went to a company to _______ for a job. He got the news in a newspaper. He did some research on this company. When he was _______, everything went well. The manager asked him some questions and he answered them _______. John was very satisfied with his performance and was very _______ that he could get the job. But at that moment, the manager's phone _______. He picked up the phone, listened and nodded. And then he turned around and said to John, “Sorry, I want to get some important _______ now. Please give me the book with the red _______ on that desk.” John looked around and found 3 books on the desk, so John went to the desk, took one book and handed it to him _______. Holding the book, the manager _______ the phone and said, “Sorry, we cannot give the job to you.” John was ________ and wondered why. The manager said, “There are three ________. First, when you came into the office room, I found that the third button on your shirt had been missing. Second, there are three books with red covers on that desk, but you didn't ask me which one I needed and you took one ________. Third, I was answering the call. You should ________ to the desk to save time. These ________showed you are not a careful person.” Therefore, John didn't get the job.

We can learn a(n) ________ from John's experience. Some people don't ________ the details in our life. But it is the details that ________. Not only should we value what we learn but also we should pay more attention to the details. Sometimes they can even ________ our success or failure. We should form the habit of being careful and learn to keep the ________between quantity and quality. We should keep in mind that ________ comes first, without which quantity is of no significance.

1.A. vote    B. apply    C. prepare    D. wait

2.A. questioned    B. contacted    C. asked    D. interviewed

3.A. generally    B. fluently    C. immediately    D. slowly

4.A. confident    B. lucky    C. grateful    D. excited

5.A. answered    B. rang    C. lost    D. called

6.A. arrangement    B. information    C. response    D. insight

7.A. picture    B. character    C. cover    D. mark

8.A. politely    B. eagerly    C. purposely    D. quickly

9.A. held on    B. picked up    C. hung up    D. searched for

10.A. disappointed    B. surprised    C. helpless    D. worried

11.A. reasons    B. results    C. collections    D. methods

12.A. regularly    B. randomly    C. finally    D. certainly

13.A. go    B. walk    C. move    D. run

14.A. facts    B. details    C. parts    D. stories

15.A. idea    B. lesson    C. skill    D. subject

16.A. provide    B. mention    C. ignore    D. mind

17.A. count    B. trouble    C. interest    D. impress

18.A. describe    B. determine    C. replace    D. value

19.A. balance    B. importance    C. selection    D. competition

20.A. quantity    B. safety    C. quality    D. promise

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.B

4.A

5.B

6.B

7.C

8.A

9.C

10.B

11.A

12.B

13.D

14.B

15.B

16.D

17.A

18.B

19.A

20.C

【解析】本文是一篇夹叙夹议的文章，文章通过John的求职经历阐明了一个耳熟能详的道理——细节决定成败，质量第一。

1.B考查动词。A. vote投票；B. apply申请；C. prepare准备；D. wait等待。根据文章内容,John 是一所名牌大学的毕业生，专业成绩非常优秀，希望能够找到一份好工作。一天，他去一家公司申请职位。故选B。

2.D考查动词。A. questioned询问；B. contacted联系；C. asked问；D. interviewed采访，面试。根据文章内容，他在面试时，整个过程都进展得非常顺利。interview"面试"，符合语境。

3.B考查副词。A. generally普遍地；B. fluently流利地；C. immediately立刻；D. slowly慢慢地。经理问了几个问题，他都能非常流利地回答。故选B。

4.A考查形容词。A. confident自信的；B. lucky幸运的；C. grateful感激的；D. excited兴奋的。John对自己的表现非常满意，并且很自信自己可以得到这份工作。confident"自信的"。故选A。

5.B考查动词。A. answered回答；B. rang响起；C. lost丢失；D. called打电话。根据文意，正在那个时候，经理的电话响了。ring"(电话)响起"。

6.B考查名词。A. arrangement安排；B. information信息；C. response回应；D. insight洞察力。根据下文描述，经理转过身来对John说自己有重要的信息要获取。故选B。

7.C考查名词。A. picture图画；B. character人物；C. cover封皮；D. mark标记。一眼能看到的是封皮，故事经理要求把那本红色封皮的书递给他。故选C。

8.A考查副词。A. politely有礼貌地；B. eagerly渴望地；C. purposely有目的地；D. quickly迅速地。他四处看看，发现桌子上有三本书，就拿起一本来礼貌地递给了他(经理)。故选A。

9.C考查动词词组。A. held on等待，别挂断；B. picked up拿起；C. hung up挂断电话；D. searched for寻找。经理手里拿着那本书，挂断了电话。故选C。

10.B考查形容词。A. disappointed失望的；B. surprised吃惊的；C. helpless无助的；D. worried担忧的。经理宣布他没有得到这份工作，这和John 最开始的预料截然相反。故他是很吃惊的，选B。

11.A考查名词。A. reasons原因；B. results结果；C. collections收藏；D. methods方法。根据上下文，经理解释说拒绝他有三个原因(reasons)。答案为A。

12.B考查副词。A. regularly有规律地；B. randomly随便地；C. finally最后；D. certainly当然。经理说的第二条理由是：桌子上有三本书，但你并没有问我具体要哪一本，而是随意地拿了一本。故选B。

13.D考查动词。A. go去；B. walk散步；C. move移动；D. run跑。经理解释的第三条理由是：我正在接电话，你应该跑着去拿书以节约时间。根据后文的to save time可知，为了节约时间应该是跑着去拿书。故选D。

14.B考查名词。A. facts事实；B. details细节；C. parts部分；D. stories故事。根据文章内容以及下文的"the details in our life"和"it is the details that  17 "可知，此处指"这些细节(details)表明了你不是一个认真的人"，故选B。

15.B考查名词。A. idea主意；B. lesson教训；C. skill技能；D. subject科目。我们可以从John的经历中吸取一个教训。lesson"教训，课程"。故选B。

16.D考查动词。A. provide提供；B. mention提到；C. ignore忽视；D. mind留心。从文意可知，一些人并不在意细节，但有时候就是细节起很重要的作用。mind"注意,留心"，符合语境。

17.A考查动词。A. count重要；B. trouble使烦恼；C. interest使感兴趣；D. impress给……留下深刻印象。从文意可知，一些人并不在意细节，但有时候就是细节起很重要的作用。故选A。

18.B考查动词。A. describe描述；B. determine决定；C. replace替代；D. value评估。我们不仅要重视我们所学的东西，而且还要更多地关注细节。有时候甚至就是细节决定成败。故选B。

19.A考查名词。A. balance平衡；B. importance重要性；C. selection选择；D. competition竞争。我们要养成认真的习惯，并且要学会保持数量和质量之间的平衡。故选A。

20.C考查名词。A. quantity数量；B. safety安全；C. quality质量；D. promise许诺。我们要牢记质量第一的原则，如果没有质量，数量一点意义都没有。故选C。