Question

【題目】 If you had a chance to build a house for yourself how would you design it? What would it look like?

There was once a carpenter(木匠)who is good at _______ houses. He had no other skills and his boss was very nice, _______ he worked for his boss one year after another. _______ 10 years of working for the same company, he finally got tired of it and _______ to give up the job. He wanted to try something _______.

However, after hearing this, his boss asked him to _______ to build one final house before he left the team. The carpenter _______ agreed although he didn't want to do this kind of work anymore. He built the house, but his _______ wasn't in it. He rushed to finish the job quickly. It was the _______ house that he had ever built.

When he finished, his boss came to ________ him. Seeing the house, he said nothing. He paid the ________. He then said. "I wanted to do something special for you to say thanks ________ your 10 years of hard work. You have built so many ________ houses for other people these years, but not one of ________... so I'm giving you this house as a gift."

Surprised, the carpenter was speechless. He had never ________ his boss would give him such a big gift. If he knew he was building his own house, he would do it more differently. He regretted building his final house so poorly.

【1】A.repairingB.checkingC.cleaningD.building

【2】A.andB.orC.soD.but

【3】A.AfterB.BeforeC.SinceD.Until

【4】A.acceptedB.decidedC.turnedD.preferred

【5】A.honestB.newC.luckyD.terrible

【6】A.refuseB.considerC.helpD.return

【7】A.evenB.justC.onlyD.still

【8】A.headB.heartC.armsD.legs

【9】A.badB.worstC.goodD.best

【10】A.beatB.suggestC.seeD.encourage

【11】A.workerB.bossC.memberD.stranger

【12】A.toB.ofC.atD.for

【13】A.terribleB.boringC.beautifulD.satisfied

【14】A.himselfB.yourselfC.myselfD.herself

【15】A.thoughtB.saidC.regrettedD.doubted

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】C

【3】A

【4】B

【5】B

【6】C

【7】D

【8】B

【9】B

【10】C

【11】A

【12】D

【13】C

【14】B

【15】A

【解析】

本文講述了一位工匠建了很多房子，他在同一家公司工作了10年，厭倦了，想要放棄這份工作。他的老板同意了，讓他幫助建最后一座房子。這個工匠同意了。他沒有把心放在這座房子上，而且建得非常快。但是，最后老板決定把這座房子送給他。他很后悔把這座房子建的這么差。

【1】

句意：從前有一個木匠，他很擅長建房子。

A. repairing修理，B. checking檢查，C. cleaning打掃，D. building建立。根據(jù)前文的“If you had a chance to build a house for yourself how would you design it?”可知，此處表示建房子，故選D。

【2】

句意：他沒有其他技能，而且他的老板很好，所以他一年又一年地為他的老板工作。

A. and而且，B. or或者，C. so所以，D. but但是。前半句表示他沒有其他技能，他的老板很好，后半句表示他一年又一年為他的老板工作，前后表示因果關系，故選C。

【3】

句意：在同一家公司工作了10年后，他終于厭倦了，決定放棄這份工作。

A. After在……之后，B. Before在……之前，C. Since自從，D. Until直到。根據(jù)前文的“he worked for his boss one year after another.”可知，他工作了10年之后，故選A。

【4】

句意：在同一家公司工作了10年后，他終于厭倦了，決定放棄這份工作。

A. accepted接受，B. decided決定，C. turned轉動，D. preferred更喜歡。根據(jù)“he finally got tired of it”可知，他厭倦了，因此決定放棄這份工作。故選B。

【5】

句意：他想要嘗試一些新東西。

A. honest誠實的，B. new新的，C. lucky幸運的，D. terrible可怕的。根據(jù)前文的“ 10 years of working for the same company, he finally got tired of it and ___4___ to give up the job”可知，他厭倦了在同一家公司工作，因此要嘗試一些新的東西。故選B。

【6】

句意：但是，他的老板聽了之后，要求他在離開團隊之前幫忙建造最后一座房子。

A. refuse拒絕，B. consider考慮，C. help幫助，D. return回來。根據(jù)后文的“The carpenter ___7___ agreed although he didn't want to do this kind of work anymore.”可知，此處表示老板要他幫助建一座房子，help to do sth“幫助做某事”，故選C。

【7】

句意：木匠雖然不想再做這種工作了，但他還是同意了。

A. even甚至，B. just只是，C. only僅僅，D. still仍然。根據(jù)“although he didn't want to do this kind of work anymore.”和“He built the house,”可知，此處表示盡管不想再做這種工作了，他還是同意的，故選D。

【8】

句意：他建了房子，但他的心不在這件事上。

A. head頭，B. heart心臟，C. arms胳膊，D. legs腿。根據(jù)后文的“He rushed to finish the job quickly.”可知，他很快就匆忙地完成工作，因此他的心沒有在這座房子上。故選B。

【9】

句意：這是他所建過的最糟糕的房子。

A. bad壞的，B. worst最糟糕的，C. good好的，D. best最好的。根據(jù)前文的“He built the house, but his ___8___ wasn't in it. He rushed to finish the job quickly.”可知，他在建這座房子時，沒有用心，而且建得非常匆忙，因此這座房子建的不好，根據(jù)ever可知，此處用最高級。故選B。

【10】

句意：當他完成時，他的老板來看他。

A. beat拍打，B. suggest建議，C. see看見，D. encourage鼓勵。根據(jù)后文的“Seeing the house, he said nothing.”可知，老板來看他，故選C。

【11】

句意：他付錢給工人。

A. worker工人，B. boss老板，C. member成員，D. stranger陌生人。根據(jù)前文的“When he finished, his boss came to ___10___ him.”可知，此處表示他建完了房子，要給工人付錢，故選A。

【12】

句意：我想為你做點特別的事，對你10年來的辛勤工作說聲謝謝。

A. to向，B. of……的，C. at在，D. for為了。thanks for sth“謝謝你做了某事”，故選D。

【13】

句意：這些年來，你為別人建造了那么多漂亮的房子，卻沒有一個是為你自己的……所以我把這棟房子作為禮物送給你。

A. terrible可怕的，B. boring無聊的，C. beautiful漂亮的，D. satisfied滿意的。根據(jù)后文的“If he knew he was building his own house, he would do it more differently. He regretted building his final house so poorly.”可知，他這次建的房子非常差，是不同的，因此他給其他人建了很多漂亮的房子。故選C。

【14】

句意：這些年來，你為別人建造了那么多漂亮的房子，卻沒有一個是為你自己的……所以我把這棟房子作為禮物送給你。

A. himself他自己，B. yourself你自己，C. myself我自己，D. herself她自己。根據(jù)前文的“You have built so many ___13___ houses for other people these years,”可知，他這些年為其他人建了很多房子，沒有為自己建房子，主語是you因此用代詞yourself。故選B。

【15】

句意：他從來沒有想到他的老板會給他這么大的禮物。

A. thought認為，B. said說，C. regretted后悔，D. doubted懷疑。根據(jù)后文的“If he knew he was building his own house, he would do it more differently.”可知，此處表示如果他知道這是在建自己的房子，因此推斷他沒有想到他的老板會把這座房子給他。故選A。