An elderly carpenter was ready to retire. He told his employer of his plans to  1  the house-building business to live a more  2  life with his wife and  3  his extended family. He would miss the paycheck（工資）each week, but he wanted to retire. They could  4 . 

The employer was  5  to see his good worker go and asked if he could build just one more house as a personal favor. The carpenter said yes,  6  over time it was easy to see that his heart was not in his work. He used bad workmanship and  7  materials. It was an unfortunate way to  8  a dedicated（獻(xiàn)身的）career.

When the carpenter finished  his work, his employer came to  9 the house. Then he handed the front-door  10  to the carpenter and said, “This is your house... my  11  to you.”

The carpenter was shocked!

What a  12 ! If he had only known he was building his own house, he would have done it all so differently.

13  it is with us. We build our lives, a day at a time, often putting  14  than our best into the building. Then, with a shock, we  15  we have to live in the house we have built. If we could do it over, we would do it much differently.

But, you cannot  16 . You are the carpenter, and every day you hammer a nail, place a board, or build a wall. Someone  17  said, “Life is a do-it-yourself project.” Your  18 ,  and the choices you  19  today, help build the “house” you will live in tomorrow. Therefore, build  20 !

1. A. continue          B. start        C. leave         D. find       

2. A. leisurely         B. lonely      C. orderly       D. friendly        3. A support            B. share           C. enjoy         D. care            4. A. go off            B. get by      C. pass on       D. work away       5. A. polite            B. nervous      C. proud         D. sorry         

6. A. but               B. while       C. which        D. before          7. A. perfect          B. inferior   C. superior      D. tough           8. A. satisfy           B. improve      C. meet          D. end              

9. A. buy               B. repair      C. inspect          D. sell             10. A. roof             B. window       C. key              D. design       11. A. gift             B. promise      C. salary          D. words   

12. A. disappointment   B. shame        C. pleasure         D. success      13. A. So               B. Yet         C. As               D. Such         14. A. worse            B. more         C. rather           D. less         15. A. realize          B. explain      C. think            D. admit        16. A. step forward     B. go back      C. come out         D. look around

1-5 CACBD 6-10 ABDCC 11-15 ABADA 16-20 BCADB


解析:

1．C. 根據(jù)上文的retire可知，他想離開自己的工作，故選C項leave。

2．A.。leisurely悠閑的，慢悠悠的；lonely孤獨(dú)的；orderly有秩序的，有條理的；friendly友好的。根據(jù)常識可知，人們退休了以后，生活常是悠閑的，故選A項。

3．C. 退休了以后，老人可以更好的享受家庭的樂趣，選C項enjoy最佳。

4．B. go off開火、爆炸，（電燈等）熄滅；get by維持生計，設(shè)法過活；pass on轉(zhuǎn)交，遞給；work away連續(xù)不停地工作。根據(jù)前面的extended family和miss the paycheck可推知，老人生活上悠閑，但沒有了工資，生活可能不如以前寬松，但他們能設(shè)法維持，故選B項。

5．D. 根據(jù)上文retire和下文的his good worker，作為老板，自己的好員工要走了，自然惋惜，故選D項sorry是符合情理的。

6．A. 從下文得知，老木匠的最后一座房子造的很不好，是因為他不用心。所以此處表示轉(zhuǎn)折，選A項but，意為“他雖然答應(yīng)了，但并不用心工作”。注意while是并列連詞，表示前后對比，而非轉(zhuǎn)折。

7．B. 根據(jù)前文的bad workmanship和下文可知，老木匠用的建筑材料是劣質(zhì)的，故inferior正確。

8．D. 根據(jù)前文的retire、go和asked if he could build just one more house可知，這是老木匠為老板建造的最后一座房子，是他一生事業(yè)的結(jié)束，故選D項end。

9．C. 作為老板，自己讓人建設(shè)的房子完工了，自然來查看一下。下文也提到他并非來購買、出售或修理房子，排除了其他選項。

10．C. 從下文的If he had only known he was building his own house可以看出，老板把剛剛建設(shè)的房子作為禮物（gift）送給了老木匠，應(yīng)該給他房門鑰匙，故A項key正確。

11．A. 根據(jù)上下文可知，這是老板給老木匠的禮物，以表示感謝。

12．B. 根據(jù)上文的shock和下句If he had only known he was building his own house, he would

have done it all so differently可知，老木匠為自己做的蠢事感到羞恥、后悔，故選B項shame正確。

13．A. “So it is with sb.”是一常見句型，意為“……也如此”。注意此題易錯選as，誤認(rèn)為是定語從句。As可以引導(dǎo)定語從句，但注意是此句末的標(biāo)點(diǎn)是句號，因此缺少先行詞，無法構(gòu)成定語從句。其他兩選項意思、結(jié)構(gòu)均不正確。

14．D. 根據(jù)文意，作者在向我們闡述一個道理，我們的生活也象老木匠建房子一樣，沒有投入全身心，即用的努力少（less），因此，選D項符合文意。

15．A. 根據(jù)上下文，開始我們沒有覺察，但后來當(dāng)我們認(rèn)識到自己的愚蠢行為時，為時已晚。所以，此處選擇realize是正確的。

16．B. 根據(jù)上文If we could do it over, we would do it much differently.和But可知，我們雖認(rèn)識到錯誤，但有些事情是無法重新再做一遍的。Step forward自告奮勇；go back回到、重新再來；come out（太陽、星星……）出現(xiàn)；look around環(huán)視、環(huán)顧。四個詞組中只有g(shù)o back有此意。

17．C. 根據(jù)下文可知，作者在引用某人（曾經(jīng)說過）的話，所以用副詞once最合適。其他選項與文意不符。

18．A. 根據(jù)上文，老木匠既有經(jīng)驗，技藝也高超，但態(tài)度不端正犯了大錯。因此，一個人做事的態(tài)度決定結(jié)果，故選attitude是正確的。

19．D. Make a choice/ choices是常見的搭配，意為“作出選擇”。

20．B. 根據(jù)最后一段和上文中的therefore可知，作者是在告戒讀者：我們既然明白了這個道理，“建造自己的房子時”就明智些吧！所以wisely正確。

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