Question

完形填空 　　An elderly carpenter was ready to retire．He told his boss of his plans to 　　1　　 the house business and live an easier life with his wife enjoying his 　　2　　 family, looking after their grandchildren．He would miss the 　　3　　, but he really needed to 　　4　　． 　　The boss was sorry to see his 　　5　　 worker go and asked if he could build just one 　　6　　 house as a personal favor．The carpenter agreed, but 　　7　　 it was easy to see that his heart was 　　8　　 in his work．He applied poor workmanship and used bad materials．It was a(n)　　9　　 way to end his career． 　　When the carpenter finished his work and the boss came to 　　10　　 the house, he handed the front door key to the carpenter．“This is your house,” he said, “my 　　11　　 to you．” 　　What a shame! If he had 　　12　　 known he was building his own house, he would have done it all so differently．Now he has to live in the home he had built none too 　　13　　． 　　So it is 　　14　　 us．We build our lives in an absent minded way, reacting rather than acting, willing to put up 　　15　　 than the best．At important points we do not give the job our best 　　16　　．Then with a shame we fall into the 　　17　　 we have created and 　　18　　 that we are now living in the “house” we have 　　19　　．If we had realized it, we should have done it 　　20　　． 　　Your life today is the result of your attitudes and choices in the past．Your life tomorrow will be the result of your attitudes and the choices of today． (1) [　　] A． start B． leave C． run D． like (2) [　　] A． intended B． tended C． extended D． attended (3) [　　] A． paycheck B． house C． carpenter D． children (4) [　　] A． retire B． employ C． build D． plan (5) [　　] A． common B． poor C． sick D． good (6) [　　] A． new B． big C． more D． bad (7) [　　] A． in time B． at time C． at one time D． at a time (8) [　　] A． always B． not C． entirely D． again (9) [　　] A． fortunate B． unfortunate C． easy D． difficult (10) [　　] A． buy B． plan C． inspect D． take (11) [　　] A． pay B． gift C． debt D． order (12) [　　] A． not B． already C． yet D． only (13) [　　] A． poorly B． well C． quickly D． carelessly (14) [　　] A． to B． for C． as D． with (15) [　　] A． more B． less C． other D． fewer (16) [　　] A． effect B． infection C． effort D． impression (17) [　　] A． situation B． condition C． state D． position (18) [　　] A． feel B． find C． learn D． know (19) [　　] A． wanted B． bought C． destroyed D． built (20) [　　] A． differently B． difficultly C． purposely D． honestly

Answer 1

答案：1．B;2．C;3．A;4．A;5．D;6．C;7．A;8．B;9．B;10．C;11．B;12．D;13．B;14．D;15．B;16．C;17．A;18．B;19．D;20．A;
解析：

(1)	考查動(dòng)詞。根據(jù)第一句…was ready to retire可知這里是指向老板提出想離開造房這一行業(yè)了。
(2)	難�？疾閯�(dòng)詞。extended family是一個(gè)習(xí)語，意思是“大家庭”，而intended意思是“打算，計(jì)劃”，trended“傾向，照顧”，attended“出席”都屬于拼寫類似而構(gòu)成干擾，但事實(shí)上意義相差甚遠(yuǎn)。
(3)	考查名詞。這里是指“他會(huì)思念他的收入(舍不得他的收入)……”，paycheck意思是“收入”符合句意。
(4)	考查動(dòng)詞。雖然舍不得收入，但還是想退休，可根據(jù)第1段首句An elderly carpenter was ready to retire可推測(cè)出木匠想退休。
(5)	考查形容詞。根據(jù)上句The boss was sorry…可知他認(rèn)為這是一個(gè)很優(yōu)秀的木匠，失去他感到遺憾，故選擇good。
(6)	考查形容詞。這里是指老板希望木匠能幫他再建一所房，用one more house表示，符合這一結(jié)構(gòu)的用法。
(7)	難。考查介詞。這里意思是“過了一段時(shí)間，很容易看出木匠的心思不在建房上”，in time可表示“過了一段時(shí)間，及時(shí)，遲早”等意思，at time沒有單獨(dú)這一用法，at one time“一次”，at a time“每次，逐次”也都不符合句意。
(8)	考查副詞。根據(jù)上下文不難發(fā)現(xiàn)他的心思沒有放在建房上，故選擇not。
(9)	考查形容詞。根據(jù)下文可知他以這樣的方式結(jié)束自己的事業(yè)是不走運(yùn)的(因?yàn)槔习逡�把他建的這最后一套房送給他)。
(10)	考查動(dòng)詞。房子建好了，老板自然要來驗(yàn)收檢查，inspect可表示“檢閱，驗(yàn)收”之意，為最佳答案。
(11)	考查名詞。根據(jù)上句“This is your house，”可知這是老板送給木匠的一個(gè)禮物，因此選擇gift。
(12)	難�？疾楦痹~。這里是一種虛擬語氣的用法：If sb had only done sth,…would have done…．用來表示“要是……，就會(huì)……”的意思，因此根據(jù)這一結(jié)構(gòu)的要求，只能選擇only。
(13)	難�？疾楦痹~。none too與一個(gè)形容詞或副詞連用是一個(gè)詞組，意思是“一點(diǎn)也不；絕不”，這里意思是“他只好住在建得一點(diǎn)都不好的房子里面”。
(14)	難�？疾榻樵~。這里是考查一個(gè)固定句型：So it is with…sb/sth，意思是“某人/物也是如此”，只有選擇with才符合結(jié)構(gòu)的需要。
(15)	難。考查形容詞。這里意思是“只想做得更少而不想做得最好”，根據(jù)意思選擇less為最佳選項(xiàng)，more含義相反，fewer修飾可數(shù)名詞，但這里后面名詞不明確，other“其余的”含義也不對(duì)。
(16)	難�？疾槊�詞。這里意思是“遇到關(guān)鍵時(shí)刻，我們都不付出最大的努力”，應(yīng)該選擇effort“努力”才符合句意，effect“結(jié)果”，infection“反應(yīng)，感染”，impression“印象”都是由于構(gòu)詞或讀音相近容易造成干擾。
(17)	難�？疾槊�詞。這里意思是“然后我們陷入一個(gè)我們自己制造的困境中，住進(jìn)了自己建的‘房子’中”，situation“形勢(shì)，局勢(shì)，境況”符合句子意思，condition“條件，狀態(tài)”，state“狀態(tài)”，position“位置”都不符合句意。
(18)	考查動(dòng)詞。接著上一句的意思“……發(fā)現(xiàn)我們住進(jìn)了自己修建的‘房子’中”。
(19)	考查動(dòng)詞。房子當(dāng)然是修建的，選擇built表示“修建”。
(20)	解析：考查副詞。根據(jù)第4段…h(huán)e would have done it all so differently可推測(cè)出這里也可使用differently，表示“如果我們當(dāng)時(shí)意識(shí)到了，我們就會(huì)做得完全不一樣了”。 　　文章大意：一個(gè)老木匠跟他老板說他想退休了，老板因?yàn)槭�去了這么好的一個(gè)木匠而感到惋惜。于是想送給木匠一個(gè)禮物——一套房子，但事先沒有告訴他，而只是請(qǐng)他作為個(gè)人幫忙幫他造最后一套房，木匠同意了。但由于沒有心思再工作，用了劣質(zhì)的勞動(dòng)力和劣質(zhì)的材料造起了房屋，當(dāng)最后老板把房屋的鑰匙交在他手上時(shí)，他是何等的后悔!