Question

第三部分完型填空（共20小題；每小題1分，滿分20分）
An elderly carpenter (木匠) was ready to retire. He told his employer of his   41 to leave the house building   42and live a more leisurely life with his wife,  43  time with his extended family. He would   44  the pay, but he needed to retire. They could 45  .
The employer was   46  to see such a good worker leave and asked if he could build just one more house as a personal  47  . The carpenter said yes, but in time it was   48  to see that his heart was not in his work. He built the house   49  and used poor materials. It was an  50  way to end his career.
When the carpenter   51   his work, the employer handed the front – door key to the carpenter. “This is your house,” he said, “a   52   to you.”
What a shock! What a  53 ! If he had only known he was building his 54  house, he would have done it all so   55 . Now he had to live in the house he had built none too well.
56  it is with us. We build our   57  in a distracted (心不在焉)way, reacting rather than acting, willing to put up less than the best. At   58  points we do not give the job our best effort. Then with a shock we look at the situation we have   59  and find that we are now living in the house we have built . If we had   60 , we would have done it differently.
(     )41.A.retirement     B. problem                      C. purposes                     D. plans
(     )42.A.business         B. site                             C. teams                         D. workers
(     )43.A.cheering        B. dividing                      C. enjoying                     D. sparing
(     )44.A.consider        B. miss                           C. raise                          D. save
(     )45.A.get by           B. get alone                     C. get back                     D. get around
(     )46.A.ashamed        B. anxious                       C. frightened                  D. sorry
(     )47.A.favor             B. bargain                       C. present                       D. reply
(     )48.A.frank             B. probable                     C. easy                           D. content
(     )49.A.sadly             B. carelessly                  C. slowly                        D. proudly
(     )50.A.unfair            B. unhappy                      C. unfortunate                 D. unusual
(     )51.A.checked         B. discovered                   C. prepared                     D. finished
(     )52.A.gift               B. salary                         C. memory                     D. punishment
(     )53.A.quality          B. prize                           C. shame                        D. surprise
(     )54.A.final              B. best                            C. everlasting                  D. own
(     )55.A.differently     B. quickly                       C. hard                           D. happily
(     )56.A.Then             B. So                              C. But                            D. Whatever
(     )57.A.houses           B. bodies                         C. glories                       D. lives
(     )58.A.difficult         B. main                           C. strong                        D. important
(     )59.A.created          B. faced                          C. improved                   D. avoided
(     )60.A.recognized     B. noticed                       C. realized                      D. previewed

Answer 1

41-45.DACBA  46-50.DACBC  51-55.DACDA 56-60.BDDAC

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