【題目】

Carl was an old carpenter (木匠). He was known for using wood and other materials to make furniture, even houses. But he was tired of his job. He thought he was too old to work and ready to retire (退休). His boss was _______ to see the good worker go. He asked the carpenter _______ he could build just one more house. The carpenter said yes, _______ his mind was not on his work at all.

He used poor materials and worked on the house _______. When the carpenter finished his work, the boss _______ the front-door key to him, “This is your house,” he said, “A _______ for you.”

What a _______! What a shame! If he had known he was building his _______ house, he would have done it differently. Now he had to live in the house he had poorly built.

_______ it is with us. We do many things in an absent minded way, reacting rather than acting, willing to finish them less than the best. Sometimes at important points we do not try our best to build our ________. Then with a shame we look at the situation we have ________. We find that we are now living in the house we have poorly built. If we had realized it, we should have done it with our whole heart. But we don’t have a ________ to make it all over again.

Think of ________ as the carpenter. Think about your life. Build it ________. It is the only life you will ever build because life is a do-it-yourself project.

Your life today is the ________ of your attitudes and choices you made in the past. Your life tomorrow will be that of your attitudes and choices you make today.

【1】A. gladB. nervousC. readyD. sorry

【2】A. ifB. andC. howD. why

【3】A. andB. butC. orD. so

【4】A. perfectlyB. completelyC. carelesslyD. successfully

【5】A. handedB. leftC. soldD. threw

【6】A. giftB. promiseC. choiceD. question

【7】A. taskB. reliefC. surpriseD. stress

【8】A. realB. expensiveC. oldD. own

【9】A. NeitherB. SoC. NorD. As

【10】A. studiesB. livesC. jobsD. feelings

【11】A. createdB. changedC. discussedD. improved

【12】A. planB. chanceC. methodD. pleasure

【13】A. himselfB. herselfC. myselfD. yourself

【14】A. wiselyB. peacefullyC. rapidlyD. widely

【15】A. talentB. wealthC. resultD. difference

—Why is the traffic today moving so slowly？We are running late！

—Calm down．Let’s take________route（路線）．

—Turn left over there．

A．a(chǎn) same

B．the same

C．a(chǎn) different

D．the different

A. are； two-thirds B. is； two third

C. is； two thirds D. are； two-third

A. fall down B. fall off C. get down D. get off

A．stop to study

B．stop study

C．stop studying

A．What；to scream B．What a；to scream

C．What；screaming D．What a；screaming

A. health; health B. healthy; healthy

C. health; healthy D. healthy; health

A. readB. reading C. in her roomD. my sister

A. aB. an

C. theD.不填

A. off B. beyond C. under D. within