Question

The story happened long ago.A king____a prosperous country.One day，he____a trip to some distant areas of his country.When he was back to his palace，he complained that his feet were very____，because it was the first time that he had made such a long trip，and the road that he went through was very____and stony.He then____his people to cover every road of the entire country with leather.Definitely，this would need thousands of cows’ skin，and would____a huge amount of money.

Then one of his wise servants dared himself to tell the king，“Why do you have to spend that____amount of money？Why don’t you just cut a little piece of leather to cover your feet？”

The king was____，but he later agreed to his____，to make “shoes” for himself.

There is actually a____lesson of life in this story：to make this world a(n)____place to live，you had better change yourself—your heart，not the world.

This story has a great____on my future life.When I graduated from college，I found it was____to find a good job.For high?paid jobs in big cities，I didn’t have the qualities and working____they demand for lower?paid jobs in countries or small towns，I didn’t want to apply.____I just stayed at home and complained.Those were really____days！Then one day I read the story in a newspaper，and I got to know that I needed to change my____.I took up a job in a small city.In the two years，I worked hard and____well with my co?workers.The two years’ experiences____the way for my future development.Now I am quite____with my position as a manager in a multinational corporation.

1.A.ruled B．controlled C．defeated D．disturbed

2.A.waited for B．called for C．went for D．hunted for

3.A.strange B．ugly C．dull D．painful

4.A.wide B．good C．rough D．smooth

5.A.asked B．ordered C．demanded D．a(chǎn)dvised

6.A.cost B．collect C．pay D．take

7.A.unconditional B．unusual C．unimportant D．unnecessary

8.A.puzzled B．pleased C．surprised D．disappointed

9.A.request B．suggestion C．question D．criticism

10.A.reasonable B．valuable C．sensitive D．different

11.A.happy B．doubtful C．interesting D．harmless

12.A.opinion B．lesson C．impression D．influence

13.A.boring B．urgent C．hard D．unfair

14.A.memory B．experience C．equipment D．condition

15.A.So B．Before C．But D．If

16.A.cheerful B．funny C．unlucky D．sad

17.A.plan B．a(chǎn)ttitude C．soul D．theory

18.A.cooperated B．dealt C．continued D．started

19.A.built B．constructed C．paved D．a(chǎn)dmitted

20.A.astonished B．devoted C．touched D．satisfied

 

Answer 1

1.A

2.C

3.D

4.C

5.B

6.A

7.D

8.C

9.B

10.B

11.A

12.D

13.C

14.B

15.A

16.D

17.B

18.A

19.C

20.D

【解析】文章大意：本文是一篇夾敘夾議的文章，講述了作者受到一個(gè)故事的啟發(fā)而改變了自己的就業(yè)態(tài)度的經(jīng)歷和感想。

1.國王統(tǒng)治著一個(gè)繁榮的國家。

2.從下文他回到宮殿可知，國王進(jìn)行了一次旅行。go for a trip去旅行。

3.根據(jù)下文他走了很長一段路以及想要在路上鋪牛皮可知，他的腳應(yīng)該是很痛。painful令人疼痛的。

4.根據(jù)”stony”可知，路況很不好。rough粗糙的，高低不平的。

5.因?yàn)槭菄�王，所以�?yīng)該是命令別人做事。

6.根據(jù)前面說的需要幾千張牛皮可知，這將花費(fèi)大量的錢。

7.根據(jù)下文可知，只要在自己的腳上裹上皮革就行，因此花錢鋪路的大開支就沒必要了。

8.國王對于仆人的建議感到吃驚，沒想到仆人這么聰明。

9.國王同意了仆人的建議。

10.從下文可知，從這個(gè)故事中，作者學(xué)到了很有價(jià)值的一課。

11.要使世界成為一個(gè)快樂的居住地，你最好改變你自己——你的心而不是去改變世界。

12.這個(gè)故事對作者未來的生活產(chǎn)生了巨大的影響。

13.13】下文提到高薪工作作者不夠資格，待遇差的工作他又不愿意去做，故這里指很難找到好工作。

14.作者沒有高薪工作所要求的資質(zhì)和工作經(jīng)歷。

15.根據(jù)上下文可知，空的前后為因果關(guān)系，故選A。

16.沒有工作，整天在家無所事事的日子應(yīng)該是讓人難過的日子。

17.作者明白他需要改變自己的態(tài)度。

18.作者努力工作，與同事合作得很愉快。cooperate合作，協(xié)作。

19.這兩年的經(jīng)歷為作者未來的發(fā)展創(chuàng)造了條件。pave the way for為……創(chuàng)造條件，為……鋪平道路。

20.現(xiàn)在作者相當(dāng)滿意他在一家跨國公司當(dāng)經(jīng)理的職位。