Question

Once there was a group of men — a young hot-blooded man and a big number of old folks, doing a timber (木料) job in a jungle.

This young man was very . He always continued to work through his break time and that those old folks were wasting time, having to several times a day to drink and chat. As time went by, this young man noticed that he worked through break time and hardly took a , those old folks were chopping the same of trees as he did and sometimes did more. It was as if they worked through the break time as he did. So he to work harder the next day. Unfortunately the were even worse.

One day, one of the old folks him for a drink during their break time. That young man and said that he had no time! Then the old man smiled and said, “It is just a waste of effort to chopping trees without re-sharpening your axe（斧子）.Sooner or later you will or be so tired as you have spent too much .”

Suddenly the young man that actually during break times while those old folks were having a chat, they were re-sharpening their axes at the same time! And that's how they could faster than him, yet spending less time!

What we is efficiency by making use of our skill and ability . Only then can we have more time to do other things. Otherwise we will always keep saying ... I have no !

1.A. weak B. clever C. hard-working D. good-looking

2.A. admired B. complained C. reminded D. predicted

3.A. plan B. appear C. work D. break

4.A. even though B. only if C. because D. unless

5.A. photo B. rest C. step D. bath

6.A. weight B. height C. amount D. price

7.A. failed B. pretended C. agreed D. decided

8.A. marks B. results C. effects D. conditions

9.A. invited B. blamed C. thanked D. forgave

10.A. begged B. argued C. nodded D. refused

11.A. wrong. B. valuable C. extra D. exact

12.A. mind B. avoid C. practice D. keep

13.A. speed up B. give up C. watch out D. turn out

14.A. energy B. money C. life D. skill

15.A. warned B. expected C. realized D. announced

16.A. also B. hardly C. seldom D. never

17.A. talk B. chop C. walk D. climb

18.A. abandon B. introduce C. need D. teach

19.A. quickly B. curiously C. seriously D. intelligently

20.A. time B. tool C. job D. patience

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.B

3.D

4.A

5.B

6.C

7.D

8.B

9.A

10.D

11.C

12.D

13.B

14.A

15.C

16.A

17.B

18.C

19.D

20.A

【解析】

试题分析：本文是一篇哲理性记叙文。通过一个年轻人与一伙老年人在丛林中砍树的故事阐明了一个道理：磨刀不误砍柴工。

1.考查形容词辨析。A弱的；B聪明的；C勤奋的；D好看的。从下文中年轻人从来都不休息的事实可知：他是一个极其“勤劳的（hard?working）”人。故选C。

2.动词辨析。A钦佩；B抱怨；C提醒；D预测。在他看来，那些老人经常浪费时间，一天当中要休息好几次去闲聊，这一切都让他看不惯，因此他总是“抱怨（complained）”。故选B。

3.动词辨析。A计划；B出现；C工作；D休息。由wasting time及several times a day to drink and chat可知，这里指一天当中要休息好几次去闲聊。故选D。

4.连词辨析。A尽管；B只有；C因为；D除非。从逻辑上来判断：“尽管（even though）”他辛勤劳作，但那些老人砍的树跟他一样多，有时比他砍得还多。故选A。

5.考查名词辨析。A照片；B休息；C步骤；D洗澡。由and前worked through break time可以推断出，这个年轻人在休息时间也工作，从来不休息。故选B。

6.考查名词辨析。A重量；B高度；C数量；D价格。根据事实可知：老人们砍的树跟他的“数量同样多（same amount）”。故选C。

7.考查动词辨析。A失败；B假装；C同意；D决定。这里说于是他“决定（decided）”第二天更加辛苦地劳作。故选D。

8.考查名词辨析。A标志；B结果；C影响；D条件。这里说不幸的是，第二天的“结果（results）”更糟糕。故选B。

9.考查动词辨析。A邀请；B指责；C感谢；D原谅。本空后for a drink提示：其中一位老人“邀请（invited）”他一起喝一杯休息一会。故选A。

10.考查动词辨析。A恳求；B争论；C点头；D拒绝。他以自己没有“多余的（extra）”时间来休息为借口“拒绝了（refused）”他的邀请。故选D。

11.考查形容词辨析。A错误的；B有价值的；C额外的；D精确的。由小题10分析得到，他以自己没有多余的时间为由。故选C。

12.考查动词辨析。A介意；B避免；C实践；D保持。不磨斧子而“连续（keep）”砍树就是在做低效率的事。故选D。

13.考查动词辨析。A加速；B放弃；C当心；D关掉。如果继续这样不休息地劳作，用不了多久你就会支持不住而“放弃（give up）”。故选B。

14.考查名词辨析。A精力，体力；B钱；C生活；D技能。由be so tired可知，由于这位年轻人耗费了太多的体力而非常劳累。故选A。

15.考查动词辨析。A警告；B预期；C意识到，明白；D宣布。听到老人的话，年轻人突然“明白了（realized）”这个道理。故选C。

16.考查副词辨析。A也；B几乎不；C很少；D绝不。他发现他们在休息时，同时“也（also）”在磨自己的斧子。故选A。

17.考查动词辨析。A谈；B砍；C走；D攀登。他终于明白他们“砍（chop）”树比他快的原因了。故选B。

18.考查动词辨析。A放弃；B介绍；C需要；D教。这里指我们所需要的是我们的技术效率。故选C。

19.考查副词辨析。A快速地；B好奇地；C认真地；D巧妙地。把这两者“巧妙地（intelligently）”结合起来。故选D。

20.考查名词辨析。A时间；B工具；C工作；D耐心。否则的话，我们总会低效率地忙个不停，说自己没有“时间（time）”。故选A。

考点：故事类阅读