Question

完形填空（每小题1分，满分15分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳答案。

An old carpenter(木匠) was 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 any more.

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 surprise! What a ________ ! 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 today. Sometimes we build our________ carelessly. At important points we do not try our best. Then with a shame we look at the situation we have ________ . We find that we are now living in the house we have poorly(质量差地) built. 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 (态度和选择)you made in the past. Your life tomorrow will be that of your attitudes and choices you make today.

1.A. glad B. nervous C. ready D. sorry

2.A. if B. when C. how D. why

3.A. and B. but C. or D. so

4.A. carefully B. completely C. carelessly D. successfully

5.A. handed B. left C. sold D. threw

6.A. gift B. promise C. choice D. question

7.A. secret B. warmth C. shame D. stress

8.A. real B. expensive C. old D. own

9.A. Neither B. So C. Nor D. As

10.A. studies B. lives C. jobs D. feelings

11.A. created B. changed C. discussed D. avoided

12.A. plan B. chance C. speed D. request

13.A. himself B. herself C. myself D. yourself

14.A. wisely B. peacefully C. rapidly D. widely

15.A. talent B. wealth C. result D. Difference

Answer 1