A young man went to the boss of a logging crew (伐木队) and asked for a job.
“That depends,” replied the boss .“Let’s see you cut down this tree.”
The young man stepped forward, and skillfully cut down a great tree.
The boss was ____ and said: “You can start Monday.”
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday went by, and _____ afternoon the boss went to the young man and said:“You can pick up your wages(薪水) on the way out today.”
The young man was very surprised. He replied:“I thought you would _____on Friday.”
“Usually we do,” said the boss. “But we’re letting you go today because you’ve ____. Our daily charts(日程表) show that you’ve dropped from ______ place on Monday to last place today.”
“But I’m quite ______ ” The young man replied.“I am the first to arrive, and the last to leave, and even work during my coffee breaks!”
The boss thought for a minute and then asked:“Have you sharpened your axe (斧子)？”
The young man replied:“No, sir. I’ve been working ____ hard to take time out for that!”
Our lives are ______that. We sometimes get so busy that we don’t take time out to “sharpen the axe.” There is _______wrong with hard work but we all need time to relax, to think, to learn and grow. _______ we don’t have time to relax, we will feel bored and lose our effectiveness (效率).
1.A. angry B. satisfied C. disappointed
2.A. Thursday B. Friday C. Saturday
3.A. go B. pay C. work
4.A. fallen down B. fallen behind C. fallen off
5.A. second B. third C. first
6.A. hardworking B. outgoing C. happy
7.A. very B. so C. too
8.A. like B. about C. behind
9.A. something B. everything C. nothing
10.A. Because B. If C. Unless
1.B 2.A 3.B 4.B 5.C 6.A 7.C 8.A 9.C 10.B 【解析】本文讲述了一位年轻人凭借娴熟的砍树技能说服了工头给他一份工作，然而，刚过去三天，工头就准备把年轻人辞掉。年轻人虽然非常努力地工作，甚至忙得连磨斧子的功夫都没有，但是砍树的斧子钝了，再多的力气都是白费。故事告诉我们，每个人都不应该只知道不停地工作，还应...科目：初中英语 来源：江苏省牛津译林版八年级英语上册：Unit4 单元试卷 题型：单选题
----What a beautiful school bag you have!
---- Yeah. It _______ me two weeks to make it myself.
A. takes B. spends C. took D. cost
C 【解析】句意：——你的书包真漂亮！——是的，我花了两个星期的时间才把它做好。A. takes花费，take的三单形式；B. spends花费，主语是人；C. took花费，take的过去式；D. cost花费，主语是物。take常用于句型“It takes/took sb. some time to do sth.”，school bag现已做好，是花费两周的时间完成的，时态为过去式，故...查看答案和解析>>
科目：初中英语 来源：重庆市2017-2018学年八年级下学期期末第二次模拟考试英语试卷 题型：单选题
--- I fell down playing soccer.
--- You should see a doctor and get_______ X-ray.
A. a B. an C. the D. /
D 【解析】句意：-在踢足球的时候我摔倒了。-你应该去看医生，然后拍X光片。a和an都是不定冠词，修饰可数名词单数，表示泛指“一个…”；an用于元音发音开头的单词前；the是定冠词，修饰名词表示特指。空后的X-ray是一个专有名词，前面不用冠词，故选D。查看答案和解析>>
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A. No, I couldn’t. B. Of course. C. You’re welcome.
B 【解析】Do you think there will be robots in people’s homes 10 years from now?查看答案和解析>>
科目：初中英语 来源：福建省漳州市2018届九年级中考考前模拟试卷（三）英语试卷 题型：补全短文5选5
Maneki Neko
Most guests to a Japanese restaurant will be familiar with a toy cat in the front window. It seems to be waving to people on the street, asking them to go inside the restaurant. 1. The cat is usually white in color and holds a gold coin.
If you look at Maneki Neko dolls closely, you will notice that some dolls wave with their left arm and some with their right.2. Cats that are waving with their right arm mean, “Welcome wealth”. Maneki Neko has these meanings because of a Japanese legend about a very special cat.
3.. One day, a rich man was hunting in the area when it started to rain. 4.He saw the cat waving him,so the man walked toward the cat. At the same time, lightning hit the tree and it fell to the ground. 5. So he gave the priest a lot of money to show his thanks.
Though around 400 years old, this friendly cat still welcome people with a wave, just as it did to the rich man in the rain.
A. He stopped under a tree near the temple.
B. The man believed that the cat had saved his life.
C. This is Maneki Neko, or “Waving Cat” in Japanese.
D. In the 17th century, a poor priest lived with his cat at a temple in Tokyo.
E. Waving with the left arm is the traditional pose and means, “Welcome guests”
1.C 2.E 3.D 4.A 5.B 【解析】本文介绍了招财猫的来历，以及招财猫挥手表示的含义。 1.C 根据后文的Maneki Neko has these meanings because of a Japanese legend about a very special cat.可知Maneki Neko有日语的含义，故选C。 2.E ...查看答案和解析>>
科目：初中英语 来源：福建省漳州市2018届九年级中考考前模拟试卷（三）英语试卷 题型：单选题
––I didn’t see you at the party yesterday. Why?
––Because I _______ for an important person at that time.
A. was waiting B. is waiting C. will wait
A 【解析】句意：——昨天我在聚会上没有看见你。为什么？——因为在那时我正在等一个重要的人。根据at that time可知此处用过去进行时，故为was waiting，故选A。查看答案和解析>>
科目：初中英语 来源：福建省漳州市2018届九年级中考考前模拟试卷（三）英语试卷 题型：单选题
–– Sorry, Mom. I lost the singing competition.
–– Never mind. ________, you have learned something new and had fun.
A. At once B. At least C. At first
B 【解析】句意：——妈妈，对不起。我输掉了唱歌比赛。——没关系。至少你已经学了一些新东西，而且玩得高兴。At once马上；at least至少；at first首先。根据Never mind.可知此处表示没有关系，因此虽然比赛输了，我在比赛中也获得一些东西，这是至少获得的东西，故选B。查看答案和解析>>
科目：初中英语 来源：人教版七年级下册英语单元测试卷Unit11 题型：单选题
This is a _______ train. It stops at a lot of places.
A. quiet B. slow C. scary D. dirty
B 【解析】 句意：这是一个慢的火车，它在很多地方都停车。quiet安静的；slow慢的；scary害怕的；dirty脏的。根据句意It stops at a lot of places可知，火车在很多地方都停车，所以它很慢，故选B。查看答案和解析>>
科目：初中英语 来源：江苏省昆山市2017-2018学年八年级下学期提高练习英语试卷 题型：单选题
My parents want me to get further study to be ______ an engineer ______ a scientist, ______I would like to be a famous surgeon doctor.
A. neither; nor; and B. either; or; but
C. not only; but; so D. both; and; or
B 【解析】 试题句意：我的父母想让我进一步深造学习成为一名工程师或者科学家，但是我想成为一个著名的外科医生。根据父母的愿望和我个人志向的不同，可以确定后面表示转折关系，第三个空用but。neither… nor…既不……也不……（二者都不）；either… or…或者……或者……；not only… but…不但……而且……； both… and………和……都（二者都）。根据句意可知...查看答案和解析>>
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