Question

【題目】 Some years ago, an old businessman had a large store in Boston. He wanted a _______to work for him, and he put an advertisement in the _______. The next morning, many boys came to the old man's office, asking for _______.

There was a nail（釘子）in the desk. He took a walking-stick and said, "You each have three chances. _______ who can hit the nail on the head with this stick more than once will _______ the job."

The boys thought it was very _______. They all tried, _______ nobody could make it. Then the old man said, "_______ that I can't take anyone of you." And they left.

The old man kept the advertisement in the newspaper. The next morning, many more boys came. Among them was a thin boy who came for the _______ time--- he came here the day before. This time, the boy hit the nail successfully（成功）for three times. The old man felt __________and asked the boy " __________did you do that?"

"Dear sir," said the boy, "I failed（失�。�__________, but it taught me a lot. I went home and practiced __________ something small with a stick till I could do it."

The old man smiled, "You are the boy for me now."

That was a __________ choice（選擇）. Whatever the boy had to do, he tried his best. And it was not very long __________ he became the best clerk in the store.

【1】A.boyB.girlC.manD.woman

【2】A.InternetB.radioC.newspaperD.magazine

【3】A.the storeB.the moneyC.the advertisementD.the job

【4】A.SomeoneB.AnyoneC.EveryoneD.No one

【5】A.getB.likeC.giveD.find

【6】A.easyB.difficultC.interestingD.impossible

【7】A.andB.butC.soD.though

【8】A.I'm gladB.I hopeC.I'm sorryD.I worry

【9】A.firstB.secondC.thirdD.fourth

【10】A.surprisingB.excitingC.surprisedD.excited

【11】A.whatB.whyC.howD.where

【12】A.years agoB.just nowC.yesterday afternoonD.last time

【13】A.pushingB.hittingC.knockingD.pulling

【14】A.rightB.wrongC.badD.careful

【15】A.untilB.whenC.beforeD.after

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】D

【4】B

【5】A

【6】A

【7】B

【8】C

【9】B

【10】C

【11】C

【12】D

【13】B

【14】A

【15】C

【解析】

這篇短文主要講述了一個(gè)老人想找一個(gè)小男孩為他工作，就想出讓?xiě)?yīng)聘者用拐杖敲釘子來(lái)考驗(yàn)這些人。其中一個(gè)小男孩在失敗之后，就在家里面多次練習(xí)，直到自己成功的用手杖擊中了釘子。第二天成功地通過(guò)了老人的考驗(yàn)。

【1】句意：他想找一個(gè)男孩為他工作。

boy男孩；girl女孩；man男人；woman女人；根據(jù)后文“The next morning, many boys came to the old man’s office”可知，他是想找個(gè)男孩為自己工作，故選A。

【2】句意：他在報(bào)紙上登了一則廣告。

Internet網(wǎng)絡(luò)；radio收音機(jī)；newspaper報(bào)紙；magazine雜志；根據(jù)后文“The old man kept the advertisement in the newspaper”.可知，老人是在報(bào)紙上登廣告，故選C。

【3】句意：許多男孩來(lái)到老人的辦公室，要求得到這份工作。

the store商店；the money錢(qián)；the advertisement廣告；the job工作；根據(jù)后文“who can hit the nail on the head with this stick more than once will ___5___ the job”.可知，是想得到這份工作，故選D。

【4】句意：任何人只要能用這根棍子不止一次地敲中釘子上。

Someone某人；Anyone任何人；Everyone每個(gè)人；No one沒(méi)有人；根據(jù)前句“You each have three chances”及句意理解可知，是只要做到的人任何人都可以，故選B。

【5】句意：只要能用這根棍子不止一次敲中釘子就可以把工作交給他。

get得到；like喜歡；give給；find發(fā)現(xiàn)；根據(jù)句意理解可知，這里表達(dá)的是“只要做到的人就可以得到這份工作”，英語(yǔ)中“得到”是get，故選A。

【6】句意：孩子們認(rèn)為這很容易。

easy容易的；difficult困難的；interesting有趣的；impossible不可能的；根據(jù)句意理解及前后文“They all tried, ___7___ nobody could make it”.理解可知，男孩們起初以為很容易，故選A。

【7】句意：但沒(méi)人能成功。

and和：but但是；so所以；though雖然；根據(jù)句意理解及文中“They all tried和I can’t take anyone of you”.可知，這里前后句是轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，故選B。

【8】句意：對(duì)不起，我不能帶走你們中的任何一個(gè)人。

I’m glad我很高興；I hope我希望；I’m sorry我很抱歉；I worry我擔(dān)心；根據(jù)上下文理解及后句“I can’t take anyone of you”.可知，這里是表達(dá)“抱歉”，故選C。

【9】句意：其中有一個(gè)瘦小的男孩，他是第二次來(lái)這里。

first第一；second第二；third第三；fourth第四；根據(jù)文中“he came here the day before”.可知，這里表達(dá)的是“第二次來(lái)這里”，故選B。

【10】句意：老人感到很驚訝。

surprising令人驚訝的；exciting令人激動(dòng)的；surprised感到驚訝的；excited感到激動(dòng)的；根據(jù)句意理解及前文“This time, the boy hit the nail successfully（成功）for three times”.可知，這里老人感到很驚訝，故選C。

【11】句意：你是怎么做到的？

what什么；why為什么；how怎樣；where哪里；根據(jù)句意理解“The old man felt surprised”可知，這里老人問(wèn)男孩是怎么做到的，故選C。

【12】句意：我上次失敗了。

years ago數(shù)年前；just now剛才；yesterday afternoon昨天下午；last time上一次；根據(jù)上文“Among them was a thin boy who came for the second time—he came here the day before”.可知，這里應(yīng)該是表達(dá)“上一次失敗了”，故選D。

【13】句意：我回家用棍子練習(xí)打一些小東西。

pushing推；hitting打擊；knocking敲；pulling拉；根據(jù)句意理解及前文“who can hit the nail on the head with this stick more than once”可知，這里表達(dá)的是“打擊小東西”，故選B。

【14】句意：這是一個(gè)正確的選擇。

right正確的；wrong錯(cuò)誤的；bad壞的；careful仔細(xì)的；根據(jù)句意理解及后文“Whatever the boy had to do, he tried his best”.可知，這里表達(dá)的是“正確的選擇”，故選A。

【15】句意：不久他就成了店里最好的店員。

until直到……；when當(dāng)……時(shí)；before在……之前；after在……之后；根據(jù)文章的理解可知，這里表達(dá)的是“不久之后男孩成了最好的店員”，所以這里要用before引導(dǎo)，故選C。