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【題目】 He’s an old cobbler(修鞋匠）with a shop in the Marais, a historic area in Paris. When I took him my shoes, he at first told me: “I don’t have time. Take them to the other fellow on the main street. He’ll fix them for you right away.”

But I’d had my eye on his shop for a long time. Just looking at his bench loaded with tools and pieces of leather, I knew he was a skilled craftsman(手藝人). “No,” I replied, “the other fellow can’t do it well.”

“The other fellow was one of those shopkeepers who fix shoes and make keys ‘while-U-wait’-without knowing much about mending shoes or making keys. They work carelessly, and when they have finished sewing back a sandal strap(鞋帶)you might as well just throw away the pair.

My man saw I wouldn’t give in, and he smiled. He wiped his hands on his blue apron(圍裙）， looked at my shoes, had me write my name on one shoe with a piece of chalk and said, “Come back in a week.”

I was about to leave when he took a pair of soft leather boots off a shelf.

“See what I can do?” he said with pride. “Only three of us in Paris can do this kind of work.” When I got back out into the street, the world seemed brand-mew to me. He was something out of an ancient legend, this old craftsman with his way of speaking familiarly, his very strange, dusty felt hat, his funny accent from who-know-where and, above all, his pride in his craft.

These are times when nothing is important but he bottom line, when you can do things any old way as long as it “pays”, when, in short, people look on work as a path to ever-increasing, consumption (消費(fèi)）rather than a way to realize their own abilities. In such a period it is a rare comfort to find a cobbler who gets his greatest satisfaction from pride in a job well done.

【1】Which of the following is true about the old cobbler?

A.He was equipped with the best repairing tools.B.He was the only cobbler in the Marais.

C.He was proud of his skills.D.He was a native Parisian.

【2】The underlined sentence “He was something out of an ancient legend.” implies that_____.

A.the man was too oldB.it was difficult to communicate with this man

C.the man was very strangeD.nowadays you can hardly find anyone like him

【3】According to the author, many people work just to _________.

A.realize their abilitiesB.gain happiness

C.make moneyD.gain respect

【4】This story wants to tell us that ___________

A.craftsmen make a lot of moneyB.whatever you do, do it well

C.craftsmen need self-respectD.people are born equal

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】D

【3】C

【4】B

【解析】

本文主要向我們介紹了一位鞋匠的故事，作者從看見(jiàn)一個(gè)鞋匠從做好一個(gè)工作中得到最大的滿足這件事中，希望人們應(yīng)該認(rèn)真工作。

【1】推理判斷題。A項(xiàng)：他配備了最好的修理工具；B項(xiàng)：他是瑪黑區(qū)唯一的鞋匠；C項(xiàng)：他為自己的技術(shù)感到自豪；D項(xiàng)：他是土生土長(zhǎng)的巴黎人。根據(jù)“his pride in his craft”可知，他為自己的技術(shù)感到自豪。故選C。

【2】詞句猜測(cè)題。A項(xiàng)：那人太老了；B項(xiàng)：和這個(gè)人溝通很困難；C項(xiàng)：這個(gè)人很奇怪；D項(xiàng)：現(xiàn)在你很難找到像他這樣的人。分析本段內(nèi)容可知，此句表示會(huì)這項(xiàng)手藝的人很少，老人又對(duì)自己的手藝感到驕傲，所以此處表示“現(xiàn)在你很難找到像他這樣的人”的含義。故選D。

【3】推理判斷題。A項(xiàng)：實(shí)現(xiàn)他們的能力；B項(xiàng)：獲得幸福感；C項(xiàng)：賺錢；D項(xiàng)：獲得尊重。根據(jù)“These are times when nothing is important but he bottom line…rather than a way to realize their own abilities.”可知，現(xiàn)在人工作只是為了賺錢。故選C。

【4】主旨大意題。A項(xiàng)：工匠們賺了很多錢；B項(xiàng)：無(wú)論你做什么，都要把它做好；C項(xiàng)：工匠需要自尊；D項(xiàng)：人人生來(lái)平等。分析文章內(nèi)容可知，作者通過(guò)鞋匠從做好一個(gè)工作中得到最大的滿足這件事中，希望人們應(yīng)該認(rèn)真工作。故選B。