Question

【題目】 Some time ago, an old businessman had a large store in Boston. He wanted a boy to work for him, and he ______ an advertisement in the newspaper. The next morning, many boys came to the old man’s office to ______ the job.

The businessman pointed to a nail((釘子)) on the door of his office, ______ a walking stick and said, “Everyone has three chances. If anyone can hit the nail on the head with this stick more than once, I will give him the job. ” The boy thought it was very ______. They all tried, but ______ could make it. So the old man said, “I’m sorry I can’t take any of you. ” And they left.

He kept the advertisement in the papers, and the next morning many more boys came, and among them he saw a thin boy who had been there the day before. The boy hit the nail ______ for three times. The old man felt ______ and asked how he did that. “I also ______ yesterday,” said the boy, “but I thought if I kept on trying, I could do it. So I went home and practiced hitting a nail with a stick______ I could do it, and I got up very early this morning, and tried again. ”

The old man said, “You are the boy for me,” and gave him the ______. Whatever the boy had to do, he tried to do his best. It was not very long before he became the best clerk in the store.

【1】A.kept upB.put upC.turned upD.looked up

【2】A.care forB.pay forC.ask forD.look for

【3】A.put outB.carried outC.broke outD.took out

【4】A.livelyB.sillyC.crazyD.easy

【5】A.anybodyB.nobodyC.somebodyD.everybody

【6】A.successfullyB.proudlyC.politelyD.hardly

【7】A.excitedB.surprisingC.sadD.amazing

【8】A.passedB.succeededC.failedD.regretted

【9】A.untilB.sinceC.whenD.after

【10】A.stickB.nailC.jobD.advertisement

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】D

【4】D

【5】B

【6】A

【7】A

【8】C

【9】A

【10】C

【解析】

本文是一篇記敘文，講述了一個商人想招聘員工，他的面試題是讓應聘者們用拐杖擊中門上的釘子至少兩次，每人有三次機會，許多人都辦不到。一個男孩失敗后回家認真練習，最后做到了并獲得了這份工作。

【1】句意：他在報紙上刊登了一則廣告。

考查動詞短語。A. kept up保持；B. put up張貼，刊登；C. turned up出現(xiàn)；D. looked up查閱。根據(jù)句意，可知他是在報上登了個廣告，故選B。

【2】句意：許多男孩來到這個老人的辦公室申請這份工作。

考查動詞短語。A. care for在意；B. pay for為……付錢；C. ask for請求；D. look for尋找。根據(jù)句意，可知應聘者們是來請求獲得這份工作的，故選C。

【3】句意：這個商人指著他辦公室門上的一個釘子，拿出一個拐杖說。

考查動詞短語。A. put out熄滅；B. carried out執(zhí)行；C. broke out爆發(fā)；D. took out拿出。根據(jù)句意，可知此處表示拿出一根拐杖，故選D。

【4】句意：男孩認為這很容易。

考查形容詞詞義辨析。A. lively有生機的；B. silly愚蠢的；C. crazy瘋狂的；D. easy容易的。根據(jù)后文but nobody could make it，可知后文出現(xiàn)轉折，那么此處是他們原本認為很容易，故選D。

【5】句意：但是沒人能成功。

考查復合不定代詞。A. anybody任何人；B. nobody沒人；C. somebody某人；D. everybody每個人。根據(jù)but，可知此處表示轉折，前文說大家都試了，可知此處是說沒人成功，故選B。

【6】句意：這個男孩成功地擊中了釘子三次。

考查副詞詞義辨析。A. successfully成功地；B. proudly驕傲地；C. politely有禮貌地；D. hardly幾乎不。此處副詞修飾其前動詞hit，根據(jù)句意，可知是成功擊中，故選A。

【7】句意：這個老人很興奮，問他是如何做到的。

考查形容詞詞義辨析。A. excited興奮的；B. surprising令人驚訝的；C. sad悲傷的；D. amazing令人驚奇的。BD選項都是修飾一個事物，表示“令人……的”，此處作felt的表語，主語是the old man，所以排除BD；根據(jù)后文，可知老人是興奮，故選A。

【8】句意：我昨天也失敗了。

考查動詞詞義辨析。A. passed通過；B. succeeded成功；C. failed失�。�D. regretted后悔。根據(jù)前文but nobody could make it，可知第一天沒人成功，所以此處他是說自己那天也失敗了，故選C。

【9】句意：所以我回家練習用棍子擊打釘子，直到我能做到為止。

考查連詞。A. until直到；B. since自從；C. when當……時；D. after在……之后。根據(jù)句意，可知此處用until引導時間狀語從句，意為“直到”，故選A。

【10】句意：老人說：“你就是我要找的那個人”，然后給了他這份工作。

考查名詞詞義辨析。A. stick棍子；B. nail釘子；C. job工作；D. advertisement廣告。根據(jù)前文，可知老人在招員工，可知此處是給了男孩這份工作，故選C。