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timber(木料) job in a jungle.
This young man was very 1 .He always continued to work through his break time and 2 that
those old folks were wasting time, having to 3 several times a day to drink and chat.As time went by,
this young man noticed that even though he worked through break time and hardly took a 4 , those old
folks were chopping the same 5 of trees as he did and sometimes did more.It was as if they worked
through the break time as he did.So he 6 to work harder the next day.Unfortunately the results were
even worse.
One day, one of the old folks 7 him for a drink during their break time.That young man refused
and said that he had no 8 time! Then the old man smiled and said, "It is just a waste of effort to 9
chopping trees without resharpening your axe(斧子).Sooner or later you will 10 or be so tired as you
have spent too much energy."
Suddenly the young man 11 that actually during break times while those old folks were having a
chat, they were 12 resharpening their axes at the same time!And that"s how they could 13 faster than
him, yet spending less time!
What we 14 is efficiency by making use of our skill and ability 15 .Only then can we have more
time to do other things.Otherwise we will always keep saying...I have no time!
| ( )1. A. weak ( )2. A. admired ( )3. A. plan ( )4. A. photo ( )5. A. weight ( )6. A. failed ( )7. A. invited ( )8. A. wrong ( )9. A. mind ( )10. A. speed up ( )11. A. warned ( )12. A. also ( )13. A. talk ( )14. A. abandon ( )15. A. quickly | B. clever B. complained B. appear B. rest B. height B. pretended B. blamed B. valuable B. avoid B. give up B. expected B. hardly B. chop B. introduce B. curiously | C. hard-working C. reminded C. work C. step C. amount C. agreed C. thanked C. extra C. practice C. watch out C. realized C. seldom C. walk C. need C. seriously | D. good-looking D. predicted D. break D. bath D. price D. decided D. forgave D. exact D. keep D. turn out D. announced D. never D. climb D. teach D. intelligently | |||||
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| On the day of a big event, many people came to Big Bend Mountain to watch.John Henry and the salesman stood side by side.Even early in the day, the sun was burning hot. The competition began.John Henry kissed his hammer and started working.At first, the steampowered drill worked two times faster than he did.Then, he started working with a hammer in each hand.He worked faster and faster.In the mountain, the heat and dust were so thick that most men would have had trouble breathing.The crowd shouted as clouds of dust came from inside the mountain. The salesman was afraid when he heard what sounded like the mountain breaking.However, it was only the sound of John Henry at work.Polly Ann and her son cheered when the machine was pulled from the tunnel of the mountain.It had broken down.Polly Ann urged John Henry to come out.But he kept working, faster and faster.He dug deep into the darkness, hitting the steel so hard that his body began to fail him.He became weak, and his heart burst. John Henry fell to the ground.There was a terrible silence.Polly Ann did not move because she knew what had happened.John Henry"s blood spilled over the ground.But he still held one of the hammers."I beat them, " he said.His wife cried out, "Don"t go, John Henry." "Bring me a cool drink of water, " he said.Then he took his last breath. His friends carried his body from the mountain.They buried him near the house where he was born. Crowds went there after they heard about John Henry"s death. Soon, the steam drill and other machines replaced the steeldrivers.Many laborers left their families to look for work.They took the only jobs they could find.As they worked, some sang about John Henry. 1. What does the big event mentioned in Paragraph 1 refer to? A. John Henry"s work on a machine. B. A competition between John Henry and a salesman. C. John Henry"s work with his hammer and the steel. D. A competition between John Henry and a drill. 2.The underlined word "tunnel" in Paragraph 3 probably means" __". A. flat ground B. big rock C. underground passage D. hard metal 3.What happened to John Henry when he fell to the ground? A. He was tired and had to have a rest. B. He had heart trouble and was dying. C. He was thirsty and wanted to drink some water. D. He was injured slightly and was bleeding. 4.What do we know about John Henry? A. He won the competition finally. B. He was buried under the mountain. C. He loved his work very much. D. He said nothing before his death. 5.What can we infer from the passage? A. Humans can never beat machines. B. John Henry was regarded as a hero. C. Laborers hated machines very much. D. It was easy for laborers to find work. | ||||||||
| 语法填空 It was my first day in Hangzhou, the Chinese city famous for its natural beauty and history and I didn"t have much time to spare.I wanted to see 1 much of the city as possible in the two days 2 I was to return to Guangzhou.My first task was to decide where to go and 3 to get there.I took out my guide book in which there was a lot of information about the city"s wellknown tourist 4 (attract) and started to read.At that moment an attractive young lady 6 noticed my book, came up to me and introduced 6 .She said her name was Miss Bai.She kindly offered to show me 7 the city.I was delighted and was about to accept her proposal when she suggested we first 8 (go) to the West Lake and walk along the Broken Bridge.I quite liked the idea of visiting the West Lake but wasn"t so sure about crossing the Broken Bridge. 9 it was broken, did she expect me to jump across?And I couldn"t swim, so if I fell in then I would drown.That was definitely not an attractive idea so I politely declined her invitation, 10 (close) my book and walked away. | ||||||||
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| Once a beautiful diamond necklace of a king was lost.The king then offered a 1 for $ 50,000 for anybody who found it. One day a clerk was walking along a 2 next to an industrial area, which was completely polluted and smelly.Suddenly, he saw something 3 in the river and when he looked carefully, he saw the diamond necklace.He decided to try and catch it so that he could get the 4 .He put his hand in the dirty river and grabbed at the necklace, but somehow 5 it.He then walked in the water and put his whole arm in.But strangely, he still missed it!He came out, feeling 6 . Then again he saw the necklace, 7 there.This time he dived into the river.He searched everywhere and yet he 8 . Just then an old man who was 9 , saw him, and asked him what was the matter.The clerk didn"t want to share the secret with him, so he 10 to tell him anything.But the old man could see the clerk was 11 and promised he would not tell anyone about it.The clerk then decided to put some 12 in the old man. He talked about the necklace and how he tried to catch it, but 13 failing.The old man suggested that perhaps he should try looking upward, toward the branches of the tree, instead of in the river.The clerk looked up, and 14 enough, the necklace was hanging on a 15 .He had been trying to get a reflection (倒影) of the real necklace all the time. Material happiness is just like the polluted river, because it is a reflection of the true happiness in the spiritual world. | ||||||||
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