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A、We should focus on the future life. B、We should react to life rather than act. C、We should build our houses in life. D、We shou
A、We should focus on the future life. B、We should react to life rather than act. C、We should build our houses in life. D、We shou
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2013-05-19
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问题
An elderly carpenter was ready to retire. He told his employer, a contractor, of his plans to leave the house-building business and live a more leisurely life with his wife enjoying his extended family. He would miss the paycheck, but he needed to retire. They could get by. The contractor was sorry to see his good worker go and asked if he could build just one more house as a personal favor. The carpenter said yes, but in time it was easy to see that his heart was not in his work. He resorted to shoddy workmanship and used inferior materials. It was an unfortunate way to end his career. When the carpenter finished his work and the builder came to inspect the house, the contractor handed the front-door key to the carpenter. "This is your house," he said, "my gift to you." What a shock! What a shame! If he had only known he was building his own house, he would have done it all so differently. Now he had to live in the home he had built none too well. So it is with us. We build our lives in a distracted way, reacting rather than acting, willing to put up less than the best. At important points we do not give the job our best effort. Then with a shock we look at the situation we have created and find that we are now living in the house we have built. If we had realized that we would have done it differently. Think of yourself as the carpenter. Think about your house. Each day you hammer a nail, place a board, or erect a wall. Build wisely. It is the only life you will ever build. Even if you live it for only one more day, that day deserves to be lived graciously and with dignity. The plaque on the wall says, "Life is a do-it-yourself project." Your life tomorrow will be the result of your attitudes and the choices you make today.
Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
32. What did the carpenter plan to do?
33. How did the contractor plan to deal with the house he asked the carpenter to build?
34. What can we know about the last house the carpenter built?
35. What does the story intend to tell us?
选项
A、We should focus on the future life.
B、We should react to life rather than act.
C、We should build our houses in life.
D、We should always do our best.
答案
D
解析
选项均以We should开头以及其中的focus on thefuture life,do our best等表明,本题可能与短文所阐述的道理有关。短文最后对现实生活中人们的类似错误做法进行了列举:我们创造自己的生活时心不在焉,消极被动,总是敷衍了事,即使在关键环节也不全力以赴,最后后悔不已,言外之意就是我们做事情应该全力以赴,由此可知,答案为[D]。
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