首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
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
admin
2015-03-20
41
问题
An elderly carpenter was ready to retire.[22]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 favour. The carpenter said yes, but in time it was easy to see that his heart was not in his work.[24]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 with 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 realised 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.
22. What did the carpenter plan to do after retirement?
23. How did the contractor plan to deal with the house he asked the carpenter to build?
24. What can we know about the last house the carpenter built?
25. 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
推断题。the speaker讲完故事后,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,言外之意即我们做事情应该全力以赴,最后文章指出了本文的另一点启示:明天的生活其实是由今天的attitudes和choices决定的,D)是本文给我们的启示之一,故为答案。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/9nl7777K
0
大学英语四级
相关试题推荐
A、Changeherclassschedule.B、Filloutajobapplication.C、Organizetapesontheshelves.D、WorkontheFrenchlessons.B细节题。女
Sixteenyearsago,EileenDoyle’shusband,anengineer,tookhisfourchildrenupforanearlymorningcupoftea,packedasmal
A、Becausetheyhadcaughtseriousdisease.B、Becausetheyhadbeenawayfromhomeformanyyears.C、Becauseitwassaidtheyhad
A、Thefarmer’ssecretsweetheart.B、Thefarmer’smother.C、Thefarmer’swife.D、Thefarmer’ssister.A细节题。当医生看到这个给她打电话的农民时,他哭泣着告
A、Atleast14milesanhour.B、Atleast40milesanhour.C、Atmost40milesanhour.D、Atmost14milesanhour.C细节题。文中说这个小城的限
A、Twenty-ninedays.B、Twoandahalfmonths.C、Severalminutes.D、Fourteenhours.B本题问的是赫伯特有多长时间一直昏迷不醒。文中提到,由于缺氧长达几分钟,赫伯特持续昏迷了两个
A、Hestudiedthedesignsofvariousclocks.B、Hedidexperimentsondifferentmaterials.C、Heboughtanalarmclockwithapigf
A、About12:30pm.B、About1:30pm.C、About2:30pm.D、About3:30pm.C短文中提到的thebesttimetotakeanapisabouteighthoursaft
A、Shetotallyagreeswithhim.B、Shethinksitiseasiersaidthandone.C、Shethinksthatheisaratherimportantperson.D、Sh
Polarbearshuntsealsfromseaice,butcoulddrownifforcedtoswimlongdistancesinopenwater.Satellitephotos【B1】______b
随机试题
“违约”概念属于哪一种法律概念()
当铣削的工件夹紧表面尺寸比较准确,要求快速夹紧,而加工时切削力和切削振动较小时,可选用__________夹紧机构。
患者女性,31岁,闭经56天,阴道少量流血1天伴下腹部隐痛。超声显示:子宫增大,宫内可见25mm.妊娠囊,囊内可见胚胎组织及卵黄囊,并可见节律胎心搏动。胎囊周围有少量不规则液性暗区3天后,因流血量增多,复查超声所见:子宫稍增大,宫腔内回声杂乱,宫颈管内
声音从声源发出,在均匀无限大的空气中传播的过程中,()。
在账务处理系统中,关于凭证审核的正确叙述是()。
会计以()为主要计量单位。
下列说法中,正确的有()。
城镇化是指农村人口转化为城镇人口的过程。反映城镇化水平高低的一个重要指标是城镇化率,即一个地区常住于城镇的人口占该地区总人口的比例。城镇化是人口持续向城镇集聚的过程,是世界各国工业化进程中必然经历的历史阶段。改革开放以来,我国对城镇化的重视程度不
越南的现代国服称为()。
(2011年)曲线y=(x一1)(x一2)2(x一3)3(x一4)4的拐点为()
最新回复
(
0
)