I moved to a new neighborhood two months ago. In the house with a large  21  across the road lived a taxi driver, a single parent with two school-age children. At the end of the day, he would  22  his taxi on the road. I  23  why he did not park it in the garage.

Then one day I learnt that he had another car in his garage. In the afternoon he would come home  24  work, leave his taxi and go out for his  25  affairs in his other car, not in his taxi. I felt it was  26 

I was curious to see his personal car but did not make it until I  27  to be outside one evening two weeks  28  ,when the garage door was  29   and he drove out in his “own” car: a Rolls-Royce(勞斯萊斯)! It shook me completely  30  I realized what that meant. You see, he was a taxi driver. But 31   inside, he saw himself as something else: a Rolls-Royce owner and a(n)32  . He drove others in his taxi but himself and his children in his Rolls-Royce. The world looked at his taxi and  33   him a taxi driver. But for him, a taxi was just something he drove for a living. Rolls-Royce was something he drove for a(n)34  . 

We go to bed every night and  35   every morning as parents or children, not as bankers, CEOs or professors. We go for a  36   as close friends or go for a vacation as a  37 . We love life as it is. Yet often, we base our entire happiness and success on how high we  38   the social ladder—how much bigger and better a  39 we have. And we ignore our Rolls-Royce, by keeping it dusty in our garage. We should focus more on  40  we are than what we do! 

1.

A.window

B.garage

C.door

D.yard

 

2.

A.park

B.stop

C.check

D.repair

 

3.

A.knew

B.understood

C.a(chǎn)sked

D.wondered

 

4.

A.for

B.out of

C.without

D.from

 

5.

A.business

B.national

C.personal

D.public

 

6.

A.wasteful

B.meaningful

C.wonderful

D.plentiful

 

7.

A.a(chǎn)ppeared

B.intended

C.expected

D.happened

 

8.

A.later

B.more

C.a(chǎn)go

D.before

 

9.

A.broken

B.fine

C.shut

D.open

 

10.

A.once

B.before

C.when

D.until

 

11.

A.far

B.deep

C.long

D.little

 

12.

A.driver

B.engineer

C.father

D.son

 

13.

A.called

B.made

C.elected

D.turned

 

14.

A.experience

B.earning

C.life

D.position

 

15.

A.stay up

B.wake up

C.stay home

D.go home

 

16.

A.competition

B.performance

C.debate

D.party

 

17.

A.family

B.company

C.team

D.whole

 

18.

A.build

B.climb

C.stand

D.lay

 

19.

A.house

B.garage

C.car

D.taxi

 

20.

A.who

B.what

C.which

D.Where

 

【答案】

1.B

2.A

3.D

4.C

5.C

6.A

7.D

8.A

9.D

10.C

11.B

12.C

13.A

14.C

15.B

16.D

17.A

18.B

19.D

20.A

【解析】文章講述的是作者通過鄰居的工作生活方式,意識(shí)到了我們?cè)趯?duì)待工作和家庭生活時(shí)候應(yīng)當(dāng)采取的態(tài)度。

1.上下文,根據(jù)后文的 he did not park it in the garage可知,他家里有一個(gè)大的車庫(kù),但是他還把車停在馬路上。

2.上下文,根據(jù)后文的why he did not park it in the garage可知,他把車停在了路上,作者就在想為什么不停在車庫(kù)里。

3.同上,作者只是心里在納悶,并沒有真正去問他

4.根據(jù)In the afternoon可知,他是下班回來,out of work是失業(yè)

5.句意理解,下班后就可以去處理他的私人事務(wù)了,即personal affairs

6.句意理解,作者看到他回家后,處理私人事務(wù)還換了一輛車開,認(rèn)為這太浪費(fèi)了

7.句意理解,我一直對(duì)他的私車很好奇,一直沒有看到,直到兩周后的一個(gè)晚上,我碰巧在外面 happen to do意為碰巧干某事

8.同上

9.上下文,根據(jù)后面的he drove out in his “own” car可知,車庫(kù)門打開,他開車出來

10.句意理解,當(dāng)我意識(shí)到那意為著什么的時(shí)候,我徹底震驚了

11.句意理解,但是在他的內(nèi)心深處,他把自己看作是另外一個(gè)。

12.上下文,根據(jù)后面的but himself and his children in his Rolls-Royce可知,他是一個(gè)孩子的父親

13.句意理解,全世界看到他的出租車,會(huì)叫他出租車司機(jī),但是對(duì)他來說,出租車是為了謀生,而勞斯萊斯是為了生活

14.同上

15.根據(jù)every morning可知,早上起床

16.根據(jù)as close friends 可知,跟朋友在一起是參加聚會(huì)

17.跟家人一起去度假

18.常用搭配,跟ladder搭配的是ladder,意為爬梯子,這里指的是社會(huì)關(guān)系的梯子

19.上下文,根據(jù)后面的And we ignore our Rolls-Royce可知,這里對(duì)應(yīng)的是上面講到的鄰居的出租車和他的勞斯萊斯,所以此處講的是taxi'

20.句意理解,我們應(yīng)當(dāng)把中心放在我們是誰上面,而不是我們做什么工作。

 

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