Question

A punctual person is in the habit of doing a thing at the correct time and is never late for anything.

    An unpunctual man never does what he has to do at the right time. He is always in a hurry and in the end loses both time and his good name. A lost thing may be found again, but lost time can never be got back. Time is more useful than material things. In fact, time is life itself. An unpunctual man is always wasting his most important things as well as others'. An unpunctual person is always saying unhappily that he finds no time to answer letters or return calls. But the man who really has much to do is very careful of his time. He knows that he can not finish all his work unless he carefully does every piece of work.

Being unpunctual is the sign of disrespect (不尊重) towards others. If a person is invited to dinner and arrives later than the time when he should be there, he keeps all the other guests (客人)waiting for him. Usually this will be thought as a great disrespect to the host and all the other guests.

Not like a punctual person, an unpunctual one can't do his duty wonderfully, whether it is public or personal. Imagine how it would be if those who should do important tasks failed to be on time. A man who is known to be often unpunctual is never believed by his friends.

1.The Chinese meaning of the word "punctual" in this passage is probably “________”.

A.听话的      B.守时的       C.守纪律的      D.能干的

2.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. An unpunctual person often has more time.  

B. An unpunctual person has more work to do.

C. A punctual person often has a busy life.

D. A punctual person often does his work wonderfully.

3.When you are invited to dinner, you'd better arrive there___________.

A. in a hurry     B. after the host    C. at the decided time    D. before other guests

4.From the passage, we learn that an unpunctual man usually __________ in the end.

A. saves time for others               

B. leaves his family and friends

C. gets his chances and knowledge      

D. loses his time and good name

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.C

4.D

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了我们应该做一个守时的人。如果我们不守时那么我不仅失去了我们宝贵的时间还将失去我们的声誉。

1.词意猜测题。根据短文第一段in the habit of doing a thing at the correct time and is never late for anything.描述可知有在正确的时间做事的习惯,并且从不迟到那么他就是一个守时的人，故选B

2.是非判断题。根据第四段Not like a punctual person, an unpunctual one can't do his duty wonderfully不像一个守时的人,一个不守时的不能把他的工作都做的很棒,，可以推测一个守时的能把他的工作都做的很棒，故选D

3.If a person is invited to dinner and arrives later than the time when he should be there, he keeps all the other guests (客人)waiting for him.描述，可知猜测我们应该按时到，故选C

4.二段He is always in a hurry and in the end loses both time and his good name描述，他总是很匆忙,最终他失去了时间和他的好名声。故选D

考点：日常生活类短文阅读。