Question

Work ethic(道德) is important. but I didn’t realize this until I grew up although my dad told me a lot about this. In my memory, the biggest ______ he taught me was about how a person should have a strong work ethic.

When my brother and I were growing up, we mowed (修剪) yards during the summer to ______ our pocket money. Dad seemed to be our ______. He told our neighbors about our service and offered a price they could not ____. My brother and I got $10 per yard. I later found out that our friends were charging $20 for the same ______ of work.

Every time we headed out to mow grass, Dad was there to ______. He stood supervising (监督) our work ______ when he could have been inside ______with air conditioning and an icy drink.

One day we were cutting our next-door neighbor’s yard. She always waited ______ the grass was knee-high to call us over. ______, we had an old grass mower. This particular afternoon, I was finishing up and was ______ and sweaty.

I was just about to cut off the grass mower ______ I saw Dad pointing to one piece of grass. He shouted: “You ______ a piece.”

I frowned, hoping he would let it ______ and let me go home. He kept pointing. So, tired and disappointed, I went back to ______ that piece of grass. I thought to myself: “That one piece isn’t hurting ______. Why does he insist?”

But when I reached adulthood, I understood his ______: When you’re running a business, the work you do ______ a great deal about you. If you want to be seen as an entrepreneur (企业家) with ______, you must deliver a quality product. That single piece of ______ meant the job was not done.

1.A. lessons    B. suggestions    C. views    D. courses

2.A. gain    B. make    C. achieve    D. expand

3.A. host    B. assistant    C. manager    D. saver

4.A. refuse    B. give    C. agree    D. offer

5.A. yard    B. quality    C. number    D. amount

6.A. help    B. check    C. watch    D. confirm

7.A. in the air    B. in the heat    C. in the distance    D. in the way

8.A. relaxing    B. working    C. talking    D. sleeping

9.A. when    B. before    C. unless    D. until

10.A. Worse Still    B. In general    C. In addition    D. Above all

11.A. satisfied    B. inspired    C. amused    D. exhausted

12.A. while    B. when    C. as    D. until

13.A. lost    B. missed    C. ignored    D. blocked

14.A. flow    B. grow    C. stand    D. go

15.A. approach    B. search    C. cut    D. check

16.A. anyone    B. everyone    C. itself    D. others

17.A. function    B. reaction    C. message    D. hope

18.A. circulates    B. performs    C. explains    D. shows

19.A. honesty    B. consideration    C. respect    D. intelligence

20.A. work    B. grass    C. determination    D. failure

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.C

4.A

5.D

6.C

7.B

8.A

9.D

10.A

11.D

12.B

13.B

14.D

15.C

16.A

17.C

18.D

19.A

20.B

【解析】本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述的是“我”和哥哥在夏天帮邻居家除草以赚取零花钱，父亲一直站在一旁看我们工作。一次，在“我”感到筋疲力尽时，父亲指出“我”没有修整好的草坪。在父亲的坚持要求下，“我”完成了工作。父亲教给我对待工作要表现出专业性，以诚信为本。体现了职业道德的重要性。

1.考查名词辨析以及对语境的理解。A. lessons启示，教训； B. suggestions建议；;C. views观点；D. courses过程。句意：在我的记忆中，父亲交给我的最大的启示是关于一个人怎样有很强的职业道德。句中说的是关于职业道德，所以说是启示。故选A。

2.考查固定的动词搭配以及对语境的理解。A. gain获得；B. make制作，挣；C. achieve实现，完成；D. expand 扩大。make money赚钱。由情理可知我和哥哥通过除草来赚零花钱，故选B。

3.考查名词辨析以及对语境的理解。A. host主人；B. assistant助理，助手；C. manager经理，经理人，领导；D. saver救助者，节约装置。联系下文He told our neighbors about our service and offered a price 他告诉邻居我们的服务并给出价格。可知这里“他似乎作为我们的领导”符合语境。故选C。

4.考查动词辨析以及对语境的理解。A. refuse拒绝；B. give给；C. agree同意；D. offer提供。联系下句My brother and I got $10 per yard. I later found out that our friends were charging $20哥哥和我得到10美元每码。后来我发现我们的朋友们对于同样的工作量索要的价钱都是20美元。可知爸爸给出的是邻居们不会拒绝的价格。故选A。

5.考查名词辨析以及对语境的理解。A. yard码，院子；B. quality质量；C. number数字；D. amount量。句意：我后来发现我们的朋友们对于同样量的工作索要的是20美元。the same amount of相同量的。故选D。

6.考查动词辨析以及对语境的理解。A. help帮助；B. check核查，检查；C. watch看；D. confirm确认。 联系下句He stood supervising (监督) our work 可知，每次我妈去修草，爸爸都在那儿看着我们。故选C。

7.考查词组辨析以及对语境的理解。A. in the air悬而未决，（谣言等） 传开， 流行开来，半空中；B. in the heat在高温下；C. in the distance 在远处；D. in the way 挡路。由下文when he could have been inside relaxing with air conditioning.可知与在空调房里的凉爽相比，爸爸在炎热的户外监督我们工作。故选B。

8.考查动词辨析以及对语境的理解。A. relaxing放松；B. working工作；C. talking谈话，说话；D. sleeping睡觉。这里用“吹着空调喝着冷饮的‘relax和前面的在高温下监督我们工作形成对比。故选A。

9.考查连词辨析以及对语境的理解。A. when当；B. before在…之前；C. unless除非；D. until 直到。句意：她总是等到草长到膝盖那么高才叫我们过来。根据句意可知选D。

10.考查短语辨析以及对语境的理解。A. Worse Still更糟的是；B. In general总的来说；C. In addition除此以外；D. Above all最重要的是。句意：更糟糕的是，我们有一台比较破的修草机。故选A。

11.考查形容词辨析以及对语境的理解。A. satisfied满意的；B. inspired有创造力的，受到鼓舞的；C. amused搞笑的，逗乐的；D. exhausted疲惫的，累的。那天下午，就在我即将完成工作时，根据sweaty可知“我”觉得十分累。故选D。

12.考查连词辨析以及对语境的理解。A. while当；B. when当；C. as随着，因为，当；D. until直到。这里考查固定用法be about to ……when 刚要/即将/正要做某事时，突然发生其他事。句意：我正要关掉修草机时，看到爸爸指着一块草地。故选B。

13.考查动词辨析以及对语境的理解。A. lost失去；B. missed遗漏，错过；C. ignored忽视，不理睬；D. blocked阻挡。根据下文虽然很累，还是返回那块草地修剪，可知这里爸爸大声说：”你漏了一块草地没修剪“。故选B。

14.考查固定搭配以及对语境的理解。本题考查固定搭配let it go 就这样吧！让它过去吧！算了吧！句意：我皱眉，希望爸爸能算了，让我回家。故选D。

15.考查动词辨析以及对语境的理解。A. approach接近，靠近；B. search寻找；C. cut 切；D. check检查，核对。句意：因此，虽然感觉很累很失望，我还是回去修剪那片草。根据句意可知选C。

16.考查代词辨析以及对语境的理解。A. anyone任何人；B. everyone每个人；C. itself它本身；D. others其他的。我心想：”那块草地不会伤害任何人，爸爸为什么要坚持呢？“故选A。

17.考查名词辨析以及对语境的理解。A. function功能；B. reaction反应；C. message信息，要旨，教训；D. hope希望。句意：当我长大时，我明白了他的意思。故选C。

18.考查动词辨析以及对语境的理解。A. circulates循环，流通，散布；B. performs 表演，执行；C. explains解释；D. shows展示，展现。句意：当你在做一件事时，你所做的工作显示了你的很多素质。故选D。

19.考查名词辨析以及对语境的理解。A. honesty诚实；B. consideration考虑，关心，照顾；C. respect尊重；D. intelligence智力。 句意：如果你想被看作是一位诚信的企业家，你就必须要展现优质的产品。根据句意可知选A。

20.考查名词辨析以及对语境的理解。A. work工作；B. grass草；C. determination决心；D. failure失败。联系上文，可知作者总结出，那块遗漏了没有修剪的草就意味着工作没有完成。故选B。