单选题 Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
单选题
  • A. Enjoy family happiness.
  • B. Switch to another field.
  • C. Start his own business.
  • D. Build a house of his own.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 32-35 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 iust 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 100k 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 1ife you will ever build．Even if you live it for only one rnore 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． 32．What did the carpenter plan to do? [解析] 选项均以原形动词开头以及其中的Start his own business表明，本题可能与某男士的计划或建议有关。短文开头提到，the carpenter(木匠)打算退休了，他告诉雇主他打算离开建筑行业，与妻子过一种悠闲的生活，享受家庭之乐，[A]为木匠的计划之一，故为答案。
单选题
  • A. He planned to sell it to one of his customers.
  • B. He planned to send it to the carpenter as a gift.
  • C. He planned to fill it with his favorites.
  • D. He planned to send it to his partner.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] How did the contractor plan to deal with the house he asked the carpenter to build? [解析] 选项均以He planned to开头以及其中的sell/send it等表明，本题考查He对it的处理方式，听音时注意it指代什么。短文中提到，木匠的雇主让他在退休前再造一所房子，在木匠完工后，雇主把the front-door key交给了木匠，并告诉他“This is your house…my gift to you”，由此可知，雇主打算将房子送给木匠，故答案为[B]。
单选题
  • A. It was of low quality.
  • B. It was perfect in workmanship and materials.
  • C. It did not satisfy the contractor.
  • D. It was the best of all the houses he had built.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] What can we know about the last house the carpenter built? [解析] 选项中的It，low quality，perfect，the best of all the houses等表明，It指代某所房子，本题与这所房子的质量有关。短文中提到，木匠答应在退休前再建造一所房子，但是这名木匠的心思已经不在工作上了，他在建房子时使用了粗糙的工艺 (shoddy workmanship)和劣质的材料(inferior materials)，由此可推断出，这名工匠建造的最后一个房子的质量很差，故答案为[A]。 [点睛] but转折处为常考点，听音时应留意。
单选题
  • 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.
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] What does the story intend to tell us? [解析] 选项均以We should开头以及其中的focus on the future 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以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隋应该全力以赴，由此可知，答案为[D]。 [点睛] 短文主旨可根据短文中所列举的例子进行推断。