内容正文:
Unit 2 A life's work
Ⅰ.完形填空
It was a very hot day in late summer. I was working in a local wood factory. It was dangerous, backbreaking work that paid very _____1____. In the year I had worked there, only four other people hadn't quit and been _____2____ with new faces, for there was no other work for them to find to _____3____ our families.
On this day the _____4____ weren't working and all of us were covered in sweat and sawdust. When I looked around, every face I saw looked angry and _____5____ . Abruptly, a voice called out, “Hey! There is a/an _____6____ in here.” A lost little deer wandered through the open loading bay doors, cowering in between the huge stacks of wood. All of us stopped to seek for her as she _____7____ looking for a way out.
Now most people here hunt deer for meat in the fall, but also treat them with great _____8____ during the rest of winter months. Therefore, all of us were soon _____9____ working together to free this little deer. By _____10____ off all the other routes we were able to guide her and _____11____ her back to the open door.
We watched as she _____12____ out of the building and back into the woods. Then we walked back in to _____13____ . I noticed something, though. On every face there was a _____14____ smile. It was as if this one single act of kindness had energized us again and _____15____ us of what life is all about.
[语篇解读] 这是一篇夹叙夹议文。本文讲述在一个非常炎热的夏天,伐木厂的辛苦劳动的工人正感到疲惫不堪之时,发现一只被困的小鹿,最后大家一起合力帮助小鹿回归自然,而自己疲惫的心情也同时得到了放松的故事。旨在告诉我们人和动物要和谐相处,这样也会使自己快乐。
1.A.much B.little
C.many D.few
解析:B [考查副词词义辨析。句意:这是一项危险而又累人的工作,报酬却很少。A.much许多(不可数名词);B.little很少(不可数名词);C.many 许多(可数名词);D.few很少(可数名词)。结合下文“only four other people hadn't quit”和“for there was no other work for them”可知报酬很少。故选B。]
2.A.impressed B.purchased
C.accompanied D.replaced
解析:D [考查动词词义辨析。句意:在我工作的那一年里,只有另外四个人没有辞工,没有被新面孔代替,因为他们找不到其他工作来养家。A.impressed印象深刻;B.purchased购买;C.accompanied陪伴;D.replaced取代。根据“only four other people hadn't quit”和“with new faces”可知,只有另外四个人没有辞工,没有