Question

【題目】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 of losing 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 complaining 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 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 or fellow men.

【1】The Chinese meaning of the word “punctual” in this passage is probably “_______”.

A. 聽話的 B. 能干的 C. 守紀律的 D. 守時的

【2】Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. An unpunctual person often has more time.

B. A punctual person often does his work wonderfully.

C. A punctual person often has a busy life.

D. An unpunctual person has more work to do.

【3】When you are invited to dinner, you'd better arrive there________.

A. at the decided time B. after the host

C. in a hurry D. before other guests

【4】 From the passage, we learn that an unpunctual man usually ________ in the bed.

A. saves time for others

B. loses his time and good name

C. gets his chances and knowledge

D. leaves his family and friends

【5】According to the author, which one is more useful?

A. Good name. B. Respect.

C. Material things. D. Time.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】B

【3】A

【4】B

【5】D

【解析】

試題分析：短文大意：該文作者對守時的人和不守時的人做了分析比較。一個守時的人總是習慣于在正確的時間做一件事的，從不遲到。而一個不守時的人總是匆匆忙忙，最后失去了時間和他的好名聲。

【1】D詞義猜測題。根據(jù)短文第一句in the habit of doing a thing at the correct time and is never late for anything可知一個守時的人習慣于在正確的時間做一件事，從不遲到。所以選D。

【2】B細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段的第一句Not like a punctual person, an unpunctual one can't do his duty wonderfully,可知一個不守時的人不能像守時的人那樣很好地履行自己的職責，所以選B。

【3】A細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段的描述可知，遲到是對別人的不尊重，所以要按時到。故選A。

【4】B細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段第二句He is always in a hurry and in the end of losing both time and his good name.可知不守時的人總是匆匆忙忙，最后失去了時間和他的好名聲。所以選B。

【5】D細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文的描述可知作者認為時間更有用，所以選D。