【題目】根據(jù)短文理解，從A、B、C、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選擇最佳答案填空。
There is a workman in America who earns as much as a company director. He is Max Quarterman, a thirty-year-old plasterer (泥瓦匠).
Max lives in an upper middle-class housing estate. His 1 are mostly bank managers, business executives, airline pilots and the 2, but Max's seven-bedroom house — 3 $ 80,000 — is the largest in the area. 4 outside the house are Max's $ 7000 sports car and his wife's Morris Mini. Indoors is a 150 colour TV set and the family's 5 — a circular bath with gold-plated taps. There are also many labour－saving 6 and luxury furniture.
How can a plasterer 7 all this? The answer, says Max, is hard work. In 8 with another plasterer, Max 9 contract plastering jobs for a firm. The owner of the firm 10 them as human machines, the best and quickest in the 11, who can do as much in two days as 12 two-man team can in two weeks.
How do they manage it? Not by working overtime. They work a(n) 13 eight-hour day, five days a week. The secret 14 in Max's hod (桶) in which he carries the plaster to the site of the job. Max's is a superhod — it contains double the usual 15 of plaster, and Max, a strong fellow, runs when he carries it. More time is thus 16 to get on with the plastering. Besides, 17 man wastes time smoking, and they 18 their lunch break to a 19 of an hour a day. Now Max earns over $ 800 a week which is four times the average weekly pay in Britain today, and if he gets as 20 as $ 15, it's a disaster.
（1）A.colleagues B.neighbours C.relatives D.friends
（2）A.like B.kind C.class D.same
（3）A.worthy B.spending C.costing D.worth
（4）A.Stopped B.Stopping C.Parked D.Parking
（5）A.property B.honour C.facility D.pride
（6）A.objects B.devices C.articles D.materials
（7）A.acquire B.use C.afford D.provide
（8）A.harmony B.correspondence C.partnership D.terms
（9）A.makes B.does C.takes D.gets
（10）A.tells B.treats C.compares D.describes
（11）A.trade B.job C.area D.walk
（12）A.no B.few C.any D.all
（13）A.unusual B.extra C.ordinary D.normal
（14）A.relies B.lies C.hides D.falls
（15）A.quality B.size C.quantity D.weight
（16）A.left B.needed C.spent D.kept
（17）A.both B.either C.neither D.each
（18）A.have B.cut C.miss D.spend
（19）A.time B.period C.limitation D.total
（20）A.much B.little C.more D.less

【答案】（1）、B
（2）、A
（3）、D
（4）、C
（5）、D
（6）、B
（7）、C
（8）、C
（9）、B
（10）、D
（11）、A
（12）、C
（13）、D
（14）、B
（15）、C
（16）、A
（17）、C
（18）、B
（19）、D
（20）、B

【解析】本文屬于記敘文，介紹了英國的一個(gè)泥瓦匠憑借很高的工作效率，取得了很好的緊急效益，過上了上流社會的生活。
（1）B考查上下文串聯(lián)。名詞colleague同事；neighbors鄰居；relative親戚；friend朋友；根據(jù)橫線前句Max lives in an upper middle-class housing estate.他住在一個(gè)上流社會的高級小區(qū)，那么本句談?wù)摰氖撬泥従拥那闆r。故選B。
（2）A 考查固定搭配。固定短語the like類似的人，句意：他的鄰居大部分都是銀行經(jīng)理，企業(yè)高管就按，飛行員等上流社會的人，故A正確。
（3）D考查上下文串聯(lián)。根據(jù)后面的名詞$ 80,000可知本句介紹他的房子的價(jià)值$ 80,000，只有形容詞worth后面接表示價(jià)格的名詞，說明這個(gè)商品的價(jià)格。故D正確。
（4）C 考查上下文串聯(lián)。動詞stop停止；park停車，泊車；根據(jù)本句后半句的sports car 和Morris Mini可知指汽車停在了房子外面。故C項(xiàng)正確。
（5）D 考查名詞辨析。名詞property財(cái)產(chǎn)，財(cái)富；honor榮譽(yù)；facility設(shè)備；pride自豪的事情；a circular bath with gold-plated taps是他們加最值得自豪的東西。當(dāng)然這屬于他家的財(cái)產(chǎn)，但是不是所有的財(cái)產(chǎn)都是值得自豪的事情。故D正確。
（6）B 考查名詞辨析。名詞object物品；device設(shè)備；article物品，生活用具；material材料；上文前幾句中提到的都是家庭中的一些設(shè)備，如汽車、水龍頭等。故B正確。
（7）C 考查動詞辨析。動詞acquire獲得；得到；use使用；afford承擔(dān)得起；provide提供；一個(gè)泥瓦匠怎么可能承擔(dān)得起所有這些昂貴的設(shè)備呢？本句是作者提出的疑問。故C項(xiàng)正確。
（8） C 考查介詞短語辨析。短語in harmony with與...和諧；in correspondence with與...一致；in partnership with和...合伙；in terms of就...而言；他能夠承擔(dān)得起如此好的生活條件依靠的是努力工作，和另外一個(gè)泥瓦匠合伙他們的確是在一個(gè)公司里做泥瓦匠的工作。故C項(xiàng)正確。
（9）B 考查動詞辨析。動詞make生產(chǎn)，制作；do做；take花費(fèi)，帶走；get得到；本句指這兩位泥瓦匠做的是自己的本職工作而已。ACD三項(xiàng)內(nèi)容與上下文不一致。動詞do和contract plastering jobs構(gòu)成動賓短語。故B正確。
（10）D 考查動詞辨析。動詞tell告訴；treat對待，治療；compare比較；describe描述；動詞短語describe sb as....把...描述成....；公司的老板把這兩個(gè)人描述為工作機(jī)器，也是各種最好和最快的生意伙伴。故D正確。
（11）A 考查名詞辨析。名詞trade生意，貿(mào)易；job工作；area地區(qū)；walk階層；公司老板人們他們是最好的貿(mào)易伙伴，因?yàn)樗麄冎g有工作的合作合同。所以稱他們?yōu)橘Q(mào)易伙伴。故A正確。
（12） C 考查詞義辨析。AB兩項(xiàng)不是否定含義，all的語氣不如any強(qiáng)烈。本句中any表示語義的強(qiáng)調(diào)，意為“任何”；句意：他們在兩天內(nèi)做的事情和其他的雙人組合在兩周內(nèi)做的一樣多。本句說明他們的工作效率很高，所以才會掙得如此多的錢。故C正確。
（13）D 考查上下文串聯(lián)。形容詞unusual不同尋常的；extra額外的；ordinary普通的；normal正常的。根據(jù)前句Not by working overtime可知他們并不是靠加班加點(diǎn)。只是正常工作8小時(shí)。與ABC三項(xiàng)語義不搭配。故選D。
（14）B考查動詞短語。ACD通常都不和介詞in連用，lie in在于……；他們成功的秘密在于他所攜帶的hod。故選B。
（15）C考查名詞辨析。名詞quality質(zhì)量；size尺寸，大小；quantity數(shù)量；weight重量。Max的桶和別人的不一樣，可以裝的數(shù)量是其他人的桶的兩倍，這樣一來他的效率就比別人的更高了。故C正確。
（16）A考查動詞辨析。動詞leave留下；need需要；spend花費(fèi)，度過；D. keep保持；在桶裝的數(shù)量上更多了，那么更多的時(shí)間就被留在了涂泥灰上了。故A正確。
（17）C 考查上下文串聯(lián)。根據(jù)17空In with another plasterer可知他和另外一位泥瓦匠合作，一共是兩個(gè)人，他們都不浪費(fèi)時(shí)間在抽煙上，而把所有的時(shí)間都用在了工作上。所以使用neither兩者都不...。故C正確。
（18）B 考查動詞辨析。動詞have擁有；cut削減；miss錯(cuò)過；spend度過；他們不僅沒有在抽煙上浪費(fèi)時(shí)間，而且還把午飯及休息的時(shí)間削減到總共一個(gè)小時(shí)，把更多的時(shí)間用在了工作上。那么一天的工作效率就會更高了。故B正確。
（19）D 考查固定搭配。短語a total of共計(jì)....；本句仍然在敘述他們把更多的工作時(shí)間用在了工作上，把午間休息的時(shí)間削減到一個(gè)小時(shí)。故D正確。
（20）B 考查形容詞辨析。形容詞much很多；little很少；more更多；less更少。本句并沒有涉及到兩者的比較，所以排除CD項(xiàng)。如果他掙得錢少到15英鎊，那么就是災(zāi)難。根據(jù)句意可知使用否定含義。故B項(xiàng)正確。

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