Ⅲ. 完形填空
An old carpenter (木匠) is ready to retire (退休). He tells his boss he is going to ____ the house - building business and live a happy life with his wife.
The boss is sorry to see his good worker go and asks if he can build just one more house as a personal favor (心愿). The carpenter says yes. But it is easy to see that his ____ is not in the work. This time he works very ____.
When the carpenter ____ his work, the boss comes to see the house. He hands the front - door key to the carpenter. "This is your house," he says, "my gift to you." The carpenter is ____! What a shame! If he had known he was building his own house, he would have been sure to do it very ____.
So it is with us. We ____ our life every day. We often put less than our best into the building. Then to our ____, we realize we have to live in the house we have built. If we could do it again, we should do it very carefully.
You are the ____. Each day you hammer a nail, place a board, or ____ a wall. "Life is a do - it - yourself project," someone said. Your attitudes (态度) and the choices you make today build the "house" you will live in tomorrow. Build wisely!
1. A. find
B. come
C. leave
D. visit
2. A. heart
B. time
C. job
D. hand
3. A. safely
B. carelessly
C. wisely
D. happily
4. A. begins
B. finds
C. looks
D. finishes
5. A. angry
B. surprised
C. satisfied
D. excited
6. A. early
B. quietly
C. carefully
D. clearly
7. A. leave
B. build
C. invent
D. imagine
8. A. success
B. health
C. surprise
D. heart
9. A. reader
B. wife
C. boss
D. carpenter
10. A. take up
B. come up
C. put up
D. give up

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