He’s an old cobbler(修鞋匠) with a shop in the Marais, a historic area in Paris. When I took him my shoes, he at first told me, “I haven’t time. Take them to the other fellow on the main street. He’ll fix them for you right away.”
But I had my eyes on his shop for a long time. Just looking at his bench loaded with tools and pieces of leather, I knew he was a skilled craftsman(手藝人). “No.” I replied, “The other fellow can’t do it well.”
“The other fellow” was one of those shopkeepers who fix shoes and make keys — without knowing much about mending shoes or making keys. They work carelessly, and when they have finished sewing back a sandal strap(鞋帶), you might as well just throw away the pair.
My man saw I wouldn't give in, and he smiled. He wiped hands on his blue apron(圍裙), looked at my shoes, had me write my name on one shoe with a piece of chalk and said, “Come back in a week.”
I was about to leave when he took a pair of soft leather boots off a shelf.
“See what I can do?” he said with pride. “Only three of us in Paris can do this kind of work.”
When I got back out into the street, the world seemed brand-new to me. He was something out of an ancient legend, this old craftsman with his way of speaking familiarly, his very strange dusty felt hat, his funny accent and his pride in his craft.
These are times when nothing is important but the bottom line, when you can do things any old way as long as it “pays”, when, in short, people look on work as a path to ever-increasing consumption rather than a way to realize their abilities. In such a period it is a rare comfort to find a cobbler who gets his greatest satisfaction from pride in a job well done.
【小題1】Which of the following is true about the old cobbler?

A.He was equipped with the best repairing tools.
B.He was the only cobbler in the Marais.
C.He was proud of his skills.
D.He was a native Parisian.
【小題2】The sentence “He was something out of an ancient legend” implies that ______.
A.nowadays you can hardly find anyone like him
B.it was difficult to communicate with this man
C.the man was very strange
D.the man was too old
【小題3】According to the author, many people work just to ______.
A.realize their abilitiesB.gain happiness
C.make moneyD.gain respect
【小題4】This story wants to tell us that ______.
A.craftsmen make a lot of moneyB.whatever you do, do it well
C.craftsmen need self-respectD.people are born equal


【小題1】C
【小題2】A
【小題3】C
【小題4】B

解析試題分析:作者從一個(gè)鞋匠從做好一個(gè)工作中得到最大的滿足是一種安慰和現(xiàn)在的人不認(rèn)真工作,只是為了掙錢。希望人們應(yīng)該認(rèn)真工作。
【小題1】細(xì)節(jié)推斷題。從第六段“he said with pride,‘Only three of us in Paris can do this kind of work.’”可知,他說在巴黎只有三個(gè)鞋匠能做這項(xiàng)工作,因此他對于自己的手藝很自豪。選C。
【小題2】推測詞義題。劃線句子的意思是“他好像是從遠(yuǎn)古時(shí)代出來的一樣”。作者在說這句話的時(shí)候一點(diǎn)貶義也沒有,作者很尊重他,這句話只是表明他跟現(xiàn)在的人不一樣,現(xiàn)在很難找到像他這樣的人了。A。
【小題3】細(xì)節(jié)推斷題。從最后一段“people look on work as a path to ever-increasing consumption”可知,人們工作的原因是為了增加消費(fèi)。掙錢才能消費(fèi)。因此,人們工作的原因是掙錢。選C。
【小題4】主旨題。最后一段講到現(xiàn)在的人不認(rèn)真工作,只是為了掙錢。最后一句話“In such a period it is a rare comfort to find a cobbler who gets his greatest satisfaction from pride in a job well done.” 作者認(rèn)為,看見一個(gè)鞋匠從做好一個(gè)工作中得到最大的滿足是一種安慰。由此可得,作者希望人們應(yīng)該認(rèn)真工作。選B。
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點(diǎn)評:作者從一個(gè)鞋匠從做好一個(gè)工作中得到最大的滿足是一種安慰和現(xiàn)在的人不認(rèn)真工作,只是為了掙錢。希望人們應(yīng)該認(rèn)真工作。本文考查細(xì)節(jié)題為主,細(xì)節(jié)題可以在文章中直接找到與答案有關(guān)的信息?或是其變體。搜查信息在閱讀中非常重要它包括理解作者在敘述某事時(shí)使用的具體事實(shí)、數(shù)據(jù)、圖表等細(xì)節(jié)信息。在一篇短文里大部分篇幅都屬于這類圍繞主體展開的細(xì)節(jié)。做這類題一般采用尋讀法?即先讀題,然后帶著問題快速閱讀短文,找出與問題有關(guān)的詞語或句子,再對相關(guān)部分進(jìn)行分析對比,找出答案。

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