上海市各区2014-2015年初三英语一模试卷分类汇编--回答问题--老(2)

Tears came to my eyes as I realized what I had been a fool to judge Alan as a failure. He h ad not left any material wealth behind, but he was a “real” father in his son’s heart.

88. Did Alan and his wife take their son’s stomachache seriously?

__________________________________________________________________________. 89. How did Alan feel after his elder son died suddenly?

__________________________________________________________________________. 90. Why did Alan begin to lose what he had had?

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上海市各区2015届初三英语一模试题汇编:回答问题

__________________________________________________________________________. 91. What made Ernie such a kind and caring person?

__________________________________________________________________________. 92. When did the writer change his judgment about Alan ?

__________________________________________________________________________. 93. What did the writer think of Alan as a father in the end? Give the reason.

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Keys: 88. No, they didn’t

89. He felt guilty. /Guilty.

90. Because he turned to alcohol for help. /Because Alan became an alcoholic. /Because he was addicted to alcohol.

91. His father’s love. /His father’s kiss and words.

92. After he talked with Ernie. /After he learned the fact/truth. When Ernie tole the writer what his father had done.

93. He thought Alan was a real/good/kind/loving father.

He didn’t leave his younger son alone like his wife. /(Although he got depressed) after his elder son’s death, he still loved his younger son in his way. /Because his son became one of the kindest, most caring, most loving men.

D. Answer the questions (根据短文内容回答下列问题) (12分，第88题1分，第89-92题每题2分，第93题3分)

An old carpenter was ready to retire. He told his employer (雇主) of his plans to leave the house building business and live a more relaxing life with his wife and children. He would miss the paycheck, but he needed to retire. They thought they could support themselves for the rest of their life.

The employer was sorry to see his good worker go and asked if he could build just one more house. The carpenter said yes, but in time it was easy to see that his heart was not in his work. He turned to bad workmanship and used poor building materials.

It was an unlucky way to end his working life. When the carpenter finished his work and the

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上海市各区2015届初三英语一模试题汇编:回答问题

employer came to see the house, he handed the front door key to the carpenter. "This is your house," he said, "my gift to you."

What a shock! What a shame! If he had only known he was building his own house, he would have done it all so differently. Now he had to live in the home he had built none too well.

So it is with us. We build our lives in a distracted (不专注的) way, willing to put up less than the best. At important points we do not give the job our best effort. Then with a shock we look at the situation we have created and find that we are now living in the house we have built. If we had realized that, we would have done it differently.

It is the only life you will ever build. Even if you live it for only one day more, that day deserves to be lived with dignity (尊严).

The sentence on the wall reads, "Life is a do-it-yourself project." Who could say it more clearly? Your life today is the result of your attitudes and choices in the past. Your life tomorrow will be the result of your attitudes and choices you make today.

88. The old carpenter lived quite a rich life with his wife and children, didn't he?

__________________________________________________________________________. 89. Why did the old carpenter want to retire?

__________________________________________________________________________. 90. What did the old carpenter's employer ask him to do before he retired?

__________________________________________________________________________. 91. How did the carpenter do the job his employer asked him to do?

__________________________________________________________________________. 92. How did the carpenter feel when he realized that the last house he built was his home?

__________________________________________________________________________. 93. What does the sentence on the wall mean?

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Keys: 88. No, he didn’t.

89. Because he wanted to live a more relaxing life with his wife and children.

90. The employer ask ed him to build just one more house.

91. He turned to bad workmanship and used poor materials. / Lazily. / Badly.

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