第三部分完型填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）An elderly carpenter (木匠) was ready to retire. He told his empl

第三部分完型填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
An elderly carpenter (木匠) was ready to retire. He told his employer of his 41 to leave the house building 42and live a more leisurely life with his wife, 43 time with his extended family. He would 44 the pay, but he needed to retire. They could 45 .
The employer was 46 to see such a good worker leave and asked if he could build just one more house as a personal 47 . The carpenter said yes, but in time it was 48 to see that his heart was not in his work. He built the house 49 and used poor materials. It was an 50 way to end his career.
When the carpenter 51 his work, the employer handed the front – door key to the carpenter. “This is your house,” he said, “a 52 to you.”
What a shock! What a 53 ! If he had only known he was building his 54 house, he would have done it all so 55 . Now he had to live in the house he had built none too well.
56 it is with us. We build our 57 in a distracted (心不在焉)way, reacting rather than acting, willing to put up less than the best. At 58 points we do not give the job our best effort. Then with a shock we look at the situation we have 59 and find that we are now living in the house we have built . If we had 60 , we would have done it differently.
41.A.retirement B. problem C. purposes D. plans
42.A.business B. site C. teams D. workers
43.A.cheering B. dividing C. enjoying D. sparing
44.A.consider B. miss C. raise D. save
45.A.get by B. get alone C. get back D. get around
46.A.ashamed B. anxious C. frightened D. sorry
47.A.favor B. bargain C. present D. reply
48.A.frank B. probable C. easy D. content
49.A.sadly B. carelessly C. slowly D. proudly
50.A.unfair B. unhappy C. unfortunate D. unusual
51.A.checked B. discovered C. prepared D. finished
52.A.gift B. salary C. memory D. punishment
53.A.quality B. prize C. shame D. surprise
54.A.final B. best C. everlasting D. own
55.A.differently B. quickly C. hard D. happily
56.A.Then B. So C. But D. Whatever
57.A.houses B. bodies C. glories D. lives
58.A.difficult B. main C. strong D. important
59.A.created B. faced C. improved D. avoided
60.A.recognized B. noticed C. realized D. previewed41-45.DACBA 46-50.DACBC 51-55.DACDA 56-60.BDDAC

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