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高二下期英语培优（九）试题 命题：王伟丽 2014-4-23 第一部分 完形填空 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1-20各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。 Once upon a time a very strong woodcutter asked for a job in a timber merchant’s shop, and he got it. The payment was really 1 and so were the work conditions. For that 2 , the woodcutter was determined to do his best. His 3 gave him an axe (斧子) and showed him the area where he was 4 to work. The first day, the woodcutter 5 18 trees. “Congratulations,” the boss said. “Go on that 6 !” Very encouraged by the boss’s 7 , the woodcutter tried harder the 8 day, but he only could bring 15 trees. The third day he tried 9 harder, but he only could bring 10 trees. Day after day he was bringing fewer and fewer trees. “I must be 10 my strength”, the woodcutter thought. He went to the boss and 11 , saying that he could not understand what was going on. “When was the last time you 12 your axe?” the boss asked. “Sharpen? I had no time to sharpen my axe. I have been very 13 trying to cut down trees ...” Our 14 is like that. We sometimes get so busy that we don’t 15 time to sharpen the “axe”. In today’s world, it seems that 16 is busier than ever, but less happy than ever. 17 we should not get so busy that we neglect the truly 18 things in life. We all need time to relax, to think, to 19 and grow. If we don’t take time to sharpen the “axe”, we will become 20 and lose our effectiveness. So start from today, think about the ways in which you could do your job more effectively and add a lot of values to it. 1. A. good B. little C. nice D. bad 2. A. purpose B. duty C. reason D. result 3. A. father B. boss C. workmate D. friend 4. A. thought B. considered C. worried D. supposed 5. A. bought B. grew C.brought D. planted 6. A. way B. day C. time D. moment 7. A. plans B. words C. decisions D. ideas 8. A. first B.