Question

 

     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'd had my eye 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 “while-U-wait” -- 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 his 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 from who-knows-where and, above all, 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  (消費) rather than a way to realize their own 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.

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.

2.The sentence “He was something out of an ancient legend.” ( paragraph 7 ) 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

3.According to the author, many people work just to           .

     A. realize their abilities     B. gain happiness    C. make money   D. gain respect

4.This story wants to tell us that            .

     A. craftsmen make a lot of money          B. whatever you do, do it well

     C. craftsmen need self-respect              D. people are born equal

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.C

【解析】從第1到7段作者對cobbler的描寫，特別是第6段可以判斷出。

【考點】細節理解題

【易錯點】不要被個別字眼影響，誤選其它答案。

【備考建議】閱讀時，要隨著作者的對人物的描寫思路，猜測作者流露出的喜歡，討厭，贊揚或批評等語氣。

2.A

【解析】從第7段和最后一句可以判斷。

【考點】推理判斷題

【易錯點】考生若抓住文中his very strange 來理解劃線部分的話，會誤選C.

【備考建議】推理判斷題的特點是：文章有的細節不要選。

3.C

【解析】從最后一段第一句進行歸納。

【考點】深層細節理解題

【易錯點】注意作者在最后一段指代哪類人，別搞錯了，誤選A.

【備考建議】注意文章篇章結構。

4.B

【解析】從全文作者的親身經歷和發出的感受描寫可以歸納出。

【考點】歸納概括題

【易錯點】本題應該區分度不大，因為設題難度較低。

    【備考建議】歸納中心思想時，選擇的答案要歸納性強，能體現文章的主題和作者的意圖。