Question

【题目】完形填空。（每小题1.5分, 共15分）

Maybe you have seen this in schools. Some students are studying nearly all the time but they just pass their exams, ______some others may spend much less time on their books but do much better in exams. How could this happen? People used to think that hard work is the only way to _____. But now they have understood that smart work can make them succeed, too.

Hard workers don’t mind working for long hours, while smart workers always think of several different answers ______ these questions, “Why should I suffer this?” “Isn’t there a better way to do this?” Thanks to these people, we can use computers_______ the abacus（算盘） now. Progress in every field is the direct result of “try to find a better way” by smart workers.

There was a large soap factory in Japan. Once it _______ an unusual letter from someone who complained that there was no soap in the soapbox he bought.

How could empty soapboxes go out of the factory? The engineers checked the producing and packing. The producing was fine, but in about one in ten thousand cases, the packing machine let an empty soapbox go. There was no_______ to spend a lot of money repairing the machine for such a small problem. The engineer soon worked out a solution, he put a huge X-ray machine and two large computers to find out the empty soapboxes. After teaching the workers ______ to use it, he sat down in his seat, tired.

“Sir, we could have solved the problems in a _______ simpler and cheaper way,” a worker said.

“Really? How?”

“We can put a huge fan near the packing machine. The wind ________ from the fan will blow away the empty boxes, leaving the other boxes with soap.”

See, this is smart work. _______ succeed, we should not only work hard like the engineer, but also think smart like this worker.

【1】A. however B. and C. when D. while

【2】A. success B. school C. exam D. question

【3】A. to B. with C. of D. in

【4】A. along with B. including C. besides D. instead of

【5】A. received B. accepted C. heard from D. heard of

【6】A. way B. use C. need D. doubt

【7】A. what B. how C. when D. where

【8】A. very B. more C. far D. pretty

【9】A. come B. came C. is coming D. coming

【10】A. Stick to B. Hold on to C. Thanks to D. In order to

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】A

【3】A

【4】D

【5】A

【6】C

【7】B

【8】C

【9】D

【10】D

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要通过日本一个人运用聪明才智解决生产中遇到的难题的事例，说明努力并非成功的唯一途径，智慧同样可以起到事半功倍的效果。

【1】考查连词与语境理解。A. however 然而；B. and 和；C. When何时；D. While然而，当……时候，句意：然而其他一些人可能在书本上花时间少但考试却考的很好。根据句意此空是表示转折，但however要与后面的句子用逗号分开，所以只能选 D。

【2】考查名词与语境理解。A. Success成功；B. School学校； C. Exam考试；D. Question问题，句意：人们过去认为努力工作是成功的唯一途径。根据句意此空是指“成功”，故选A。

【3】考查介词与语境理解。A. toB. with C. ofD. In句意：然而聪明的工人总是能想出问题的几种不同的答案。“问题的答案”应用介词to，故选A。

【4】考查介词与语境理解。 A. along with一起；B. Including包括；C. Besides除了（还包括）；D. instead of代替，句意：现在我们可以用计算机代替了算盘。根据句意“代替”应用instead of，所以此题选D。

【5】考查动词与语境理解。A. Received收到；B. Accepted接受；C. heard from收到某人的来信；D. heard of听说，句意：一次他从某人那里收到一封不同寻常的信，这人抱怨说肥皂盒里没有肥皂。根据语境是收到某人的来信，hear from只能跟人，所以选A。

【6】考查名词与语境理解。 A. Way方法； B. Use用途；C. Need需要；D. doubt 怀疑，句意：为这个小问题根本就没有必要花费大量的钱来修理机器。根据语境是“没有必要”，所以选C。

【7】考查疑问词词与语境理解。A. What什么；B. how 怎样； C. When何时；D. Where哪里，句意：在教给工人们如何使用之后，他坐下来，非常疲惫。根据语境是教给工人们如何让使用，因此选B。

【8】考查副词与语境理解。A. Very非常； B. More更多；C. Far远的； D. Pretty漂亮的，句意：我们能用一种更简单和便宜的方法解决这个问题。此题是修饰比较级，只能用far，其他词不能修饰比较级，故选C。

【9】考查动词与语境理解。A. ComeB. cameC. is coming.D. Coming句意：来自风扇的风会吹走空的肥皂盒。此句是简单句，所以此空需要用非谓语动词，因此用coming作定语故选D。

【10】考查词组与语境理解。A. Stick to坚持；B. Hold on to 坚持；C. Thanks to由于，幸亏；D. In order to为了，句意：为了成功我们不仅要像这个工程师一样努力工作更要像这位工人一样聪明的思考。根据句意此空是表示目的，故选D。