We live in a technological society where most goods are mass-produced by unskilled labor. Because of this, most people think that craft no longer exists.
One of the ways these people wrongly support their view is by pointing to 100-year-old homes which are still solid, and arguing that it is the craftsmanship that is responsible for their durability. “Homes in those days were well-built,” they say. No doubt these homes were well-built, but what these people have done is mix up the quality of material used in the house with the quality of the craftsmanship.
Homes today could be built to last just as long as those old homes if people were willing or able to pay the price. For example, most people can no longer afford solid oak stairways, although they were once fairly common in older homes. Nor can they afford the high labor cost of employing a carpenter to build the stairway. Yet if someone can pay the high cost, there are still plenty of carpenters around able to make those stairways. And not only would these carpenters know how to build them, they would probably do a better job than carpenters of old.
One thing the modern carpenter has which enables him to do a better job is much more advanced tools. Such tools as laser beams and powerplanes help them lay out a house better and make more precision cuts on the wood. Also, it is not uncommon say more to find carpenters with college degrees and carpenters with a solid knowledge of mathematics, which would enable them to deal with more difficult house designs.
The problem of modern quality, then, really boils down to the problem of material, for the modern carpenter is just as able to produce craftsmanship as the carpenter of fifty years ago, but only if given proper material.
小題1: Compared to the carpenters in the past, modern carpenters are           .
A．more successfulB．more learned
C．more imaginativeD．more hardworking
小題2: What does the underlined work “they” (paragraph 2) refer to?
A．Carpenters who are fond of oak stairways.
B．Carpenters who have college degrees.
C．People who think highly of carpenters of old.
D．People who think that modern material is of low quality.
小題3:What does the third paragraph mainly discuss?
A．People in the past preferred to use oak to build stairways.
B．It is now expensive to employ a carpenter.
C．Modern houses last as long as the old ones.
D．Good carpenters still exist in modern times.
小題4: What would be the best title for the text?
A．Is Craft Dead?B．Craft, Back to Life?
C．History of CraftsmanshipD．Carpenters Today and Yesterday

小題1:B
小題2:C
小題3:D
小題4:A

試題分析：
小題1:B理解推斷題。We live in a technological society where most goods are mass-produced by unskilled labor. 由文章前兩段可知，現(xiàn)在的木工都是學習過知識的。故選B
小題2:C 細節(jié)題。由One of the ways these people wrongly support their view is by pointing to 100-year-old homes which are still solid, and arguing that it is the craftsmanship that is responsible for their durability. 可知C正確。
小題3:D 理解題。本文第三段第四行there are still plenty of carpenters around able to make those stairways.說明好的木工在現(xiàn)代依舊存在。故選D
小題4:A 文章理解題。根據(jù)文章第二段和第三段，都說明主要講了現(xiàn)代與古代的木工及他們的建筑。故A正確。
點評：本文主要講了現(xiàn)代與古代的木工及他們的建筑。文章所設(shè)試題主要考察細節(jié)查找，做題關(guān)鍵是找出原文的根據(jù)，認真核查題支和原文的異同，常犯錯誤有：絕對化語言，范圍擴大或縮小，以偏概全，張冠李戴等。
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