题目内容：

Once there was a group of men — a young hot-blooded man and a big number of old folks, doing a timber (木料) job in a jungle.

This young man was very      . He always continued to work through his break time and      that those old folks were wasting time, having to       several times a day to drink and chat. As time went by, this young man noticed that     he worked through break time and hardly took a    , those old folks were chopping the same     of trees as he did and sometimes did more. It was as if they worked through the break time as he did. So he    to work harder the next day. Unfortunately the    were even worse.

One day, one of the old folks    him for a drink during their break time. That young man     and said that he had no      time! Then the old man smiled and said, “It is just a waste of effort to   chopping trees without  re-sharpening  your axe（斧子）.Sooner or later you will       or be so tired as you have spent too much     .”

Suddenly the young man     that actually during break times while those old folks were having a chat, they were      re-sharpening their axes at the same time! And , yet spending less time!

What we      is efficiency by making use of our skill and ability   . Only then can we have more time to do other things. Otherwise we will always keep saying ... I have no     !

1.A. weak   B. clever    C. hard-working  D. predicted

2.A. admired   B. complained   C. reminded   D. predicted

3.A. plan   B. appear    C. work    D. break

4.A. even though  B. only if    C. because   D. unless

5.A. photo   B. rest    C. step    D. bath

6.A. weight   B. height    C. amount   D. price

7.A. failed   B. pretended   C. agreed    D. decided

8.A. marks   B. results    C. effects    D. conditions

9.A. invited   B. blamed   C. thanked   D. forgave

10.A. begged  B. argued   C. nodded  D. refused

11.A. wrong  B. valuable  C. extra   D. exact

12.A. mind  B. avoid   C. practice  D. keep

13.A. speed up   B. give up  C. watch out  D. turn out

14.A. energy  B. money   C. life   D. skill

15.A. warned  B. expected  C. realized  D. announced

16.A. also  B. hardly   C. seldom  D. never

17.A. talk  B. chop   C. walk   D. climb

18.A. abandon B. introduce  C. need   D. teach

19.A. quickly  B. curiously C. seriously  D. intelligently

20.A. time  B. tool   C. job   D. patience