1. (2022七下·青山期中) 阅读下面材料，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A young man went to the boss （老板） of logging crew （伐木队） and asked for a job.

"Let me see you fell this tree first." said the boss. The young man took his axe and fell a big tree in a short time. The boss was happy and said, "You can start the job on Monday."

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday went by, and Thursday afternoon the boss went to the young man and said, "You can get the pay （报酬） today. "The young man was very surprised. He answered, "I thought you would pay on Friday" "Usually we," the boss said." But I'll let you go today because you've fallen behind （落后）. You have dropped （降） from the first place on Monday to the last place today. "

"But I'm quite hard—working. "the young man said, "I am the first to arrive, and the last to leave, and even work during my coffee time!" The boss thought for a minute and asked, "Have you sharpened your axe （磨斧子）? "The young man answered, "No, sir, I work too hard to take time for that!"

Our lives are like this. We sometimes get so busy that we don't take time to sharpen the axe". There's nothing wrong with working hard. But we all need time to relax, to think, to learn and to grow. If we don't spend time relaxing, we will feel bored and fall behind.

1. （1） How did the young man get the job?

   A . He answered the boss' questions. B . He gave the boss a sharp axe. C . He showed that he could do the job well. D . He started to work hard.
3. （2） The underlined the word "fell" in Para. 2 most probably means      .

   A . cut down B . take down C . put down D . turn down
5. （3） The young man got the pay a day earlier because      .

   A . the boss was happy with him B . the boss asked him to leave C . he had no money to buy anything D . he didn't want to wok the next day
7. （4） We can know from the passage that      .

   A . the young man works really hard B . the young man likes drinking coffee a lot C . the boss pays his workers on Thursdays D . the boss doesn't like the young man at all
9. （5） The story wants to tell us      .

   A . where there is a will （意志力）, there is a way B . saving time is very important for us C . there is nothing wrong with hard work D . we need to take time to sharpen the axe