Question

【題目】 Many years ago, there was an old man who had four sons. He wanted his sons to learn not to judge (判斷) things too ______, so he told them to go and look at a pear tree. It was far away from his home. The first son went in winter, the second in spring, the third in summer, and the youngest son in autumn.

When the sons came back, the old man asked them to tell him ______ they had seen. The first son complained the tree was ______. The second son said, “No, it was ______with buds (花蕾) and full of hope”. The third son disagreed. He said the tree was full of green leaves. They looked so ______. The youngest son said that the tree was bowed down (壓彎) ______ heavy fruits. It was full of harvest.

The old man ______ that all of his sons were right, but each of them had seen just one season of the tree. He told them that they couldn’t judge a tree or a person by only one season. “If you give up when it’s winter, you will miss the ______ of your spring, the beauty of your summer, and the harvest of your autumn,” said the old man.

It is true that we shouldn’t let the hard season break the ______ of the other seasons. Never ______ during the difficult days and better times are sure to come some day.

【1】A.patientlyB.carefullyC.slowlyD.quickly

【2】A.whatB.whereC.howD.when

【3】A.energeticB.uglyC.heavyD.strong

【4】A.coveredB.fixedC.mixedD.planted

【5】A.sillyB.funnyC.interestingD.beautiful

【6】A.inB.atC.withD.about

【7】A.promisedB.shoutedC.impressedD.explained

【8】A.hopeB.secretC.surpriseD.difference

【9】A.sadnessB.darknessC.businessD.happiness

【10】A.give outB.give upC.give awayD.give off

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】A

【3】B

【4】A

【5】D

【6】C

【7】D

【8】A

【9】D

【10】B

【解析】

這篇短文主要講述了許多年前，有一個老人，他有四個兒子。他希望他的兒子不要太快作出判斷。所以他告訴他們?nèi)タ匆豢美鏄�。從而進一步告訴我們：在困難的日子永不放棄，總有一天會有美好的日子。

【1】句意：他想讓他的兒子們學會不要太快判斷事情。

patiently耐心地；carefully認真地；slowly慢地；quickly快地；根據(jù)句意理解及The first son went in winter, the second in spring, the third in summer, and the youngest son in autumn.和下文He told them that they couldn’t judge a tree or a person by only one season.可知，這里表達的是“不要快速的判斷”，故選D.

【2】句意：老人讓他們告訴他他們看到了什么。

what什么；where哪里；how怎么樣；when何時；根據(jù)句意理解及后文的描述The first son complained … The youngest son said that the tree was bowed down (壓彎) ___6___ heavy fruits. It was full of harvest.可知，這里是要求他們說出自己看到了什么，表達的是“什么”，英語是what，在句中是引導賓語從句且在從句中作賓語，故選A。

【3】句意：大兒子抱怨樹很丑。

energetic精力充沛的；ugly丑的；heavy重的；strong強壯的；根據(jù)句意理解及句中的complained和前文的The first son went in winter可知，這里表達的是“樹很丑”，故選B。

【4】句意：第二個兒子說：“不，它長滿了花蕾，充滿了希望。”

covered覆蓋；fixed安裝；mixed混合；planted種植；根據(jù)句意理解及前文the second in spring可知，這里表達的是“樹上長滿了花蕾”，英語是be covered with，表示“被……覆蓋”，故選A。

【5】句意：他們看起來真漂亮。

silly愚蠢的；funny有趣的；interesting有趣的；beautiful漂亮的；根據(jù)句意理解及前文the third in summer和He said the tree was full of green leaves.以及后文中提到的the beauty of your summer可知，這里表達的是“樹很美”，故選D。

【6】句意：小兒子說那棵樹結(jié)了很多果實。

in在……里面；at在……點時；with有著；about關于；根據(jù)句意理解可知，果實是長在樹上的，所以這里表達的是“有著……”，所以這里應該用with，故選C。

【7】句意：老人解釋說，他所有的兒子都是對的。

promised承諾；shouted喊叫；impressed使……印象深刻；explained解釋；根據(jù)句意理解及后句all of his sons were right, but each of them had seen just one season of the tree.可知，這里表達的是“給出兒子們一些解釋”，故選D。

【8】句意：如果你在冬天放棄，你將失去春天的希望，夏天的美麗，秋天的豐收。

hope希望；secret秘密；surprise驚奇；difference不同；根據(jù)句意理解及前文with buds (花蕾) and full of hope可知，這里表達的是“春天的希望”，故選A。

【9】句意：我們不應該讓艱難的季節(jié)打破其他季節(jié)的快樂。

sadness傷心；darkness黑暗；business生意；happiness幸福，快樂；根據(jù)句意理解及句中的shouldn’t let the hard season break可知，這里表達的是“快樂”，故選D。

【10】句意：在困難的日子里不要放棄，總有一天會有更好的時候。

give out分發(fā)；give up放棄；give away贈送；give off發(fā)出；根據(jù)句意理解及后句better times are sure to come some day.可知，這里表達的是“不要放棄”，故選B。