Question

When I was a child, I had an old neighbour named Dr. Gibbs. He didn’t look like any other doctor I’ve ever known. He never  11__ at us for playing in his yard. I remembered him as a kind and  _12_ person

   When Dr. Gibbs didn’t work, he planted trees. His house covered an area of ten acres, and his life’s goal was to make it _ 13_ .

   He had some interesting _ 14 _ concerning planting. He belonged to the “No pains, no gains”  __15  of plant growing. He never watered his new trees. Once I asked  _16__, he said, “Watering plants will spoil them, and if you water them, each successive tree_ 17_ will grow weaker and weaker. So you have to make things 18__for them and weed out the weak ones.” So he never watered his trees. He would _19__a pine, and instead of _20__it every morning, he beat it with a rolled-up newspaper. I __21__ him why he did so, and he said it was to get the tree’s _22__.

   I planted a couple of trees a few _23__ ago. I carried water to them for a solid summer, sprayed them and prayed over them. Two years of careful tending has _24__ in trees that expect to be _25__ to hand and foot. Whenever a cold wind blows in, they tremble their branches.

   Dr. Gibbs passed away a _26__of years after I left home. Now and then, I walked by his house and looked at the trees. They’re _27__ now, big and healthy.

   Funny things about Dr. Gibbs’ trees. Hardship and difficulty seemed to benefit them _28__

comfort and ease never could.

   Life is tough, whether we want 29_ to be or not. Too many times we pray for ease, but that’s a prayer seldom met. What we need to do is to pray for 30_ that reach deep into the earth, so when the rains fall and the winds blow, we won’t be swept away.

1.A. shouted       B. shot             C. aimed            D. pointed

2. A. cruel             B. greedy           C. pleasant         D. disciplined

3.A. museum         B. park             C. playground       D. forest

4. A. features          B. theories         C. characters       D. instructions

5.A. class              B. college          C. school           D. university

6.A. what          B. when             C. how             D. why

7. A. image             B. product          C. generation       D. species

8.A. cheap         B. easy             C. expensive        D. rough

9. A. paint             B. plant            C. uproot           D. establish

10.A. starving          B. beating          C. watering         D. feeding

11.A. asked             B. told             C. informed        D. demanded

12.A. approval          B. attention        C. pain             D. communication

13. A. weeks            B. months           C. years            D. days

14.A. resulted          B. produced         C. believed         D. spent

15.A. treated           B. tended           C. supported        D. attended

16.A. number            B. couple           C. row             D. period

17.A. trembling         B. dying            C. strong          D. intelligent

18.A. while             B. though           C. as               D. and

19. A. them             B. that             C. it               D. this

20.A. trunks           B. roots            C. branches          D. Leaves

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.A

2.C

3.D

4.B

5.C

6.D

7.C

8.D

9.B

10.C

11.A

12.B

13.C

14.A

15.D

16.B

17.C

18.A

19.C

20.B

【解析】

1.動詞辨析。A. shout吼叫  ；B. shot射擊；C. aim瞄準(zhǔn)；D. point。指著。由文章第一段末a kind and  _37_ person,可知，他是一個友善的老人，故不會對我們吼叫，

2.形容詞辨析。A. cruel 殘酷的；B. greedy 貪婪的；C. pleasant 高興的；D. disciplined有紀(jì)律的。and連接兩個并列的成分：kind 友善的，故用pleasant，令人高興的，構(gòu)成并列。

3.名詞辨析。A. museum博物館；B. park 公園；停車場；C. playground 操場；D. forest森林。他的目標(biāo)就是讓種的樹成為：森林。

4.名詞辨析。A. feature 特點；B. theory理論；C. character特征；D. instruction說明。由后一句：He belonged to the “No pains, no gains” ······他屬于“不勞不獲”······這是他的理論。

5.名詞辨析。A. class班；B. college大學(xué)，學(xué)院；C. school學(xué)校；D. university綜合性大學(xué)�！癗o pains, no gains”，“不勞不獲”這是學(xué)校老師所教的理論。

6.代詞辨析。A. what什么；B. when 什么時間； C. how怎么樣；D. why為什么。他種樹，從不澆水，我問為什么。同時下文中：I __21_ him why he did so,也可直接得出。

7.名詞辨析。 A. image肖像；B. product 產(chǎn)品；C. generation后代；D. species物種。如果澆水，樹的繼承者就會越來越來弱不經(jīng)風(fēng)。樹的下一代：tree generation

8.形容詞辨析。A. Cheap便宜的；  B. Easy容易的；C. Expensive昂貴的；D. rough艱難的。因此，你必須要讓他們生活得困難些，同時下文中：Life is tough, 也可以直接得出。生活也是一樣。

9.動詞辨析。A. paint涂色；B. plant種植；C.uproot 連根拔起；D. establish建立。他不但不給樹澆水，反而還去拔樹。

10.動名詞的使用。作介詞of的賓語。不是給樹澆水，上文和下文中都多次提到：watered his trees.

11.動詞辨析。A. Ask問；B. told 告訴；C. Inform通知；D. demand要求，命令。我問他為什么這樣做。同時上文中也有提示：Once I asked  _41__,可直接得出。

12.名詞辨析。 A. approval同意；B. attention 注意；C. pain 痛苦；D. communication交流。拔樹當(dāng)然是要讓樹‘注意’。

13.名詞辨析。A. week周；B. month月；C. year年；D. day天。根據(jù)下文中：Two years of careful tending has _24__ ······可直接得出。

14.動詞辨析。A. resulted in導(dǎo)致；B. produce生產(chǎn)；C. believe in 信賴；D spend花費。兩年的細(xì)心照顧導(dǎo)致樹從頭到腳都要照顧。

15.動詞短語辨析。A. treat對待；B. tend照顧；C. support支持； D. attend出席。兩年的細(xì)心照顧導(dǎo)致樹從頭到腳都要照顧。

16.固定短語短語的使用。A.a number of許多；a couple of 一兩（雙）；a row of 一排；a period of 一段時間。我離開一兩年，Dr. Gibbs死了。

17.形容詞辨析。A. trembling 顫動的；B. dying 將死的；C. strong強壯的；D. intelligent 聰明的。 _52__ now, big and healthy. and連接并列的詞，故用strong。

18.連詞辨析。A. while而；B. though雖然；C. as 因為；D. and 和。Hardship and difficulty seemed to benefit them _53__comfort and ease never could。Hardship and difficulty 和comfort and ease 構(gòu)成對比，故用 while。

19.代詞的使用。A. them他們；B. that那；C. it 它；D. this這。Life is tough, whether we want _54__ to be or not. 生活是艱苦的，不管我們想它是還是不是。補全這句：whether we want Life to be or not.故用表特指,用it。

20.名詞辨析。A. trunk干；B. root 根；C. branch枝；D. leave葉。to pray for _30__ that reach deep into the earth, 到地下面，只有根才是這樣生長的。

試題分析：考查記敘文。

考點：本文是一篇記敘文，用Dr. Gibbs種樹，而不澆水，讓樹自己去生存的事例來說明我們的生活也是一樣，要學(xué)習(xí)忍受并克服艱難困苦，才能茁壯的成長。故事情節(jié)清晰，邏輯性強，易于理解。從選項中可以看出，本大題主要還是考查了詞匯的辨析與運用，但更加注重綜合語言能力的運用，需要根據(jù)故事情節(jié)，了解詞匯用法的同時，結(jié)合語境，做出準(zhǔn)確的判斷。