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20．Every April I am worried-that spring might not occur this year．The landscape y hills，gray sky and gray forest．I felt upset，as they did during an April snowfall when I first came to Maine l5 years ago．"Just wait，"a neighbor said．"You'll wake up one morning and spring will just be here．"
[2]Yes!On May 3 that year I awoke to a surprising green，as if spring were simply a matter of pressing a switch．Hills，sky and forest grew their purples，blues and green．Then there was the old apple tree．It sits on an undeveloped area in my neighborhood．It belongs to no one and therefore to everyone．Each spring it blooms and the air becomes  filled with the aroma（香氣）of the flowers．When I drive by with my windows rolled down，it gives me the feeling of moving in another world．
[3]One day last year，I set out with tools to prune（修剪）the apple tree．No sooner had I arrived under it than neighbors opened their windows．These were people I barely knew and seldom spoke to，but it was as if I had broken into their gardens．One of them was the first to speak．"You're not cutting it down，are you？''Another neighbor looked a bit angry．"Don't kill it，now，"he shouted．Soon half the neighborhood had joined me under the apple tree．It struck me that I had lived there for five years and only now was learning these people's names…
[4]The apple tree incident turned out to be a good start．Just the other day I saw one of my neighbors at the local store．He remarked how this winter had been especially long and regretted not having seen or spoken to anyone in our neighborhood．And then，he looked at me and said，"        that apple tree again．"

66．What's the weather like in April in Maine？（no more than 5 words）It's very cold．/It often snows in April．
67．What does the author mean by using"pressing a switch"？（no more than 6 words）How suddenly the spring came．/The spring came unexpectedly．
68．Why did neighbors stop the author pruning the apple tree last year？（no more than l0 words）Because they misunderstood the author．/Because they thought he wanted to cut down the tree．
69．Why did the author take the apple tree incident as a good start？（no more than l0  words）Because neighbours started to know each other thanks to it．/Because it improved the relationship among the neighbours．
70．Fill in the blank in the last paragraph with proper words．（no more than 5 words）We need to prune/Let's get together under．

Answer 1

分析 本文是一篇夾敘夾議的記敘文．每年四月，我總被一種憂慮所襲擾--今年的春天也許不會(huì)來了．四周氣象蕭疏，丘陵、天空和森林灰蒙蒙一片．我情緒低落，就像 15年前我第一次到緬因州來看到四月飛雪時(shí)的心情一般．"等等看吧，"一個(gè)鄰居勸道，"說不定哪天你一早醒來，春天就已經(jīng)悄然而至了．"果然，那年的5月 3日，我醒來時(shí)外面已是一番令人驚訝是 綠意--好像一按開關(guān)控制，春天就來了似的．紫色的丘陵、藍(lán)色的天空、綠色的森林．
　　有一棵老蘋果樹，就長在我家附近的一塊荒地上．它不屬于任何人，所以也就歸每個(gè)人所有．每到春天，滿樹的花兒競相怒放，連空氣中都彌漫著蘋果的芳香．當(dāng)我開著車窗驅(qū)車經(jīng)過時(shí)，仿若進(jìn)入了另一番天地．
　　去年有一天，我拿起工具去修枝剪這課蘋果樹．我剛站到樹下，就有鄰居打開窗戶．這些人我?guī)缀醪徽J(rèn)得，也很少說過話，但眼前這情形就好像我擅自闖進(jìn)了他們的私家花園一般．其中一位鄰居首先開口："你不是要砍倒它吧？"另一個(gè)鄰居喊道"喂，別把它弄死了．"不一會(huì)兒，半數(shù)鄰居跑過來和我一起站到了蘋果樹蔭下．我猛然意識(shí)到，我已在此住了五年，可直到現(xiàn)在才知道這些人的名字．
　　這次蘋果樹事件開了個(gè)好頭．就在幾天前，我在附近的店里看見一個(gè)鄰居．他說這次冬天特別漫長，并哀嘆沒能跟鄰居們見見面、說說話．然后，他看著我說："我們又該給那棵蘋果樹修修枝了．"

解答 66．It's very cold．/It often snows in April．
本題是細(xì)節(jié)理解題，有文章的開頭作者總是擔(dān)心春天不會(huì)到來說明寒冬遲遲不離開，天氣寒冷；此外第二句中"an April snowfall"也說明了天氣的寒冷，所以答案是"It's cold"或"It often snows in April．
67．How suddenly the spring came．/The spring came unexpectedly．
本題是詞匯猜測題．switch是"開關(guān)"，press表示"按"；press the switch表示"打開開關(guān)"；根據(jù)上文鄰居的話．"You'll wake up one morning and spring will just be here．（說不定哪天你一早醒來，春天就已經(jīng)悄然而至了．）"以及下一句中的"a surprising green"都表示春天在不知不覺中突然出現(xiàn)，讓人驚訝，就好像開關(guān)一按就出現(xiàn)了，強(qiáng)調(diào)的"突然和意外"，因此答案是How suddenly the spring came．/The spring came unexpectedly．
68．Because they misunderstood the author．/Because they thought he wanted to cut down the tree．
本題是細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)鄰居們是講話"You're not cutting it down，are you？和"Don't kill it，now，"推斷，鄰居們都非常在意這課蘋果樹，誤以為擔(dān)心作者會(huì)對(duì)它不利．所以鄰居們阻止作者修剪是誤以為作者要砍倒這棵樹，所以答案是Because they misunderstood the author（因?yàn)樗麄冋`解了作者）．/Because they thought he wanted to cut down the tree（因?yàn)樗麄冊(cè)�以為作者要砍倒這課樹）．
69．Because neighbours started to know each other thanks to it．/Because it improved the relationship among the neighbours．
本題是推斷題．由倒數(shù)第二段中"Soon half the neighborhood had joined me under the apple tree．It struck me that I had lived there for five years and only now was learning these people's names…（半數(shù)鄰居跑過來和我一起站到了蘋果樹蔭下．我猛然意識(shí)到，我已在此住了五年，可直到現(xiàn)在才知道這些人的名字）"可知作者和鄰居原本缺少交流，但是這次事件中鄰居們一起修剪蘋果樹，開始相互認(rèn)識(shí)；這是一個(gè)鄰居間相互交往的好的開始．所以答案是"Because neighbours started to know each other thanks to it．/Because it improved the relationship among the neighbours．"
70．We need to prune/Let's get together under
本題屬于推斷題．由上一句"He remarked how this winter had been especially long and regretted not having seen or spoken to anyone in our neighborhood．（他說這次冬天特別漫長，并哀嘆沒能跟鄰居們見見面、說說話．）"可以推斷這位鄰居希望鄰居之間的交流，因此聯(lián)系到上一次大家一起修剪蘋果樹，所以很自然地提議再一次一起修剪蘋果樹，所以答案是"We need to prune/Let's get together under"．

點(diǎn)評(píng) 本文是一篇夾敘夾議的記敘文．作者通過共同修剪蘋果樹事件描述了人與人之間需要交流、關(guān)愛和溫暖．題目中涉及幾條細(xì)節(jié)題，細(xì)節(jié)題一定要在文章中定位細(xì)節(jié)，仔細(xì)理解細(xì)節(jié)的內(nèi)容再做出合理的解答；本題中還涉及兩道推斷題．推斷題要聯(lián)系文章的主旨和人物的情感態(tài)度合理推斷，不能用常識(shí)或自己的觀點(diǎn)代替推測．