Question

When I was growing up, I had an old neighbor, Dr. Gibbs. He didn't look like any doctor I'd ever known. He never invited us to play in his yard, but he was a very kind person. When Dr. Gibbs wasn't saving lives, he was planting trees. He owned a large field and wanted to make it a forest. The good doctor had some interesting ideas about planting trees. He never watered his new trees. Once I asked why. He said that watering plants spoiled(毁坏) them, and that if you watered them, each baby tree would grow weaker and weaker, so you had to make things difficult for them and pick out the weaker trees early on.

He talked about how watering trees made for shallow(浅的) roots(根), and how trees that weren't watered had to grow deep roots in search of water under the earth by themselves. Deep roots were very important. So he never watered his trees. He'd planted an oak(橡树)and instead of watering it every morning, he'd beat it with a rolled-up newspaper. I asked him why he did that, and he said it was to get the tree's attention.

Dr. Gibbs died several years after I left home. Every now and then, I walked by his house and looked at the trees that I watched him plant about twenty-five years ago. They're very big and strong now. I planted some trees a few years back and carried water to them for a whole summer. After two years of caring too much, whenever a cold wind blows in, they shake a lot.

Every night before I go to bed, I check on my two sons. Mostly I pray (祈祷) that their lives will be easy. But lately I've been thinking that it's time to change my prayer. I know my children are going to face difficulties. There's always a cold wind blowing somewhere, so what we need to do is to pray for roots that reach deep into the brave heart, so when the rains fall and the winds blow, we could face it strongly and won't be beaten down.

1.We know from the passage, the doctor______.

A. didn't know how to plant trees at all 

B. wasn't good at his own medical job

C. had his own ways of planting trees   

D. had nothing to do but plant trees

2.When Dr. Gibbs said "... pick out the weaker trees early on.", he meant that______.

A. some weak trees would be easily found out at the beginning

B. he would choose the weak trees to water earlier

C. the weak trees would be sent to his patients later

D. he would not plant weak trees so early anymore

3.The passage tells us that the writer         。

A．should beat his trees with a rolled-up newspaper

B.didn’t often water his trees

C.didn’t have a large field

D.took too much care of his trees

4.The writer wants to change his prayer,hoping that       .

A.his trees will be stronger than Dr.Gibbs′

B. his trees will not be beaten down

C.his sons will be better at planting trees

D. his sons will be able to face difficulties

5.Which can be the best title of the reading?

A. Watering Trees                 B. Growing Roots 

C. Doctor and his Neighbor         D. Father and his Children

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.D

4.D

5.B

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了在我成长的过程中,我有一个老邻居,吉布斯博士。他在种树时不给树浇水，并用木棒抽打它们，他说是为了让树扎根更深，抗风能力更强。当我在抚养孩子时，我理解了其中的道理。我们要有勇敢的心，当暴风雨来时，才能面对。

1.细节理解题。根据短文第一段The good doctor had some interesting ideas about planting trees.及后文描述，可知他种树方法独特，故选C。

2.推理判断题。根据第一段so you had to make things difficult for them and pick out the weaker trees early on. 所以你得把它们的生长环境变得困难,尽早挑选出较弱的树。可以推理出一些弱树在开始时就被查出，故选A。

3.细节理解题。根据第三段After two years of caring too much, whenever a cold wind blows in, they shake a lot.可知作者对树照顾的太多，每当寒风吹起,它们晃动很大，故选D。

4.细节理解题。根据最后一段so what we need to do is to pray for roots that reach deep into the brave heart, so when the rains fall and the winds blow, we could face it strongly and won't be beaten down. 可知，我们需要做的是祈祷一颗能深深触及勇敢心的根有风雨时能坚强面对，不被击倒。故选D。

5.标题总结题。根据短文最后一段可知，从吉布斯博士植树中我体会到只有让根强壮，勇敢才能面对困难。故选B.

考点：人生百味类短文阅读。