Question

    When I was young, I had an old neighbor named Dr. Gibbs. He didn’t look like any doctor I’d ever known. He never shouted at us for playing in his yard. When Dr. Gibbs wasn’t _______ lives in the hospital, he was planting as many trees as possible in his yard. And his life’s goal was to make it a _______.

The good doctor had some _______ ideas on planting trees. He believed in “No pains, no gains”. He never _______ his new trees, which was different from many people. Once I asked him why. He _______ that watering plants spoiled (宠坏) them and that if you water them, each following tree generation will grow _______. He talked about how trees that weren’t watered had to grow deep roots (根) in _______ of water.

However, I didn’t buy his words then. A few years later. I planted a couple of trees and I took good care of them. Two years’ caring had resulted in trees that expected to be waited on hand and foot. Whenever a cold wind blew _______, they trembled (颤动) their leaves and branches. The funny thing about those trees of Dr. Gibbs was that the lack of water seemed to benefit them in ways comfort and ease never could.

Now I am the father of two sons. I used to wish that my sons’ lives will be easy. But lately when I think of Dr. Gibbs and his trees, it reminds me that it’s time to change my attitude (态度). I know my children are going to meet hardship, and they can’t be too dependent to live on. _______ I need to do is to pray for deep roots, ________ when the winds blow, they won’t be swept away.

1.A.making B.valuing C.saving

2.A.street B.forest C.farm

3.A.perfect B.terrible C.difficult

4.A.watered B.raised C.loved

5.A.wondered B.answered C.doubted

6.A.weaker B.taller C.straighter

7.A.face B.honor C.search

8.A.quickly B.strongly C.hardly

9.A.How B.What C.Why

10.A.so B.or C.but

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.A

4.A

5.B

6.A

7.C

8.B

9.B

10.A

【解析】

短文大意：本文是记叙文，作者通过他的邻居种树的经历来告诉我们对于成长来说有时候困难是必备的。

1.

句意：吉布斯医生在医院里不救人的时候，就在院子里种尽可能多的树。

make制作；value价值；save拯救。lives生命，根据句意，可知是拯救生命，故选C。

2.

句意：他的人生目标就是把它变成一片树林。

street街道；forest森林；farm农场。根据上文“he was planting as many trees as possible in his yard他在院子里种尽可能多的树”，可知make it a forest（把它变成一片树林）符合句意，故选B。

3.

句意：这位好医生对植树有一些完美的想法。

perfect完美的；terrible可怕的；difficult困难的。根据下文他不给新树浇水以让小树深扎根，可知他的想法很好，故选A。

4.

句意：他从不给他的新树浇水，这与许多人不同。

water浇水；raise增加；love喜爱。根据下文“He answered that watering plants spoiled them他回答说，浇水会毁了这些树”，可知选A。

5.

句意：他回答说，浇水会毁了这些树。

wonder想知道；answer回答；doubt疑惑。根据上文“I asked him why我问他为什么”，可知这里是回答，故选B。

6.

句意：如果你浇水，以后每一代的树都会变得更弱。

weaker更弱；taller更高；straighter更直。根据上文“watering plants spoiled them浇水会毁了这些树”，可知BC两项不合句意，故选A。

7.

句意：他告诉我那些没有浇水的树怎样必须深深扎根寻找水。

face面；honor荣誉；search搜索。in search of寻找；根据“grow deep roots深深扎根”，可知是为了吸水，AB两项不合句意，故选C。

8.

句意：每当寒风凛冽的时候，它们摇动着树叶和树枝。

quickly快速地；strongly猛烈地；hardly几乎不。根据“they trembled their leaves and branches它们抖动树叶和树枝”，可知风很大，strongly符合句意，故选B。

9.

句意：我所需要做的就是祈祷深深扎根。

how如何，表方式；what什么，表事情；why为什么，表原因。设空处所在的是主语从句， do（做）后需接宾语，需用疑问代词；how和why都是疑问副词，可排除。根据句意结构，故选B。

10.

句意：我所需要做的是祈祷深深的根，这样风就不会把它们吹走。

so所以，表结果；or或者，表选择；but但是，表转折。根据“What I need to do is to pray for deep roots我所需要做的就是祈祷深深扎根”，可知扎根的结果是不会被吹走，BC两项不合语境，故选A。