Question

    Once upon a time, there were two neighbors living next to each other. One of them was a retired (退休的) teacher and the other was an engineer. _________ of them planted the same plants in their gardens.

The retired teacher gave a small amount (数量) of water to his plants and didn’t always take care of them, _____________the other neighbor interested in technology, gave a lot of water to his plants and _________ them very well.

One day, a storm started suddenly during the night. The next morning, the engineer was ___________ to see that his plants were uprooted (将连根起 ). However, the plants _____________ the retired teacher planted were very well.

The engineer went to the retired teacher and asked___________, "We grew the same plants together. I_______ looked after my plants better than you did to yours, and _________ gave them more water. Still, my plants were uprooted, but yours were not. How is that___________?"

The retired teacher smiled and said, "You gave your plants more______________and water, but because of that your plants didn’t need to work to find water. You made it easy for them. While I gave them just proper water and let their roots (根) __________for more. And their roots went____________, which made their position stronger."

This story is about parenting and the children are like plants. If everything______________to them, they will not understand the hard work it takes to get those things. Teach them__________ to walk, but let them follow their path (路线). Sometimes, it’s best to ______________them instead of giving them. This helps to develop their independence.

Choose the best choice from A, B or C according to what you read.

1.A.Neither B.Both C.All

2.A.while B.unless C.though

3.A.dressed up B.parted with C.cared for

4.A.afraid B.surprised C.scared

5.A.who B.whose C.which

6.A.in disbelief B.for sure C.with excitement

7.A.exactly B.actually C.recently

8.A.even B.anyway C.almost

9.A.simple B.necessary C.possible

10.A.attention B.preparation C.pressure

11.A.search B.to search C.searching

12.A.longer and longer B.faster and faster C.deeper and deeper

13.A.gave B.is given C.has given

14.A.why B.how C.when

15.A.accept B.change C.guide

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.B

5.C

6.A

7.B

8.A

9.C

10.A

11.A

12.C

13.B

14.B

15.C

【解析】

本文讲述了一位退休老师和一位工程师是邻居，他们种植同样的植物，但是长得却不一样。这位退休的老师给了他的植物少量的水，并不总是照顾它们，但是他的植物长得很好。而那位工程师给了植物很多水，照顾得很好，但是他的植物长得不好。这个故事告诉我们教育孩子就像照顾植物一样。最好是引导孩子而不是给予孩子太多，这有助于培养他们的独立性。

1.

句意：他们俩在花园里种了同样的植物。

A. Neither两者都不，B. Both两者都，C. All三者或三者以上都。根据前文的“there were two neighbors”和根据后文的“We grew the same plants together.”可知，他们两个都种同样的植物，故选B。

2.

句意：这位退休的老师给了他的植物少量的水，并不总是照顾它们，而另一位对工艺感兴趣的邻居，给了它们很多水，把它们照顾得很好。

A. while当……时候，而，B. unless除非，C. though尽管。此处这两个邻居进行对比，故选A。

3.

句意：这位退休的老师给了他的植物少量的水，并不总是照顾它们，而另一位对工艺感兴趣的邻居，给了它们很多水，把它们照顾得很好。

A. dressed up打扮，B. parted with与……分开，C. cared for关心。根据前半句的“gave a lot of water to his plants”可知，他给植物很多水，因此表示照顾得非常好。故选C。

4.

句意：第二天早上，这位工程师惊讶地看见他的植物被连根拔起。

A. afraid担心的，B. surprised惊讶的，C. scared害怕的。根据“to see that his plants were uprooted”可知，看见他的植物被连根拔起，他感到惊讶，故选B。

5.

句意：然而，那位退休老师种的植物非常好。

A. who先行词是人，且在句中作主语；B. whose先行词是物，且在句中作定语；C. which先行词是物，且在句中作主语或宾语。先行词plants表示事物，后面的定语从句中谓语planted后缺少宾语，因此用which引导定语从句，故选C。

6.

句意：工程师走到退休教师面前，难以置信地问。

A. in disbelief难以置信地，B. for sure毫无疑问，C. with excitement兴奋地。根据后文的“Still, my plants were uprooted, but yours were not.”可知，这位工程师的植物被连根拔起，那位退休工程师的植物却很好，因此他感到难以置信，故选A。

7.

句意：我实际上比你更好地照顾我的植物，甚至给它们更多的水。

A. exactly恰好地，B. actually事实上，C. recently最近。根据前文的“______2______the other neighbor interested in technology, gave a lot of water to his plants and ____3____ them very well.”可知，事实上这位工程师照顾得植物更好，故选B。

8.

句意：我实际上比你更好地照顾我的植物，甚至给它们更多的水。

A. even甚至，B. anyway无论如何，C. almost几乎。此处强调给他的植物更多的水，故选A。

9.

句意：这怎么可能？

A. simple简单的，B. necessary必要的，C. possible可能的。结合上文可知，自己给植物更多的照顾，却长得不如那位退休老师的好，因此认为这是怎么可能的，故选C。

10.

句意：你给了你的植物更多的关心和水，但正因为如此，你的植物不需要努力来寻找水。

A. attention注意力，B. preparation准备，C. pressure压力。根据前文的“______2______the other neighbor interested in technology, gave a lot of water to his plants and ____3____ them very well.”可知，他给他的植物更多的关注，故选A。

11.

句意：而我只是给它们适当的水，让它们的根去寻找更多的水。

A. search搜寻，是动词原形；B. to search搜寻，是动词不定式；C. searching搜寻，是动名词或现在分词。let sb do sth“让某人做某事”，故选A。

12.

句意：它们的根越来越深，这使它们的地位更加稳固。

A. longer and longer越来越长，B. faster and faster越来越快，C. deeper and deeper越来越深。根据“which made their position stronger.”可知，能让植物更加稳固，应是它们的根更深了。故选C。

13.

句意：如果什么都给了它们，它们就不会明白获得这些东西需要付出多大的努力。

A. gave给，是一般过去时；B. is given被给，是一般现在时的被动形式；C. has given给，是现在完成时。主语everything与谓语give之间是被动关系，因此用被动语态，故选B。

14.

句意：教他们如何走路，但让他们走自己的路。

A. why为什么，B. how如何，C. when何时。根据句意，此处表示教他们如何走路，故选B。

15.

句意：有时候，最好是引导他们，而不是给予他们。

A. accept接受，B. change改变，C. guide指导。根据前文的“Teach them___14_____ to walk,”可知，此处表示教授他们，因此是指导他们，故选C。