Question

    A rich man had a son with bad habits. On day, he took his son to an old scholar (学者) to ask for good _______.

The scholar took the boy for a walk _______ a garden. Stopping suddenly he asked the boy to _______ out a small plant growing there. The boy held the plant between his thumb (拇指) and forefinger and pulled it out. The old man then asked him to pull out a little _______ plant. The boy pulled hard and the plant came out, roots and all.

"Now pull out that one," said the old man, pointing to a bush (灌木丛). _______, the boy tried his best and pulled it out.

"Now take this one out," said the old man, pointing to an apple tree. The boy held the tree and tried to pull it out. _______ it would not move. "It's _______ to pull it out," said the boy.

"So it is with bad habits," said the scholar. "When _______ are young it is easy to pull them out. But when they grow bigger, they cannot be pulled out easily."

The lesson with the old man changed the boy's life. He gave up his bad _______ and became an excellent man.

Don't ________ for bad habits to grow in you, drop them while you have control over them, or they will get control over you.

1.A.question B.class C.advice

2.A.through B.across C.on

3.A.take B.cut C.pull

4.A.younger B.bigger C.smaller

5.A.In the end B.At the beginning C.At first

6.A.So B.But C.Or

7.A.easy B.possible C.impossible

8.A.we B.you C.they

9.A.hobbies B.habits C.mistakes

10.A.hope B.wait C.leave

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.C

4.B

5.A

6.B

7.C

8.C

9.B

10.B

【解析】

一个富人请求一位智者去除儿子的坏习惯。智者把这个孩子带到了公园，要求这个年轻人先后四次拔出植物，由易到难，去类比坏习惯也是如此，当它们还不明显的时候，去除它们很容易，但是当它们深深扎根的时候，就难以去除了。智者的这堂特殊的课改掉了孩子的坏习惯，改变了男孩的一生。

1.

句意：那天，他带着儿子去见一位老学者，向他请教好的建议。

question问题；class班级；advice建议；根据句意理解及前句he took his son to an old scholar (学者) to ask for good以及后文的讲述可知，这里表达的是“好的建议”，故选C。

2.

句意：学者带着男孩在花园里散步。

through穿过；across穿过；on在……上面；根据句意理解可知，这里表达的是“穿过花园”，而花园是立体的，是一个空间，所以用through表示，故选A。

3.

句意：他突然停了下来，让男孩拔出一株生长在那里的小植物。

take带走；cut砍；pull拉；根据句意理解以及后句his thumb (拇指) and forefinger and pulled it out可知，这里表达的是“拔出”，英语是pull out，故选C。

4.

句意：然后老人让他拔出一个大一点的植物。

younger更年轻的；bigger更大的；smaller更小的；根据句意理解及后句The boy pulled hard and the plant came out, roots and all.可知，这里表达的是“更大的植物”，所以应用bigger修饰，故选B。

5.

句意：最后，男孩用尽全力把它拔了出来。

In the end最后；At the beginning在开始；At first起初；根据句意理解及前文的描述Stopping suddenly he asked the boy to ___3___ out a small plant growing there.以及The old man then asked him to pull out a little ___4___ plant.可知，这里表达的是“最后”，故选A。

6.

句意：但它不会动。

So所以；But但是；Or或者；根据句意理解可知，The boy held the tree and tried to pull it out. 与it would not move.前后两句是表达转折关系，所以应该用but连接，故选B。

7.

句意：“不可能把它拔出来，”男孩说。

easy容易的；possible可能的；impossible不可能的；根据句意理解及前文“Now take this one out,” said the old man, pointing to an apple tree. The boy held the tree and tried to pull it out.可知，这里表达的是“不可能的”，故选C。

8.

句意：它们小的时候很容易把它们拔出来。

we我们；you你；they它们；根据句意理解及前句“So it is with bad habits,” said the scholar.可知，这里指代的是“坏习惯”，而前句用的是复数形式，所以这里应该用they代替，故选C。

9.

句意：他改掉了坏习惯，成了一个优秀的人。

hobbies兴趣；habits习惯；mistakes错误；根据句意理解及前文A rich man had a son with bad habits. On day, he took his son to an old scholar (学者) to ask for good ___1___.可知，这里表达的是“改掉了坏习惯”，故选B。

10.

句意：不要等到坏习惯在你身上滋生。

hope希望；wait等待；leave离开；根据句意理解及后句bad habits to grow in you, drop them while you have control over them可知，这里表达的是“等待”，英语是wait for，故选B。