Question

    A group of boys stood around a tree. “What a tall tree!” they said to each other, “It would be _______ to climb to the top!”

The group of boys then decided to play a game to _______ who could climb to the top of the tree first. Their mothers were sitting not far away, looking on at their _______ as they played.

One of the climbers was an 8-year-old boy named David. He was the shortest child in the group. _______ thought he would win.

Then the game started. All of the boys tried their best to climb as high as they could. Although the other boys climbed faster than David in the beginning, he _______ the top of the tree fastest in the end.

His mother was _______. She asked him, “David, how did you reach the top of the tree so _______?”

“It was easy,” David said, “The other children _______ looking down as they climbed. When they realized how high they were, they were afraid of _______. I, however, looked only up. When I saw how close I was, I kept going higher and higher, ________ I reached the top.”

It is true in life that if we just keep going forward without looking back, we are more likely to reach our goals.

1.A.boring B.exciting C.dangerous

2.A.believe B.think C.see

3.A.students B.children C.teachers

4.A.Nobody B.Somebody C.Everybody

5.A.got up B.got on C.got to

6.A.proud B.worried C.frightened

7.A.carefully B.quickly C.quietly

8.A.kept B.avoided C.practiced

9.A.taking down B.falling down C.calming down

10.A.if B.after C.until

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.B

4.A

5.C

6.A

7.B

8.A

9.B

10.C

【解析】

本文通过一群孩子爬树的故事说明，在实现目标的过程中，要一直向前，不要回头，就能实现目标。

1.

句意：爬到树顶会很令人兴奋的。

考查形容词。A. boring无聊的；B. exciting激动的；C. dangerous危险的。根据“What a tall tree!” they said to each other可知，他们认为爬上树顶是很令人兴奋的事情，故选B。

2.

句意：看看谁能先爬到树顶。

考查动词。A. believe相信；B. think认为；C. see看到。根据 … who could climb to the top of the tree first是指他们决定做个游戏看看谁能先爬到树顶。故选C。

3.

句意：他们的母亲坐在不远处，看着孩子们玩耍。

考查名词。A. students学生；B. children孩子；C. teachers老师。根据Their mothers可知妈妈们看着她们的孩子，故选B。

4.

句意：没人认为他会赢。

考查不定代词。A. Nobody没人；B. Somebody某人；C. Everybody每人。根据He was the shortest child in the group可知，他是小组里最矮的孩子，所以没人认为他会赢。故选A。

5.

句意：但最终他是最快爬到树顶的。

考查短语。A. got up起床；B. got on上车；C. got to到达。根据he … the top of the tree fastest in the end可知是指他最后最快地爬上了树的顶端。故选C。

6.

句意：他母亲很自豪。

考查形容词。A. proud自豪的；B. worried担心的；C. frightened害怕的。根据上一句he got to the top of the tree fastest in the end可知是指他最后最快地爬上了树的顶端。所以他妈妈感到自豪，故选A。

7.

句意：大卫，你怎么这么快就到了树顶？

考查副词。A. carefully仔细地；B. quickly快速地；C. quietly安静地。根据how did you reach the top of the tree so … 结合语境，他最先到达树顶，所以此处是指你是如何这么快爬到树顶的，故选B。

8.

句意：其他孩子在爬的时候一直向下看。

考查动词。A. kept保持；B. avoided避免；C. practiced练习。根据 … looking down as they climbed可知是指他们爬的时候不停的往下看。keep doing sth.不停做某事。故选A。

9.

句意：他们害怕摔下来。

考查短语。A. taking down拿下；B. falling down掉下；C. calming down爬下。根据When they realized how high they were当他们意识到自己有多高时，所以害怕掉下来，故选B。

10.

句意：我就越爬越高，直到爬到了山顶。

考查连词。A. if是否、如果；B. after在……之后；C. until直到。根据I kept going higher and higher, I reached the top我越爬越高，直到爬到了树顶。故选C。