Question

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1～20各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项选项的标号涂黑。

Every day on the way to work I drive down a street lined with pine trees. One tree in particular ____ my attention. It must have suffered some severe ____. Part of its trunk grew nearly parallel(平行) to the ground, and then in an effort to ____ its own course of life, the trunk took a 90 degree turn ____ to stand tall and stretch（伸展） toward the sun.

This tree became a ____ for me. Each day as I drove by, I saw this bent but determined tree and I would be ____. It was a reminder to me that ____ I may not have had the best start in life, I could change ____ in the paths of my life at any time.

I was planning to stop one day to get a perfect ____ of my kindred-spirit(志趣相同的) tree. But that week I was ____. After that busy week, I still didn’t take any action. Every time I drove by the tree I ____ tell myself, “Tomorrow, I’ll stop tomorrow to take one.” Then one day, as I drove by, I glanced over and, much to my ____, I found a lonely sawed-off stump(树桩) ____ the symbolic tree had stood. It was gone! I had ____ my plan until “tomorrow” and tomorrow proved to be too ____.

A picture of a tree is not of great ____. But my lesson rang through clearly ____ I found out one of my colleagues had been diagnosed with stage-four cancer. He may no longer have many ____.

What have you been putting off? What would you do if you knew you would ____ have the opportunity to do it again? Why not do those things ____ that you have been putting off until tomorrow?

1.A. paid       B. fixed        C. caught       D. escaped

2.A. damage      B. influence   C. experience   D. defeat

3.A. follow     B. change       C. design       D. imagine

4.A. applying   B. attempting   C. happening     D. learning

5.A. shelter    B. signal       C. symbol       D. sign

6.A. interested B. satisfied   C. encouraged   D. educated

7.A. even if    B. as if        C. in case      D. if only

8.A. purpose     B. plan        C. mind         D. direction

9.A. glance    B. picture       C. view           D. knowledge

10.A. spared   B. occupied      C. worried        D. bored

11.A. could    B. would         C. should         D. might

12.A. pleasure B. surprise      C. delight       D. relief

13.A. where   B. which         C. what          D. when

14.A. taken off  B. cut off    C. put off       D. called off

15.A. far      B. busy          C. empty          D. late

16.A. benefit  B. achievement C. value          D. disappointment

17.A. when     B. before       C. because       D. unless

18.A. lives   B. opportunities C. lessons        D. tomorrows

19.A. surely   B. never         C. ever           D. almost

20.A. at times B. from time to time C. at one time D. in time

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.B

5.C

6.C

7.A

8.D

9.B

10.B

11.B

12.B

13.A

14.C

15.D

16.C

17.A

18.D

19.B

20.D

【解析】

试题分析：本文是一篇记叙文，一棵树歪倒后又坚强地站起来，我很喜欢想照下来，但是总是借口忙而没有做成，树被砍了。还是要想到就做吧。

1.C考查动词辨析以及对语境的理解。A. paid attention to注意; B. fixed one’s attention on 关注；C. caught one’s attention引起某人的注意；D. escaped逃跑。句意：一棵树尤其吸引了我的注意力。根据下文介绍树的样子可知，我注意到那棵树。故选C。

2.A 考查名词辨析以及对语境的理解。A. damage损害; B. influence影响；C. experience经历；D. defeat打败。下文说树干的一节几乎和地面平行了。所以这里推测树肯定受过很严重的伤害。故选A。

3.B 考查动词辨析以及对语境的理解。A. follow 跟随；B. change变化；C. Design设计；D. imagine想象。然后努力改变它的人生轨迹。树干做了90°的拐弯，站起来伸向太阳。故选B。

4.B 考查形容词辨析以及对语境的理解。A. applying to运用；B. attempting to企图；C. happening to碰巧；D. learning学习。树干做了90°的拐弯，试图长高伸向太阳。故选B。

5.C考查名词辨析以及对语境的理解。A. shelter避难所；B. signal信号；C. symbol符号，象征；D. sign迹象。下文提到这棵树给了我启示。这棵树对我有意义，是一个象征。I found a lonely sawed-off stump(树桩) ____ the symbolic tree had stood. 也有提示。故选C。

6.C考查形容词辨析以及对语境的理解。A. interested感兴趣；B. satisfied满意；C. encouraged受到鼓励的；D. educated受过教育的。看到这棵树我会深受鼓舞。我也会像这棵树一样随时会变得更好。故选C。

7.A考查连词辨析以及对语境的理解。A. even if 即使；B. as if 似乎；C. in case万一；D. if only只要。即使我的生命没有最好的开端，但是可以随时变。故选A。

8.D考查名词辨析以及对语境的理解。A. purpose目的；B. plan计划；C. mind精神；D. direction方向。我会随时改变方向，就像这棵树。故选D。

9.B考查名词辨析以及对语境的理解。A. glance一瞥；B. picture照片；C. view视野；D. knowledge知识。下文说有一天停下来给这棵树拍照，所以这里是计划停下来好好照照这棵树。A picture of a tree is not of great ____. 也提示选B。

10.B考查形容词辨析以及对语境的理解。A. spared备用的；B. occupied无空的；C. worried焦虑；D. bored无聊。总是说明天做，说明那一周很忙。下一句的After that busy week也提示很忙。故选B。

11.B考查形容词辨析以及对语境的理解。A. could能；B. would过去常常；C. should应该；D. might可能。每一次我都会自言自语，明天一定要停下来拍照。故选B。

12.B考查名词辨析以及对语境的理解。A. pleasure快乐；B. surprise吃惊；C. delight 高兴；D. relief安慰。很令我吃惊的是，树没了，就剩了一个树桩。故选B。

13.A考查定语从句的关系词辨析以及对语境的理解。A. where作定语从句中的地点状语；B. which作定语从句中的主语或宾语；C. what 不是定语从句的关系词；D. when作定语从句中的时间状语；这里的意思是在原来那棵有象征意义的树的地方就看到一个孤独的树桩。故选A。

14.C考查动词短语辨析以及对语境的理解。A. taken off气氛，脱掉；B. cut off切断；C. put off推迟；D. called off取消。我一直把我的计划推迟到明天。What have you been putting off?也提示选C。

15.D考查形容词辨析以及对语境的理解。A. far远；B. busy忙；C. empty空；D. late晚。一切都来不及了。太晚了。故选D。

16.C考查名词辨析以及对语境的理解。A. benefit利益；B. achievement成就；C. value价值；D. disappointment失望。树的照片不是太值钱。这件事引人深思。故选C。

17.A考查连词辨析以及对语境的理解。A. when当......时；B. before在之前；C. because因为；D. unless除非。我的教训又一次清楚地想起的时间是我的一个同事被诊断为四期癌症的时候。故选A。

18.D考查形容词辨析以及对语境的理解。A. lives生命；B. opportunities机会；C. lessons教训，功课；D. tomorrows明天。也许他不再有很多的明天了。时间对他而言也许不多了。故选D。

19.B考查副词辨析以及对语境的理解。A. surely确定；B. never不再；C. ever曾经；D. almost几乎。结合前面的事可知，这里是在问：假如你知道不再有机会重新做某事，你会做什么？故选B。

20.以及对语境的理解。A. at times有时；B. from time to time不时；C. at one time一次；D. in time及时；作者通过所经历的事建议我们要今日事今日毕，不要拖到明天。故选D。

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