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On my way to work every day, I drive down a street lined with pine trees．One tree in particular     my attention．It must have suffered some    ．Part of its trunk grew nearly parallel 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 toward the sun.

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 parts 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 busy．After that week, I still didn’t take any action．Every time I drove by the tree I would     myself, “Tomorrow, I’ll stop tomorrow to take one.” Then one day, as I drove by “my” tree, I glanced over, and much to my    , I found a sawed-off stump (树桩) where that tree had stood．I had     my plan until “tomorrow” and tomorrow proved to be too    .

What have you been putting off? What would you do today 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．caught       B．paid          C．fixed          D．escaped

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

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

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

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

6.A．even though  B．as if         C．in case        D．if only

7.A．habit        B．direction     C．plan           D．purpose

8.A．review      B．picture       C．glance         D．knowledge

9.A．call        B．help          C．tell           D．warn

10.A．regret     B．pleasure      C．happiness      D．surprise

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

12.A．sad         B．far           C．good           D．late

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

Answer

1.A

2.D

3.A

4.B

5.C

6.A

7.B

8.B

9.C

10.D

11.C

12.D

13.A

【解析】

试题解析：

1.A 动词辨析。A抓住；B付出；C全神贯注于；D逃脱。根据下文出现的attention判断选A。

2.D 名词辨析。A经验，经历；B影响；C失败；D毁坏。根据前文的suffer和下文的to the ground判断选D。

3.A 动词辨析。A更换，改变；B设计；C跟随；D想象。此处应是树的歪倒，应是改变它们自己的生存方式，故选A。

4.B．动词辨析。A申请；B尝试；C学习；D发生。attempt to do sth尝试做某事。应选B。

5.C．形容词辨析。句意：每天我开车进过，我看到这棵歪倒但很坚强的大树，我就会很受鼓励。A满意的；B感兴趣的；C鼓励的；D受教育的。故选C。

6.A．连词辨析。句意：即使我们不可能有生活中最好的开始，……。A即使；B好像；C万一；D要是。，故选A。

7.B．名词辨析。A喜欢；B方向，指导；C计划；D目的。根据前面大树的故事，应是改变方向，故选B。

8.B．名词辨析。A评论；B图画；C一瞥；D知识。get a perfect picture of得到一幅完美的图像。故选B。

9.C。动词辨析。A打电话；B帮助；C告诉；D警告。此处作者已经将这棵大树看成自己的缩影，看到大叔就会默默告诉自己tell oneself……，故选C。

10.D。考查名词辨析。A遗憾；B快乐；C幸福；D吃惊。to one’s surprise令某人吃惊的是。根据句意选D。

11.C．动词短语辨析。A切断；B起飞，脱掉；C推迟；D取消。根据题意选C。

12.D。形容词辨析。A悲伤的；B遥远的；C好的；D晚的。此处是将计划推迟到明天，明天又太晚了，故选D。

13.A。考查副词辨析。A从不；B曾经；C当然；D几乎。根据句意选A。

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