Question

The exact cause of the crime cannot be remembered as it happened a long time ago, but the punishment is still _______ and vivid: Dig up the fig tree（无花果）in the backyard and plant it at Mumsy’s place in the country. As I often did when sentenced to hard labor in the garden, I suspected this was my parents’ way of _______me to do their dirty work.

It was a Sunday morning. With some tools, I went at the tree, cutting it branch by branch and limb by limb, _______all that remained of the once-proud specimen（标本，样本）was a sorry-looking stump of a thing.

“What did that_________ever do to you?” my father said, “You should have left some taproot (主根)of it, at least. Go and load up the truck.” On any other day before, during the_______to Mumsy’s, we would have pleasantly_______school as usual, but I fenced myself off that time.

Then, at Mumsy’s, instead of sitting back to watch me work, he_______me. As my father and I took turns to work, I could feel my anger_______, making room for the simple satisfaction of working at my father’s side_______a common goal.

“Well,” my father said when we________, “we’ve done what we can do.” “Do you think there’s any________that it can grow up?” I asked. “It’s rich dirt. They say you can________toenails（指甲）in it and grow little kids.” My father answered. I never tried the toenail trick, but I did________as it settled in, took root, and began to prosper. I was amazed and________when bowls of figs began to fill the fridge.

In a perfectly________world, I don’t deserve the reward. I had________the tree for my own complaints. What right did I have to the fruit? Years later, I put this________to my father. Watching him slide a bowl of figs from the fridge one morning, I felt a sudden stab of shame for my boyhood________. My father took a fig from the________and let me think of the fruit as forgiveness. “You,” he said, “________some of that.”

1.A. certain    B. strange    C. common    D. clear

2.A. inviting    B. letting    C. getting    D. helping

3.A. since    B. when    C. until    D. after

4.A. truck    B. tool    C. tree    D. taproot

5.A. rest    B. flight    C. walk    D. ride

6.A. thought over    B. talked about    C. broke into    D. gave up

7.A. forgave    B. tricked    C. entertained    D. joined

8.A. disappeared    B. concentrated    C. approached    D. exploded

9.A. through    B. against    C. toward    D. off

10.A. argued    B. continued    C. started    D. finished

11.A. relationship    B. value    C. advantage    D. chance

12.A. dig    B. plant    C. remove    D. observe

13.A. understand    B. determine    C. watch    D. feel

14.A. confused    B. happy    C. regretful    D. disappointed

15.A. fair    B. strange    C. usual    D. easy

16.A. frogotten    B. cut    C. helped    D. guarded

17.A. task    B. answer    C. question    D. action

18.A. suffering    B. misfortune    C. sorrow    D. rudeness

19.A. bowl    B. desk    C. kitchen    D. fridge

20.A. deserve    B. receive    C. protect    D. suspect

Answer

1.D

2.C

3.C

4.C

5.D

6.B

7.D

8.A

9.C

10.D

11.D

12.B

13.C

14.B

15.A

16.B

17.C

18.D

19.A

20.A

【解析】试题分析：本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了作者帮父母把无花果树移植到修道院的时候粗鲁地对待树而产生的一系列思考。

1.考查形容词辨析。A. certain某些的；B. strange奇怪的；C. common共同的；D. clear清楚的。根据上文“cannot be remembered”和but推断，作者已经不记得事情的具体起因了，但是惩罚仍旧是清楚的和生动的。故选D项正确。

2.考查动词辨析。A. inviting邀请；B. letting让；使；C. getting使；让；D. helping帮助。由上文As I often did when sentenced to hard labor in the garden可知，因为我经常被惩罚在花园里干重活，因此我怀疑这也是父母让我去做脏的活儿。let后跟不带to不定式作宾语补足语，故选C项，get sb to do sth.“让某人做某事”。

3.考查连词辨析。A. since自从……以来；B. when当……时候；C. until直到；D. after在……以后。由上文With some tools, I went at the tree, cutting it branch by branch and limb by limb推断，我用工具砍下树枝，直到整棵树剩下树桩。故选C项正确。

4.考查名词辨析。A. truck卡车；B. tool工具；C. tree树；D. taproot主根。结合上下文可以知道，父亲对作者把树都肢解拆了而感到不满，因此质问我：那棵树对你做过什么？你至少留下一些主根。故选C项正确。

5.考查名词辨析。A. rest休息；B. flight班机；C. walk走；D. ride骑车。由上文Go and load up the truck.可知，在去修道院的乘车期间。故选D项正确。

6.考查动词短语辨析。A. thought over仔细考虑；B. talked about讨论；C. broke into闯入；D. gave up放弃。在修道院休息的时候我们和平常一样愉快的谈论学校的事情。故选B项正确。

7.考查动词辨析。A. forgave原谅；B. tricked欺骗；C. entertained使娱乐；招待；D. joined加入。由下文As my father and I took turns to work可推断，父亲没有坐在后面看着我工作，而是加入我一起工作。故选D项正确。

8.考查动词辨析。A. disappeared消失；B. concentrated集中；C. approached接近；D. exploded爆炸。根据下文中the simple satisfaction of working at my father's side可知，能够和父亲一同劳动让作者感到很满足，因此愤怒也消失了。故选A项正确。

9.考查介词辨析。A. through通过；B. against反抗；C. toward向；朝着；D. off离开。朝着共同的目标，我和父亲一同劳动。toward介词，表示“朝着”。故选C项正确。

10.考查动词辨析。A. argued辩论；B. continued继续；C. started开始；D. finished完成。根据本段中的we've done what we can do可知，是在我们干完活以后，父亲说的这句话。故选D项正确。

11.考查名词辨析。A. relationship人际关系；B. value价值；C. advantage优势；D. chance机会。根据语境可知，父亲和我一起栽种了无花果树，因此推断完成以后父亲问我：你认为他们有长大的机会么？故选D项正确。

12.考查动词辨析。A. dig挖；B. plant种植；C. remove移除；D. observe观察。根据本句中的grow little kids可知，是把指甲种到土壤里。故选B项正确。

13.考查动词辨析。A. understand理解；B. determine决定；C. watch注视；D. feel感觉。我没有试过指甲的恶作剧，但是我的确看到树生根了，生长茂盛。故选C项正确。

14.考查动词辨析。A. confused困惑的；B. happy快乐的；C. regretful后悔的；D. disappointed失望的。由下文I don’t deserve the reward.可推断，看到冰箱里放满了一碗碗的无花果，我感到很震惊，也很高兴。故选B项正确。

15.考查形容词辨析。A. fair公平的；B. strange奇怪的；C. usual通常的；D. easy容易的。由上文可知，我曾经因为自己心情不好砍树，因此推断在一个十分公平的世界里，我不应该得到这种回报。故选A项正确。

16.考查动词辨析。A. forgotten忘记；B. cut砍倒；C. helped帮助；D. guarded守卫。由上文可知，作者把树直接砍倒，伤害了树。故选B项正确。

17.考查名词辨析。A. task任务；B. answer答案；C. question问题；D. action行动。根据本段中的What right did I have to the fruit?可知，多年后我把这个问题告诉了父亲。故选C项正确。

18.考查名词辨析。A. suffering痛苦；B. misfortune灾难；C. sorrow悲伤；D. rudeness粗鲁。我为自己童年时的粗鲁感到羞愧。故选D项正确。

19.考查名词辨析。A. bowl碗；B. desk课桌；C. kitchen厨房；D. fridge冰箱。根据倒数第二段中的bowls of figs began to fill the fridge可知，是从碗里拿出无花果。故选A项正确。

20.考查动词辨析。A. deserve应得；B. receive收到；C. protect保护；D. suspect怀疑。父亲让我把这果实当作原谅看待。他说：我应当得到原谅。故选A项正确。