Question

    Trees play a special role in my life. They accompanied my growth, and my personal experiences and memories often _______with them. There was a row of poplars（杨树）in my first childhood home; I never_____the house without the trees.

Out on the farm, my grandparents always cut a Christmas tree from the fields. They were always short. Those trees were a family ______; I can still ______ their smell all these years later.

The pines in our backyard were only 1.5 meters tall when we moved in. They grew right alongside our kids, and in the same ______: silently and quickly. Those pines once stretched a hammock（吊床）______ the two of them. They watched over our rounds of hide-and-seek, snowfalls, and ______ family gatherings.

A huge willow tree once ______ in the backyard as well. The kids had a tree-house in it for a long time. Other kids in the ______ enjoyed it too.

There is a sadness to a ______ tree; to the ground it makes when it hits the ground.

My husband and I were working as newspaper photographers ______ the active volcano Mount St. Helens exploded. Many nearby forests were _____ destroyed by the effects of the explosion. The loss of all the trees can somehow be as ______ as the loss of lives and homes.

Trees tend to be ______ of strength and beauty.

The trees returned to Mount St. Helens -- and they returned ______ than the experts predicted. To all who had witnessed the disaster, the ______ was encouraging. Those small trees ______ us of the beauty of new beginnings.

We’ve filled in the empty holes ______ the pines stood and dug a new hole that will soon be home to a new tree.

One of the grandchildren asked how tall the new tree is.

“Not much taller than I am,” I said.

“Can we decorate it for Christmas?” she asked, eyes ______.

The old trees may be gone, but the new one will soon become part of my grandchildren’s  ____ for many years to come.

1.A. go together    B. come along    C. bring back    D. take down

2.A. see    B. find    C. picture    D. build

3.A. habit    B. tradition    C. culture    D. attraction

4.A. feel    B. sense    C. expect    D. recall

5.A. house    B. field    C. manner    D. way

6.A. with    B. between    C. out of    D. across

7.A. countless    B. countable    C. limitless    D. limited

8.A. planted    B. placed    C. stood    D. located

9.A. neighborhood    B. forest    C. backyard    D. garden

10.A. hollow    B. strange    C. rotted    D. fallen

11.A. which    B. that    C. when    D. while

12.A. possibly    B. comparably    C. suddenly    D. completely

13.A. encouraging    B. upsetting    C. moving    D. boring

14.A. symbols    B. associations    C. characters    D. contacts

15.A. harder    B. lower    C. easier    D. faster

16.A. regain    B. regrowth    C. recover    D. remark

17.A. told    B. warned    C. informed    D. reminded

18.A. when    B. where    C. which    D. that

19.A. observing    B. staring    C. twinkling    D. glancing

20.A. memories    B. programs    C. adventures    D. experiments

Answer

1. A

2. C

3. B

4. D

5. C

6. B

7. A

8. C

9. A

10. D

11. C

12. D

13. B

14. A

15. D

16. B

17. D

18. B

19. C

20. A

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。主要讲述了在作者的成长中树给了作者很多的回忆，树在作者的生活中起了很大的作用。

1.考查动词短语辨析。A. go together 一起，相伴；B. come along 出现；C. bring back 带回；D. take down 记下。根据下文作者回忆自己的童年都是关于树的可知，作者的经历和记忆总是有树相伴。故选A。

2.考查动词词义辨析。A. see看到；B. find发现；C. picture画，想象；D. build建造。句意：我从来没有想象过没有树的房子。结合上下文语境可知，作者的家都有树，因此此处是指作者没有想象过没有树的房子，故选C。

3.考查名词词义辨析。A. habit 习惯；B. tradition 传统；C. culture 文化；D. attraction 吸引。根据上文祖父母总是在地里砍下一棵圣诞树可知，这些树是家里的一个传统。故选B。

4.考查动词词义辨析。A. feel触摸；B. sense 感觉；C. expect 期望；D. recall记起。句意：多年来我仍然能够记起它们的气味。结合语境和句意可知，此处用recall最合题意，故选D。

5.考查名词词义辨析。A. house 房子；B. field 田地；C. manner 方式；D. way方式，方法。manner和way 都有方式的意思，但manner多指行为方式，way作为方法讲。根据下文可知，此处指成长的方式应用manner更合题意，故选C。

6.考查介词词义辨析。A. with 和；B. between 在…..之间；C. out of 由于；D. across穿过。句意：那些松树曾经在两棵树之间铺了一张吊床。between在两者之间，结合句意，故选B。

7.考查形容词词义辨析。A. countless 无数的；B. countable 可计算的；C. limitless 无限制的；D. limited 有限的。根据上文这些树和我们一起成长可知，它们见证了无数次的家庭聚会，故选A。

8.考查动词词义辨析。A. planted 种植；B. placed 放置；C. stood 站立；D. located 位于。句意：后院曾经有一棵巨大的柳树。表示树长在哪里时常用动词stand，其过去式是stood。故选C。

9.考查名词词义辨析。A. neighborhood附近，街坊；B. forest 森林；C. backyard 后院；D. garden花园。结合上文语境可知，此处是指附近的其他孩子也喜欢来这玩，故选A。

10.考查动词词义辨析。A. hollow中空的；B. strange 奇怪的；C. rotted 腐烂的；D. fallen 坠落的；根据下文圣海伦斯活火山爆发了，很多树因为爆炸坠落可知，这棵柳树应该是也倒下了。故选D。

11.考查连词词义辨析。A. which 哪个；B. that那； C. when 当…..时候；D. while 当……时候。这是个时间状语从句，when和while都可以用于时间状语从句，be doing结构常与when搭配，故选C。

12.考查副词词义辨析。A. possibly 可能地；B. comparably 通等地；C. suddenly 忽然；D. completely 完全地。火山爆发的威力很大，周围的树木应该是完全被毁了再结合下文作者说失去了所有的树，故选D。

13.考查形容词词义辨析。A. encouraging 鼓励的；B. upsetting 令人苦恼的；C. moving 动人的；D. boring 无聊的。句意：失去所有的树木就像失去生命和家园一样令人苦恼。结合上下文语境可知，树非常重要，因此此处用upsetting最合题意，故选B。

14.考查名词次词义辨析。A. symbols 象征；B. associations 协会；C. characters 特征；D. contacts联系人。句意：树是力量和美的象征。根据句意和所给选项可知，此处用象征最合题意，故选A。

15.考查形容词词义辨析。A. harder 更难；B. lower 更低；C. easier 更容易；D. faster 更快。句意：这些树又回到了圣海伦斯山——它们的回归比专家们预测的还要快。根据下文那些树很快又开始再生长，结合句意可知，此处用faster最合文意。故选D。

16.考查动词词义辨析。A. regain恢复；B. regrowth 再生长；C. recover 恢复；D. remark 评论。结合上下文语境可知，对见证过灾难的人来说，这些再生长的树是令人鼓舞的，故选B。

17.考查动词词义辨析。A. told 告诉；B. warned 警告；C. informed 告诉；D. reminded 提醒。remind sb of sth提醒某人某事，此处是指那些小树提醒我们新的开始的美丽。故选D。

18.考查定语从句。A. when 当….时候；B. where 在哪里；C. which 哪个；D. that那个。这是个定语从句，先行词是holes，从句中缺少状语，用where引导定语从句，故选B。

19.考查动词词义辨析。 A. observing 观察；B. staring 盯着；C. twinkling 闪烁；D. glancing 瞥了一眼。根据语境可知，作者的孙子应该是很期待作者答应用它做圣诞树，因此眼睛在闪烁，故选C。

20.考查名词词义辨析。A. memories 记忆；B. programs 程序；C. adventures冒险； D. experiments 实验。句意：老树可能会消失，但新树很快就会成为我孙子们未来许多年生活的回忆。本文开始就讲述作者回忆过去，她的生活都和树有关，由此可推断出作者想要这些树也成为孙子们的记忆，故选A。