Question

    What's all this tree- - planting for? " I was asked when I began writing about _____ a piece of land I had bought in Somerset. The truth is, I just love trees. And I am not _____ AsI get older, all I really _____ is to plant trees ,  Prince Charles says in a BBC documentary in which he is _____ in the wood he planted on the day Prince George was born.

There are _____  and wonderful trees in our cities and villages. They were planted, or self- sown, years, even centuries ago. We take them for granted, _____ the creatures living among them, remain in ignorance of the _____ trees are doing us(cleaning the air, for instance) and cut them down for new _____. Yet we keep a feeling of _____ for them. This may account for the _____ the government faced in 2010 when it sought to sell off publicly owned woods, and for the wide support that the Woodland Trust (a tree-protecting charity) _____.

Trees need _____, which is why I, a city-resident, bought my Somerset woodland in 1999. At that time, climate change was already well proved, _____ my hopes of planting long-lived oaks and pines gradually developed into anxiety about their _____. Tree diseases new to the UK, wind, drought and flood were all _____ against them.

But I did not _____ things to move so fast. The woodland is still good, the new trees are growing like mad, but the creatures are _____. The rabbits have disappeared and the owl has moved. The bees and  butterflies are _____ there but in smaller numbers. How can this happen on land _____ pesticides (杀虫剂)？Surely, it indicates we need to give nature the chance to restore its own _____. Meanwhile, I love my wood, and so do many of its visitors. And tree-planting has done wonders for restoring my balance town and country.

1.A. replacing B. restoring C. recycling D. returning

2.A. rich B. weak C. alone D. social

3.A. apply for B. wait for C. make for D. long for

4.A. filmed B. tracked C. reflected D. discovered

5.A. holy B. young C. mature D. mysterious

6.A. raise B. watch C. ignore D. abuse

7.A. honor B. good C. credit D. justice

8.A. use B. spirit C. life D. hope

9.A. trust B. sadness C. betrayal D. affection

10.A. approval B. opposition C. option D. dilemma

11.A. wins B. rejects C. requires D. withdraws

12.A. space B. time C. company D. nutrition

13.A. since B. for C. yet D. so

14.A. benefits B. chances C. location D. appearance

15.A. piling up B. speeding up C. keeping up D. mixing up

16.A. wish B. intend C. allow D. expect

17.A. in place B. in order C. in decline D. in question

18.A. even B. still C. ever D. once

19.A. short of B. sick of C. free of D. full of

20.A. glory B. function C. impact D. balance

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.D

4.A

5.C

6.C

7.B

8.A

9.D

10.B

11.A

12.A

13.D

14.B

15.A

16.D

17.C

18.B

19.C

20.D

【解析】

这是一篇议论文。作者写树木给人带来的好处，和自己买下一块萨默塞特林地种树，种树的目的就是维持人与自然的平衡。

1.考查动词词义辨析。A. replacing替代；B. restoring恢复；C. recycling回收利用；D. returning归还。句意：当我写我在恢复( restore)萨默塞特购买的那片土地时，我被问道“种这些树是为了什么？”，故选B。

2.考查形容词词义辨析。A. rich富有的；B. weak虚弱的；C. alone独自的；D. social社会的。空格后引用了 Prince Charles的话—“我开始变老,我所想的就是种树”,可见他与作者有相同的观点，因而作者说自己 not alone。故选C。

3.考查动词短语辨析。A. apply for申请；B. wait for等待；C. make for有助于；D. long for渴望。作者唯一渴望的就是种树，故选D。

4.考查动词词义辨析。A. filmed拍摄；B. tracked追踪；C. reflected反射；D. discovered发现。句意：Prince Charles在他参演的BBC纪录片里面说到“我开始变老,我所想的就是种树”。根据 documentary(纪录片)可知选 filmed。故选A。

5.考查形容词词义辨析。A. holy神圣的；B. young年轻的；C. mature成熟的；D. mysterious神秘的。空格后面一句写到这些树被种或者自己成长在几年以前或者是几个世纪前，因而推测出我们村庄的这些树是成熟的(mature)，故选C。

6.考查动词词义辨析。A. raise上升；B. watch看；C. ignore忽略；D. abuse滥用。句意：我们认为这些树是理所当然的，,忽视了生活在其中的其他生物，忽视了树给我们带来的净化空气等等的好处砍下树木另作他用。空格后有 Ignorance,所以这里选择 Ignore。故选C。

7.考查名词词义辨析。A. honor荣誉；B. good好处；C. credit信用；D. justice正义。空格后有 clean the air(净化空气)等好处,所以选择good赞扬树木。故选B。

8.考查名词词义辨析。A. use用途；B. spirit精神；C. life生活；D. hope希望。人们忽视树木的好处，为了新的用途而砍树，故选A。

9.考查名词词义辨析。A. trust信任；B. sadness悲伤；C. betrayal背叛；D. affection喜爱。根据上文yet表示转折，上文写我们忽视了树木给我们带来的好处，砍伐他们，然而我们内心对树木还是有喜爱之情的。故选D。

10.考查名词词义辨析。A. approval支持；B. opposition反对；C. option选择；D. dilemma困境。句意：这可以解释政府在2010年试图卖掉公有树木时遭遇了反对，因为获得了广泛的支持， Woodland Trust(树木保护组织)获胜了。上文是公众喜爱树木,所以应该是反对政府卖树的。故选B。

11.考查动词词义辨析。A. wins赢；B. rejects拒绝；C. requires要求；D. withdraws撤退。因为获得了 wide support所以 Woodland Trust(树木保护组织)赢了。故选A。

12.考查名词词义辨析。A. space空间；B. time 时间；C. company公司；D. nutrition营养。句意：树木生长需要空间,这就是我在1999年买下萨默塞特林地的原因。故选A。

13.考查连接词辨析。A. since自从；B. for因为；C. yet但是；D. so因此。句意：当时，气候变化已经得到了很好的证明，所以我种植长寿橡树和松树的希望逐渐变成了焦虑。故选D。

14.考查名词词义辨析。A. benefits益处；B. chances机会；C. location位置；D. appearance外表。句意：在那时,气候变化已被证实,所以我想种一些寿命长的橡树松树的愿望逐渐变成了对他们是否有生长机会的忧虑。故选B。

15.考查动词短语辨析。A. piling up堆积；B. speeding up加速；C. keeping up 保持；D. mixing up混合。句意：狂风、干旱、洪水共同抵抗他们。故选A。

16.考查动词词义辨析。A. wish祈求；B. intend打算；C. allow允许；D. expect期待；预料。句意：但是我没预料到事态发展的如此之快。因为林地目前很好，但新树苗在疯长。故选D。

17.考查介词短语辨析。A. in place适当的；B. in order整齐；C. in decline下降；D. in question考虑中的。上文提到树木在疯长，用but转折可知 creatures的数量应该在减少(in decline)。故选C。

18.考查副词辨析。A. even甚至；B. still仍然；C. ever曾经；D. once一旦。句意：蚂蚁和蝴蝶仍然有,但是数量减少了。故选still。故选B。

19.考查形容词短语辨析。A. short of缺乏；B. sick of厌恶；C. free of摆脱；D. full of充满。我们如何让这片土地上的生物摆脱杀虫剂呢？故选C。

20.考查名词词义辨析。A. glory荣誉；B. function功能；C. impact影响；D. balance平衡。我们要给自然机会去维持自身的均衡,和最后一句 restore my balance呼应。故选D。