Question

    Vishweshwar Butt Saklani took his last breath on January 18, 2019, but he will live on in the memory of his countrymen as the “Tree Man of Uttarakhan”, who planted over 5 million trees.

Saklani had been ______ of trees all his life. He planted his first tree at eight under his uncle’s ______, and kept it for the next seven decades of his life, until he was ______.

People know he loved trees, but ______ know that he planted trees to ______ the sad situations in his life. When his brother died, the Tree Man disappeared into the forest every morning and ______ whole days planting trees. Then in 1958, his wife died and he did the same to do with the ______. It was like he ______ his life to planting trees as a tribute(致敬，悼念) to his ______ brother and wife.

The people of his village grew to love him,______ it wasn’t always like this. In the beginning, villagers didn’t ______ him and even beat him, because he was covering common land. But he never ______. He continued planting trees and eventually got ______.

Saklani kept ______ his forest until 10 years ago, when he lost his sight. In 1986, he received the Indira Priyadarshani Award for his ______ efforts to protect the forest. In the same year, Saklani suffered a(n) ______ blow, after a massive wildfire turned many trees to ______. Despite the efforts of the local community to control the ______, it still destroyed much of the Tree Man’s forest. Although ______ by the disaster, Saklani believed that the trees would grow back once the rains came.

Saklani died at 96, but his ______ lives on in the forest.

1.A.rid B.fond C.proud D.confident

2.A.protection B.command C.guidance D.control

3.A.blind B.deaf C.exhausted D.bored

4.A.much B.many C.little D.few

5.A.deal with B.focus on C.come across D.carry on

6.A.wasted B.cost C.spent D.took

7.A.bond B.project C.fantasy D.pain

8.A.attached B.devoted C.adjusted D.applied

9.A.disappeared B.disabled C.late D.modest

10.A.but B.or C.and D.so

11.A.inspire B.encourage C.judge D.support

12.A.moved off B.cut in C.gave up D.lost face

13.A.paid B.understood C.prepared D.satisfied

14.A.growing B.equipping C.exporting D.expanding

15.A.continued B.expected C.worthless D.limitless

16.A.particular B.major C.subtle D.astonishing

17.A.ashes B.grains C.mess D.failure

18.A.leaves B.smoke C.flames D.dust

19.A.disturbed B.amused C.shocked D.hit

20.A.performance B.spirit C.effect D.personality

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.D

5.A

6.C

7.D

8.B

9.C

10.A

11.D

12.C

13.B

14.D

15.A

16.B

17.A

18.C

19.D

20.B

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。文章记叙了Vishweshwar Butt Saklani一生坚持不懈地种树的光荣事迹。

1.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：Saklani一生都喜欢树。A. rid消除； B. fond喜欢的； C. proud骄傲的； D. confident有信心的。根据上文他一生种了500多万颗树可知，他喜欢树。第二段中的“People know he loved trees”亦是提示。故选B。

2.考查名词词义辨析。句意：他八岁时在他叔叔的指导下种下了第一棵树。A. protection保护；B. command命令；C. guidance指导； D. control控制。他8岁种第一棵树，一个小孩子第一次种树，当然要在大人的“指导”下。故选C。

3.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：八岁时，他在叔叔的指导下种下了第一棵树，并在此后的七十年里一直种树，直到失明。A. blind瞎的；B. deaf聋的；C. exhausted疲惫的；D. bored厌烦的。根据Saklani kept ___14___ his forest until 10 years ago, when he lost his sight.可知，后来他失明了。故选A。

4.考查代词词义辨析。句意：人们知道他爱树，但很少有人知道他种树是为了克服生活中的悲伤。A. much很多；B. many很多；C. little几乎没有；D. few几乎没有。根据but转折可知，该空表示“几乎没有人”，应用few。few代指复数名词，little代指不可数名词。故选D。

5.考查动词短语辨析。句意：人们知道他爱树，但很少有人知道他种树是为了克服生活中的悲伤。A. deal with克服（坏情绪），处理；B. focus on集中于；C. come across偶然遇见，偶然发现；D. carry on继续，从事。结合下文可知，他种树是为了“克服，应对”兄弟和妻子去世带来的痛苦。故选A。

6.考查动词词义辨析。句意：当他的兄弟死后，树人每天早上消失在森林里，花一整天的时间种树。A. wasted浪费；B. cost花费；C. spent花费；D. took花费。cost以物作主语，一般指花钱。take后面不接一般接动词不定式(take time to do sth.)。sb. spend time doing sth.某人花时间做某事。故选C。

7.考查名词词义辨析。句意：然后在1958年，他的妻子去世了，他也做了同样的事情来克服自己的痛苦。A. bond联系，纽带；B. project项目，工程；C. fantasy幻想，想象；D. pain痛苦，疼痛。他通过种树来应对失去妻子的“痛苦”。故选D。

8.考查动词词义辨析。句意：就好像他一生都在种树，以此来纪念他已故的哥哥和妻子一样。A. attached把……固定，把……附（在……上）；B. devoted 献身，致力于，奉献；C. adjusted调整；D. applied应用，运用。根据上文可知，他把一生都“奉献”在了种树上。故选B。

9.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：就好像他一生都在种树，以此来纪念他已故的哥哥和妻子一样。A. disappeared消失的； B. disabled残疾的；C. late已故的，晚的；D. modest谦虚的。前文提到他的妻子和哥哥都去世了，即：已故的。故选C。

10.考查连词词义辨析。句意：村里的人渐渐喜欢上了他，但并不总是这样。A. but但是；B. or或者；C. and并且，和； D. so因此。结合句意，逗号前后两句之间是转折关系。故选A。

11.考查动词词义辨析。句意：一开始，村民们不支持他，甚至打他。A. inspire鼓舞； B. encourage鼓励； C. judge判断； D. support支持。根据后面的even beat him可知，一开始，人们不“支持”他，甚至打他。故选D。

12.考查动词短语辨析。句意：但是，他没有放弃。A. moved off离开；B. cut in插嘴；C. gave up放弃；D. lost face丢脸。根据But转折可知，尽管人们一开始不支持他，但是他没有“放弃”，继续种树。故选C。

13.考查动词词义辨析。句意：他继续种树，终于被人理解了。A. paid支付； B. understood理解； C. prepared准备；D. satisfied使满意。结合该段第一句grew to love him可知，人们逐渐接受他的做法，他最终被人们“理解”。故选B。

14.考查动词词义辨析。句意：Saklani一直在扩大他的森林，直到10年前他失明。A. growing成长；B. equipping装备，配备；C. exporting出口；D. expanding扩大，增加。他种的树越来越多，那么，他的树林就一直在“扩大”。故选D。

15.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：1986年，他获得了英迪拉·普里亚达尔沙尼奖，以表彰他对保护森林的不懈努力。A. continued持久的； B. expected预期的，预料的； C. worthless无价值的； D. limitless无限的。根据第一句中的“kept expanding his forest”可知，他一直在“持续不断的”努力。故选A。

16.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：同年，一场大火将许多树木化为灰烬，Saklani遭受了巨大的打击。A. particular尤其的； B. major大的，重要的，主要的；C. subtle微妙的； D. astonishing令人惊讶的。根据下文中的it still destroyed much of the Tree Man’s forest可知，他的树林遭受严重毁坏，因此可知，他遭受到“大的”打击。故选B。

17.考查名词词义辨析。句意：同年，一场大火将许多树木化为灰烬，Saklani遭受了巨大的打击。A. ashes灰，灰烬； B. grains谷物；C. mess混乱；D. failure失败。大火会烧毁树木，使之成为“灰烬”。故选A。

18.考查名词词义辨析。句意：尽管当地社区努力控制火势，但大火还是毁坏了大部分森林。A. leaves叶子；B. smoke烟；C. flames火焰；D. dust尘土。根据上文的a massive wildfire可知，发生了大火，因此人们要控制的是“大火，火势”。故选C。

19.考查动词词义辨析。句意：尽管受到灾难的打击，Saklani相信一旦下雨，这些树就会重新长出来。A. disturbed打扰，干扰； B. amused逗笑，逗乐；C. shocked使震惊；D. hit打击。根据上文中的“a major blow”可知，这场灾难深深地“打击”了他。故选D。

20.考查名词词义辨析。句意：Saklani在96岁时去世，但他的精神仍活在森林里。A. performance表现；B. spirit精神；C. effect影响；D. personality性格，人格。他去世了，但是他一直种树，一直奋斗的“精神”永远存在。故选B。