Question

    In our backyard there is a big pond with lots of trees and bushes. Both my grandparents were fond of our so-called garden.

One morning our new neighbor, an aggressively ambitious businessman, saw my grandfather _______two rare deodar tree saplings on both sides of our gate._______he said he had planted the same tree saplings in his garden. My grandfather gave his plants _______  adequate amount of water and didn't give them full _______, while our neighbor interested in better _______looked after them too well. His plants were much_______and greener.

Normally in summer, we have fierce thunderstorms. _______ the extreme damage, these storms also bring a welcome sudden_______ from the terribly hot climate. After a thunderstorm, we came out to _______ the damage to our garden and saw the neighbor in his garden, too, but looked__________as his plants had been uprooted. Ours were standing__________ on the ground. Surprised to see this, he came up to us and said with embarrassment," My trees __________ from the roots while yours didn't. Why?”

My grandfather said, "You gave your plants more attention, water and manure(肥料），__________ they didn't need to work for anything. I gave mine just an adequate amount, letting their roots do the__________; thus their roots went deeper and became stronger. "Our neighbor nodded in__________ Hearing the words, I realized that anything easily given can be taken away much more easily and we will not understand the hard work it takes to earn those things.

1.A.moving B.purchasing C.delivering D.planting

2.A.By the way B.By coincidence C.On the contrary D.In contrast

3.A.extremely B.instantly C.barely D.negatively

4.A.force B.amount C.review D.attention

5.A.requirements B.returns C.education D.access

6.A.drier B.rarer C.fuller D.wilder

7.A.Instead of B.Regardless of C.But for D.Apart from

8.A.addition B.relief C.protection D.awareness

9.A.infer B.control C.prevent D.inspect

10.A.tired B.upset C.bored D.ashamed

11.A.firmly B.widely C.fairly D.flexibly

12.A.came off B.put off C.took off D.showed off

13.A.So B.if C.though D.unless

14.A.majority B.opposite C.sort D.rest

15.A.total B.detail C.approval D.turn

Answer

1.D

2.B

3.C

4.D

5.B

6.C

7.D

8.B

9.D

10.B

11.A

12.A

13.A

14.D

15.C

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了作者的祖父和邻居用截然相反的两种方法来种树，结果祖父的树在暴风雨之后依然屹立，而邻居的树却被连根拔起。通过这个故事，文章告诉我们仍和容易得到的东西也容易被拿走。

1.考查动词词义辨析。句意：一天早上，我们的新邻居，一个雄心勃勃的商人，看到我祖父在我家大门口的两边各种了一棵罕见的菩提树。A. moving移动；B. purchasing购买；C. delivering投递；D. planting种植。根据下文的he said he had planted the same tree saplings in his garden.可知，此处用“种植”符合语境，故选D项。

2.考查短语辨析。句意：很巧，他说他在自己的花园里中了相同的树苗。A. By the way顺便说；B. By coincidence碰巧；C. On the contrary相反；D. In contrast相比之下。结合上下文可知，两人都种了这种罕见的树，这巧合，故选B项。

3.考查副词词义辨析。句意：我祖父几乎不会给树苗浇足够的水，也不非常关心它们，然而我们的邻居期待有更好的回报，把他的树苗照顾的非常好。A. extremely特别地；B. instantly立即；C. barely几乎不；D. negatively消极地，否定地。根据句意可知，上下文是对比关系，根据下文的looked after them too well可推测作者的祖父机会不会给树苗浇充足的水，故选C项。

4.考查名词词义辨析。句意：同上。A. force武力；B. amount 数量；C. review评论；D. attention关注。结合上下文可知，此处是指作者的祖父既不给充足的水，也不太关心树苗，故选D项。

5.考查名词词义辨析。句意：同上。A. requirements要求；B. returns回报；C. education教育；D. access接近，通路。根据句意可知，作为商人的邻居为了更好的回报，所以把树苗照顾得很好，故选B项。

6.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：他的树苗更茂盛也更绿。A. drier更干的；B. rarer更稀少的；C. fuller更茂盛的；D. wilder更野蛮的。根据greener可知此处应选择正向的形容词，故选C项。

7.考查介词短语辨析。句意：除了造成严重的破坏外，这些暴风雨也会在极热的气候里带来受人们欢迎的安慰。A. Instead of代替，而非；B. Regardless of不管；C. But for要不是；D. Apart from除了。根据句意可知，此处是指暴风雨除了带来破坏，也会带来好处，故选D项。

8.考查名词词义辨析。句意：同上。A. addition附加物；B. relief欣慰；C. protection保护；D. awareness意识。结合上下文可知，此处是指暴风雨让干旱已久的植物得到了充足的水分，这是令人欣慰的事情，故选B项。

9.考查动词词义辨析。句意：在一个雷暴天气之后，我们出去检查花园的受损情况，看到邻居也在他的花园里，但看起来很沮丧，因为他的树苗已经被连根拔起。A. infer推断；B. control控制；C. prevent阻止；D. inspect检查。根据句意可知，此处用“检查受损情况”符合语境，故选D项。

10.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：同上。A. tired劳累的；B. upset沮丧的；C. bored无聊的；D. ashamed羞愧的。根据下文的his plants had been uprooted可知此处用“沮丧的”符合语境，故选B项。

11.考查副词词义辨析。句意：我们的树苗牢牢地立在地面。A. firm ly牢固地；B. widely广泛地；C. fairly公平地；D. flexibly灵活地。根据下文的My trees ___12___ from the roots while yours didn't. Why?可知两家的树苗的状况截然相反，故此处用“牢牢地立在地面”符合语境，故选A项。

12.考查动词短语辨析。句意：“我的树从根部脱落，而你们却没有，为什么呢？” A. came off脱落，脱离；B. put off 推迟；C. took off起飞，脱下；D. showed off炫耀。根据上文的his plants had been uprooted可知此处用“脱落”符合语境，故选A项。

13.考查连词词义辨析。句意：我祖父说：“你给你的树太多照顾，水和肥料，因此它们不需要为任何事情努力。”A. So因此；B. if如果；C. though尽管；D. unless除非。根据句意可知，上下文是因果关系，故选A项。

14.考查名词词义辨析。句意：我只给我的树苗适量的水和肥料，剩下的让它们的根来解决，因此它们的根扎得更深，变得更强大。A. majority大多数；B. opposite相反的；C. sort种类；D. rest剩余。根据句意可知，此处是指给了适量的水和肥料之后，其它剩下的事情就由树苗自己解决，因此它们的根会扎得更深来寻找水和肥料，故选D项。

15.考查副词短语辨析。句意：听了这些话，我们的邻居点头表示赞成。A.(in) total总计；B. (in)detail详细地；C. (in)approval赞成；D. (in)turn依次。根据nodded可知作者的邻居同意祖父的话，故选C项。