Question

    I’m about to begin my fifth season of tree planting. Each year, around this time, I have mixed feelings about the job. Never have I loved a job so much while hating it with equal measure. I mainly plant trees on the coast of British Columbia and get paid about 35 cents a tree. The job can be profitable. It gives planters the opportunity to lead a roaming (漫游的) lifestyle, with a temporary duty to spend a few months filling their bank accounts. But there are many challenges.

In the early hours of the morning, we join our teams and travel along rough roads deep into the woodlands. When stepping out of the trucks, often in the pouring rain, we’re faced with a steep chunk of land that’s just been logged (砍伐). I step into the rain and fill my bags with hundreds of tiny trees. Experienced tree-planters treat this more like a sport than a job, thus lighting up the mood.

Once our bags are full, we immediately charge up that hillside before feeling reluctant to go. We jump from log to log, and if they roll out from under our feet, we grab onto whatever within reach and swing around like monkeys. We push through stinging bushes. We stumble and fall constantly, always pushing ourselves to go faster among groups of insects that we often breathe in.

While tree planting, I come across someone else, a self I thought I knew. It is a person I try to come to peace with on those hillsides, during those strange days of isolation (隔绝) and deep thinking.

Tree planting is a lab of self-examination and growth, where you face the worst and the best in your nature and push yourself as hard as you can. And, a new version of yourself awaits at the end of the experience.

1.Which of the following is true about the writer’s job?

A.It is a bittersweet job to some degree.

B.He works 12 months a year.

C.He can make a fortune with this job.

D.He is stuck in a place all year round.

2.What challenges will they meet when planting trees?

A.They feel reluctant to collect tiny trees.

B.Workers’ mood needs to be lighted up on the truck.

C.They will have to help each other when planting trees.

D.The conditions are really tough on the hillside.

3.In what way has the writer benefited most by planting trees?

A.He has smoothed away many difficulties.

B.He has discovered a whole new himself.

C.He has developed tree-planting skills.

D.He has gained lifelong friendship.

Answer

1.A

2.D

3.B

【解析】

这是一篇夹叙夹议的文章。文章主要讲述了作者每年都会参与植树，这份工作给他带来了收益，可过程中又有不少挑战。这一经历更带给了他宝贵的精神财富，发现了一个不一样的自己。

1.

细节理解题。根据文章第一段内容“Never have I loved a job so much while hating it with equal measure.”可知，在作者看来，他从来没有像现在这样热爱一份工作，同时又对它深恶痛绝过。且后文提及“The job can be profitable”和“But there are many challenges.”可知，植树虽然能获取收益，但是也有不少的挑战，所以是一份苦乐参半的工作。故选A项。

2.

细节理解题。根据文章第二段内容“In the early hours of the morning, we join our teams and travel along rough roads deep into the woodlands. When stepping out of the trucks, often in the pouring rain, we’re faced with a steep chunk of land that’s just been logged.( 在清晨的几个小时，我们加入我们的队伍，沿着崎岖的道路进入森林深处。当我们在倾盆大雨中走出卡车时，我们面对的是一片刚刚被砍伐的陡峭土地。)”以及文章第三段内容“We push through stinging bushes. We stumble and fall constantly, always pushing ourselves to go faster among groups of insects that we often breathe in.( 我们穿过刺痛的灌木丛。我们不断地跌倒，在我们经常吸入的昆虫群中，我们总是迫使自己走得更快。)”可知，从早起乘车沿着崎岖不平的路赶往林地，下车之后常常遭遇倾盆大雨，到带刺的灌木丛以及会被吸入鼻中的昆虫，都说明了条件的艰苦。故选D项。

3.

细节理解题。根据文章最后一段内容“Tree planting is a lab of self-examination and growth, where you face the worst and the best in your nature and push yourself as hard as you can. And, a new version of yourself awaits at the end of the experience.( 植树是自我反省和成长的实验室，在这里，你要面对自己本性中最坏的和最好的，并尽你所能推动自己。而且，在体验结束时，等待你的是一个全新的自己。)”可知，作者认为植树最佳益处在于可以探索新的自我。故选B项。