Question

【題目】完形填空

On my way to work every day, I drive down a street lined with pine trees．One tree in particular____my attention．It must have suffered some____．Part of its trunk grew nearly parallel to the ground, and then in an effort to____its own course of life, the trunk took a 90 degree turn____to stand tall and stretch toward the sun.

Each day as I drove by, I saw this bent but determined tree and I would be____．It was a reminder to me that____I may not have had the best start in life, I could change____in the parts of my life at any time.

I was planning to stop one day to get a perfect____of my kindred-spirit (志趣相同的) tree．But that week I was busy．After that week, I still didn’t take any action．Every time I drove by the tree I would____myself, “Tomorrow, I’ll stop tomorrow to take one.” Then one day, as I drove by “my” tree, I glanced over, and much to my____, I found a sawed-off stump (樹樁) where that tree had stood．I had____my plan until “tomorrow” and tomorrow proved to be too____.

What have you been putting off? What would you do today if you knew you would____have the opportunity to do it again? Why not do those things that you have been putting off until tomorrow?

【1】A. caught B. paid C. fixed D. escaped

【2】A. experience B. influence C. defeat D. damage

【3】A. change B. design C. follow D. imagine

【4】A. applying B. attempting C. learning D. happening

【5】A. satisfied B. interested C. encouraged D. educated

【6】A. even though B. as if C. in case D. if only

【7】A. habit B. direction C. plan D. purpose

【8】A. review B. picture C. glance D. knowledge

【9】A. call B. help C. tell D. warn

【10】A. regret B. pleasure C. happiness D. surprise

【11】A. cut off B. taken off C. put off D. called off

【12】A. sad B. far C. good D. late

【13】A. never B. ever C. surely D. almost

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】D

【3】A

【4】B

【5】C

【6】A

【7】B

【8】B

【9】C

【10】D

【11】C

【12】D

【13】A

【解析】

【1】動(dòng)詞辨析。A抓��；B付出；C全神貫注于；D逃脫。根據(jù)下文出現(xiàn)的attention判斷選A。

【2】名詞辨析。A經(jīng)驗(yàn)，經(jīng)歷；B影響；C失敗；D毀壞。根據(jù)前文的suffer和下文的to the ground判斷選D。

【3】動(dòng)詞辨析。A更換，改變；B設(shè)計(jì)；C跟隨；D想象。此處應(yīng)是樹的歪倒，應(yīng)是改變它們自己的生存方式，故選A。

【4】動(dòng)詞辨析。A申請(qǐng)；B嘗試；C學(xué)習(xí)；D發(fā)生。attempt to do sth嘗試做某事。應(yīng)選B。

【5】形容詞辨析。句意：每天我開車進(jìn)過，我看到這棵歪倒但很堅(jiān)強(qiáng)的大樹，我就會(huì)很受鼓勵(lì)。A滿意的；B感興趣的；C鼓勵(lì)的；D受教育的。故選C。

【6】連詞辨析。句意：即使我們不可能有生活中最好的開始，……。A即使；B好像；C萬一；D要是。，故選A。

【7】名詞辨析。A喜歡；B方向，指導(dǎo)；C計(jì)劃；D目的。根據(jù)前面大樹的故事，應(yīng)是改變方向，故選B。

【8】名詞辨析。A評(píng)論；B圖畫；C一瞥；D知識(shí)。get a perfect picture of得到一幅完美的圖像。故選B。

【9】動(dòng)詞辨析。A打電話；B幫助；C告訴；D警告。此處作者已經(jīng)將這棵大樹看成自己的縮影，看到大叔就會(huì)默默告訴自己tell oneself……，故選C。

【10】考查名詞辨析。A遺憾；B快樂；C幸福；D吃驚。to one’s surprise令某人吃驚的是。根據(jù)句意選D。

【11】動(dòng)詞短語辨析。A切斷；B起飛，脫掉；C推遲；D取消。根據(jù)題意選C。

【12】形容詞辨析。A悲傷的；B遙遠(yuǎn)的；C好的；D晚的。此處是將計(jì)劃推遲到明天，明天又太晚了，故選D。

【13】考查副詞辨析。A從不；B曾經(jīng)；C當(dāng)然；D幾乎。根據(jù)句意選A。