Question

Everyday on the way to work 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.

This tree became a ______ for me. 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) tree. But that week I was ______. After that busy 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 ______ by “my” tree, I glanced over, and much to my ______, I found a sawed-off stump (樹樁) where that symbolic tree had stood. Gone. I had ______ my plan until “tomorrow” and tomorrow proved to be too ______.

A picture of a tree is not of great ______. But my lesson rang through clearly ______ I found out one of my colleagues had been ______ with stage-four cancer. He may no longer have many ________.

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. paid B. caught C. fixed D .escaped

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

3.A.continue B. design C. change D. imagine

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

5.A.shelter B. Signal C. sign D. symbol

6.A.interested B. satisfied C. encouraged D. educated

7.A.even though B. as if C .in case D. if only

8.A.purpose B .plan C. habit D. direction

9.A. glance B. view C. picture D. knowledge

10.A.busy B. free C. worried D. bored

11.A. call B. help C. tell D. see

12.A.wandered B. drove C. rode D .ran

13.A.surprise B. pleasure C .regret D. happiness

14.A.taken off B. cut off C. put off D. called off

15.A.coldB. farC .sunnyD .late

16.A.valueB. achievementC. funD. disappointment

17.A. whenB .beforeC. becauseD. unless

18.A.linkedB .combinedC. providedD. diagnosed

19.A.livesB .tomorrows C. lessonsD .opportunities

20.A.surely B. almostC. everD. never

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.B

5.D

6.C

7.A

8.D

9.C

10.A

11.C

12.B

13.A

14.C

15.D

16.B

17.A

18.D

19.B

20.D

【解析】

試題分析：作者每天開車在路上都會看到一棵堅忍不拔的大樹，扭曲著身軀努力向上去擁抱陽光。他常想停下來去和這個頑強向上生長的樹拍照，并以此為榜樣，發(fā)奮向上。但直到有一天大樹成了樹樁，作者才意識到生活中不應(yīng)有拖延，于是感慨萬分：明日復(fù)明日，明日何其多！。

1.B動詞辨析。 .A. paid付款； B. caught 抓��； C. fixed 固定，修理； D .escaped逃跑；固定短語: catch ones attention “吸引某人注意力”。而pay attention to sth；fix one’s attention on sth意思是“把注意力集中在某方面”，需搭配介詞。答案選B。句意： 有一棵樹特別引起了我的注意。

2.A名詞辨析。.A. damage 損失； B .influence 影響；C. experience 經(jīng)歷，經(jīng)驗； D. defeat打敗。從下句Part of its trunk grew nearly parallel to the ground, “它的一部分樹干幾乎與地面平行”可以推斷這棵樹一定遭受過某種損害。suffer some damage 表示“遭受某種損害”，選 A。

3.C動詞辨析。.A .continue繼續(xù)；B design設(shè)計； C. change改變；D. imagine想象力。從后句The trunk took a 90-degree turn .... to stand tall and stretch toward the sun.可知那棵樹樹干彎曲了90 度，去擁抱太陽，和前面parallel to the ground,相比是改變了生命的軌跡，去擁抱太陽，所以選C。

4.B動詞辨析。.A .applying 申請；B. attempting 試圖；C .happening 發(fā)生； D. learning學習；從前句話內(nèi)容可知這棵樹盡力去改變生命的軌跡，樹干彎曲向上，努力長高去擁抱太陽。固定短語：attempt to do 表示“試圖、努力去做某事”。 答案選B

5.D名詞辨析。.A.shelter 避難所，遮蔽物； B. signal 信號；C. sign 跡象；D. symbol象征。根據(jù)下文可知這棵樹對“我”起著一種激勵作用，提醒我積極向上，所以對“我”而言，這棵樹就是一種象征。而且下文 It was a reminder to me 也是提示。答案選D。

6.C形容詞辨析。A .interested 感興趣的；B. satisfied 感到滿意的； C. encouraged 鼓勵的；D. educated受過教育的。.每天我開車經(jīng)過時，看到它身雖彎曲但仍努力向上的情形，我都會受到激勵encourage。答案：C

7.A短語辨析。A .even though 即使；B. as if 仿佛； C .in case 以免；D. if only如果；那棵樹總是提醒我：即使“我”的人生開端可能不是很好，但“我”應(yīng)該能夠在人生過程中隨時改變方向， 選A。

8.D名詞辨析。A .purpose目的；B .plan 計劃； C. habit 習慣；D. direction方向；句意是：雖然不可能有人生最好的開端，但“我”應(yīng)該能夠在人生過程中隨時改變方向direction。 答案選D。

9.C動詞辨析。A. glance 瞥視；B. view 觀點； C. picture 圖片；D. knowledge知識。從下文“A picture of a tree”提示可以判斷“我”打算有一天能停下來給那棵與我志同道合的樹拍張照。選C。

10.A形容詞辨析。.A .busy 忙；B. free 自由，免費； C. worried 擔心的；D. bored枯燥的。根據(jù)下文 “After that busy week”的提示，可知作者當時很忙。句意： 但我那個星期太忙 了，選A。

11.C動詞辨析。.Acall 喊叫.；B. help 幫助； C. tell 告訴； D. see看到；根據(jù)后句內(nèi)容“Tomorrow, I’ll stop tomorrow to take one.”（明天，明天我就去給它照張照片。）可知這是作者每次經(jīng)過那棵樹時總是告訴自己的話，選C。

12.B動詞辨析。A.wandered 徘徊；B. drove 開車； C. rode 騎車； D .ran跑。根據(jù)上文Each day as I drove by,可知作者每天都開車路過這棵大樹，選B。

13.A名詞辨析。A.surprise 驚訝；B. pleasure樂趣； C .regret 后悔； D. happiness幸福。從上文可知作者每天都經(jīng)過這棵樹，而且一直想拍照留念，所以當他看到原來那棵有象征意義的樹所在的地方只剩下一棵樹樁時會非常吃驚。固定短語： to my surprise“令我吃驚的是” ，答案選A。

14.C動詞辨析。.A.taken off 脫掉，起飛；B. cut off 切掉；斷絕；C. put off 推遲；D. called off取消。這件使引發(fā)了作者感慨：“我”總是把計劃推遲到明天去做，但明天卻表明一切都遲了。take off 表示“脫掉，起飛，成功”，cut off 表示“切斷，中斷”，call off 表示“取消”，都不符合語境。 答案選C。

15.D形容詞辨析。A .cold寒冷的；B. far遙遠的；C .sunny晴朗的；D .late遲到的。從上文可知作者還沒來得及實現(xiàn)自己的想法，大樹就已經(jīng)被砍伐了，所以事情是遲了。句意是：但明天卻表明一切都遲late了。 答案選D。

16.B名詞辨析。.A.value價值；B. achievement成就；C. fun樂趣； D. disappointment失望。從情理推斷，通過這件事給作者了一個教訓，其實那棵樹的照片倒沒有多大的價值，但卻給作者上了一課。 答案選A。

17..A連詞辨析。A. when當….時候；B .before在之前；C. because因為；D. unless除非。.當我發(fā)現(xiàn)我的一個同事被診斷患上了晚期癌癥時，那棵樹給我的教訓變得特別清晰。此處用 when 引導(dǎo)時間狀語從句，其他選項不符合語境和邏輯，選A。

18.D動詞辨析。A .linked有聯(lián)系的；B .combined結(jié)合；C. provided提供；D. diagnosed診斷。根據(jù)內(nèi)容可知stage-four cancer和diagnose搭配，.固定短語：be diagnosed with 意為“被診斷為”。 答案選D。

19.B名詞辨析。.A .lives生命；B .tomorrows 明天； C. lessons課程；D .opportunities機會。從常識可知晚期的癌癥患者生命就要到了盡頭，也就是明天不多了，選B。

20.D副詞辨析。A.surely 肯定地；B. almost幾乎；C. ever曾經(jīng)；D. never從不。從語境判斷此處表示“再也沒有機會來做……”，故用 never。 答案：D

考點：考查故事類短文閱讀