Question

  When I was growing up,I had an old neighbor named Dr. Gibbs. He didn't look like any doctor I'd ever known. When Dr. Gibbs wasn't 1      lives, he was planting trees. His house sat on ten acres(英畝) ,and his life's 2       was to make it a forest.

  The good doctor came from "No pains,no gains" school of gardening. He had some inter?esting 3       about plant management. He 4       watered his new trees. Once I asked why, he said that watering plants spoiled(寵壞) them，and that if you 5       them，they would grow 6       . So you had to make things 7       for them and got rid of the weak trees early on.

  He talked about how watering trees made for 8       roots, and how trees that weren't watered had to grow deep roots in 9       of water.

  So he never watered his trees. He planted an oak(橡樹) and, 10       watering it every morning，he would 11       it with a rolled-up newspaper. I asked him 12       he did that，and he said it was to get the tree's attention.

Dr. Gibbs 13       a couple of years after I left home. But the trees he planted are 14       now.

I planted some trees a few years ago, 15       water to them for a whole summer,and prayed over them. Two years of careful care has 16       in trees that grow weaker and weaker. Whenever a cold wind blows, they 17       .

So I'm 18       my view to life, because life is hard. Too many times we pray for comforta?

ble life. In fact, what we need to do is to pray for 19       that reach deep into the Eternal(永恒) ，so when the rains fall and the winds blow,we won't be 20       .

(   ) 1.A. starting   B. seeing   C. saving   D. spending

(   ) 2.A. goal   B. courage   C. time   D. money

(   ) 3.A. activities   B. theories   C. services   D. records

(   ) 4.A. always   B. sometimes   C. never   D. Often

(   ) 5.A. watched   B. spoiled   C. heated   D. watered

(   ) 6.A. taller   B. weaker   C. deeper   D. faster

(   ) 7.A. rough   B. sharp   C. easy   D. soft

(   ) 8.A. deep   B. high   C. shallow   D. low

(   ) 9.A. honor   B. terms   C. face   D. search

(   ) 10.A. instead of   B. because of   C. as a result of   D. due to

(   ) 11.A. treat   B. destroy   C. cover   D. beat

(   ) 12.A. how   B. why   C. when   D. where

(   ) 13.A. passed by   B. passed away   C. got around   D. died out

(   ) 14.A. straight   B. alone   C. strong   D. dying

(   ) 15.A. carried   B. contained   C. prevented   D. moved

(   ) 16.A. stayed   B. finished   C. experienced   D. resulted

(   ) 17.A. sing   B. die   C. tremble   D. vary

(   ) 18.A. losing   B. changing   C. keeping   D. exploring

(   ) 19.A. roots   B. fortunes   C. waters   D. materials

(   ) 20.A. punished   B. troubled   C. panicked   D. damaged

Answer 1

1- 5 CABCD      6-10 BACDA

11-15 DBBCA     16 -20 DCBAD

文章主要講述了我的鄰居Gibbs醫(yī)生獨特的種樹的方法及作者從中領悟到的道理：人生必須要經(jīng)歷風雨才能不會對困難畏懼。

1.C Gibbs的職業(yè)是醫(yī)生，所以當他不救人命時，就去種樹。

2.A Gibbs醫(yī)生的目標是把自己的房子周圍變成一片森林。

3.B他對于如何種樹有自己獨到的見解，所以是"理論"。

4.C根據(jù)Gibbs醫(yī)生的觀點"給樹澆水會毀掉樹"可知他從不給樹澆水。

5.D

6.B如果給樹澆水，樹就會長得差，即weaker。

7.A rough意為"艱苦的，困難的"。為樹制造一個艱苦的環(huán)境，可以及早淘汰生長差的樹。

1.C由下文how trees that weren't watered had to grow deep roots…可知。shallow意思是"淺的"。

2.D in search of意思是"尋找"。樹在找尋水分的過程中根會扎得很深。

10. A Gibbs醫(yī)生不給樹澆水。 D用報紙擊打樹干。

12.B

13.B pass away意思是"去世"。

14.C Gibbs醫(yī)生雖然過世了，但他栽的樹卻依然"茁壯"。strong指"強壯,苗壯"。

15.A carry water意思是"擔水"。作者時常擔水澆樹。

16.D result in意思是"導致，引起"。作者給樹澆水，精心照料卻使得樹越長越差。

17.C tremble意思是"顫抖"。一陣寒風吹過，樹就發(fā)抖。

18.B作者由此改變了對生活的看法。

19.A由下文reach deep into the Eternal可知"我們應當祈禱讓樹根扎得更深，才能抵擋風雨"。

20.D只有根扎得深，才不會在風雨中受到損傷。