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I.閱讀理解

A [2015 ■鹽城時楊中學(xué)三調(diào)] When I was a child, I had an old neighbour named Doc?tor Gibbs. He didn't look like any doctor I'd ever known. He never yelled at us for playing in his yard, but was always very kind.

When Doctor Gibbs didn't save lives, he planted trees. He had some interesting theories about planting trees. He believed in the principle: "No pain, no gain."He hardly wa?tered his new trees, an attitude which flew in the face of con?ventional wisdom.

Once I asked why and he told me that watering plants spoiled them because it made them grow weaker. He said you had to make things tough for the trees so that only the stron?gest could survive. He talked about how watering trees made them develop shallow roots and how, if they were not wa?tered, trees would grow deep roots in search of water.

So, instead of watering his trees every morning, he'd beat them with a rolled-up newspaper. I asked him why he did that, and he said it was to get the trees' attention.

Doctor Gibbs died a couple of years after I left home. Ev?ery now and then, I walked by his house and looked at the trees that I'd watched him plant some 25 years ago. They were tall and strong.

I planted a couple of trees myself a few years ago. Two years of tending these trees meant they grew up weak. When?ever a cold wind blew, their branches trembled. Adversity seemed to benefit Doctor Gibbs' trees while comfort and ease never could.

Every night before I go to bed, I check on my two sons. I often pray that their lives will be easy. But lately I've been thinking that it's time to change my prayer. I know my chil?dren are going to encounter hardship. There's always a cold wind blowing somewhere. What we need to do is pray for deep roots, so when the rain falls and the wind blows* we won't be torn apart.

1.With those trees planted, Doctor Gibbs often .

 A.     kept watering them every morning

B.     talked to them to get their attention

C.     paid little attention to them

D.     beat them to make them grow deep roots

2.What does the underlined word "Adversity" mean in the sixth paragraph?

 

A.     Difficult living conditions.

B.     Lack of moisture.

C.     Enough care or attention.

D.     Bad weather.

3.  Which prayer does the author wish for his sons?

A.     Have an easy life, without too much to worry about.

B.      Be able to stand the rain and wind in their lives.

C.      Have good luck, encountering less hardship in their lives.

D.     Meet people like Doctor Gibbs in the future.

Answer 1

Ⅰ.閱讀理解

A [文章大意]本文是一篇故事類記敘文，作者通過他的鄰居種樹

的經(jīng)歷告訴我們對于成長來說有時候困難是必需的。

1.C細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第二段中的"He hardly watered his new trees* an attitude which flew in the face of conventional wis-dom."可知，他幾乎不給樹澆水，由此得知他很少關(guān)注樹的成長。故選C項。

2.A推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章第六段中的"Two years of tending these trees meant they grew up weak. Whenever a cold wind blew, their branches trembled."可知，被悉心照料的樹變得脆弱了，無論何時風(fēng)吹雨打，它們的樹枝都顫抖著，而鄰居家的樹生活在艱難的條件下卻變得又高又壯。故選A項。

3.B推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章最后一段最后一句話"What we need to do is pray for deep roots, so when the rain falls and the wind blows, we won't be torn apart."可知，作者希望他的兒子能夠經(jīng)受住生活中的風(fēng)雨。故選B項。