题目内容
When I was growing up, I had an old neighbor, Dr. Gibbs. He didn’t look like any doctor I’d ever known. He never invited us to play in his yard, but he was a very kind person.
When Dr. Gibbs wasn’t saving lives, he was planting trees. He owned a large field and wanted to make it a forest.
The good doctor had some interesting ideas about planting trees. He never watered his new trees. Once I asked why. He said that watering plants spoiled (宠坏)them, and that if you watered them, each baby tree would grow weaker and weaker, so you had to make things difficult for them and pick out the weaker trees early on.
He talked about how watering trees made for shallow(浅的) roots, and the trees that weren’t watered had to grow deep roots in search of water under the earth by themselves. Deep roots were very important.
So he never watered his trees. He’d planted an oak and, instead of watering it every morning, he’d beat it with a rolled-up newspaper. I asked him why he did that, and he said it was to get the tree’s attention.
Dr. Gibbs died several years after I left home. Every now and then, I walked by his house and looked at the trees that I watched him plant about twenty-five years ago. They’re very big and strong now.
I planted some trees a few years back and carried water to them for a whole summer. After two years of caring too much, whenever a cold wind blows in, they shake a lot.
Every night before I go to bed, I check on my two sons. Mostly I pray(祈祷) that their lives will be easy. But lately I’ve been thinking that it’s time to change my prayer. I know my children are going to face difficulties. There’s always a cold wind blowing somewhere, so what we need to do is to pray for roots that reach deep into the brave heart, so when the rains fall and the winds blow, we could face it strongly and won’t be beaten down
- 1.
We know from the reading the doctor _________
- A.didn’t know how to plant trees at all
- B.wasn’t good at his own medical job
- C.had his own ways of planting trees
- D.had nothing to do but plant trees
- A.
- 2.
When Dr. Gibbs said, “...pick out the weaker trees early on.” he means that ______
- A.some weak trees would be easily found out at the beginning
- B.he would choose the weak trees to water earlier
- C.the weak trees would be sent to his patients later
- D.he would not plant weak trees so early anymore
- A.
- 3.
The passage tells us that the writer _______
- A.should beat his trees with a rolled-up newspaper
- B.didn’t often water his trees
- C.didn’t have a large field
- D.took too much care of his tree
- A.
- 4.
The writer wants to change his prayer, hoping that ________
- A.his trees will be stronger than Dr. Gibbs
- B.his trees will not be beaten down
- C.his sons will be better at planting trees
- D.his sons will be able to face difficulties
- A.
- 5.
Which can be the best title of the reading?
- A.Watering Trees
- B.Growing Roots
- C.Doctors and his Neighbor
- D.Father and his Children
- A.
试题分析:这是一篇哲理性很强的叙事性短文。通过对吉布斯博士植树之道的描写,告诉了我们一个做人的道理,要想面对人生的风风雨雨,我们必须有一个坚强的基础。
1.通过短文第三段的描述可知吉布斯博士有自己的一套植树的方法,故选C。
2.根据上文so you had to make things difficult for them的描述可知是把这些树除掉,故选D,他不再这么早就种植虚弱的树。
3.通过阅读短文我们可以知道吉布斯博士对树的照料还是很细心的,他只是有自己的一套植树方法,故选。
4.根据I know my children are going to face difficulties.及下文描述我可以看出作者是希望自己的儿子能有面对困难的能力,故选D。
5.本文通过介绍吉布斯博士的植树之道,告诉我们无论是一株树还是一个人要想坚强的生活在这个世上,都需要有坚实的基础,故选B。
考点:哲理性叙事短文的阅读
点评:本文教育性,哲理性很强,部分内容理解起来较为困难,各小题与短文内容紧密相连与不能直接给出答案,需结合相关信息进行总结归纳。故需要先认真阅读短文,掌握短文大意,然后在根据相关信息解决每个小题。有些小题的解答需要掌握全文内容,一定要先读懂短文。
I used to be very close to my father when I was a child. He gave me almost everything I wanted. Whenever I quarreled with my mother, I would turn to my father for comfort. He was everything to me.
Time flies like a bird. As I got older, I became silent and found it hard to start a conversation with my father. The gap(代沟) between us began to grow. He had done so much for me but I always took it for granted(理所当然).
Last time our school gave us two days off, and daddy gave me a ride home on his motorbike. I was tired and fell asleep on his back. Later my mother said he was very happy because it had been a long time since we got close last. Suddenly I felt a little shamed. I realized that I had paid no attention to him a lot during the last few years.
The next day I stayed in bed and when daddy tried to wake me up to have breakfast, I pretended(假装) that I couldn’t hear him. At last he brought a bowl of noodles to my bed, and said, “Come on, dear, have your breakfast and then continue your dream.” I got so angry with him for troubling my sleep that I shouted, “__________.”
As I said this, I sat up quickly, and the bowl of noodles broke on the floor. Hearing the noise, mum came in and shouted at me, “What do you think your father is? Who else treats you as well as he does?”
I was shocked and didn’t know what to say. Finally I rushed with tears all over my face. I went to the pool where I used to go fishing with daddy. A few minutes later, I heard the sound of daddy’s motorbike. He was looking for me worriedly, but he didn’t notice me as I was sitting behind a tall brush.
I didn’t return home until 10 a.m.. The moment my parents saw me, they rushed to me. Mum hugged me tightly and daddy looked at me with worry in his eyes. “Are you hungry, dear?” he said at last. Before I could say anything, he had gone off on his motorbike to buy food for me.
【小题1】When the writer grew older, he found it for him to have a talk with his father.
A.good | B.pleasant | C.a problem | D.fantastic |
A.My father gave me everything |
B.My father would give me whatever I wanted |
C.When my father was angry, he wouldn’t give me anything |
D.I used to depend on him in everything in my life |
A.Stay with me. | B.Take me out. | C.Leave me alone. | D.Pick me up. |
A.The gap between the Father and the Son | B.Father’s Love |
C.How to get on with Father | D.I Love Father |
A: Hi , Kate ! How was your summer holiday?
B: 1______________.
A: Where did you go?
B: I went to Beihai with my parents.
A: 2____________.
B: It’s one of the most beautiful cities in Guangxi.. I like it very much.
A: How long did you stay there ?
B: We stayed there for five days. 3_____________.
A: Which is your favorite places?
B: 4_____________ When I was there , I lost myself in the beautiful scenery..
A: What interesting things did you do there ?
B: Lots of things , such as swimming, boating, fishing and riding camels, 5__________.
A: Oh, really? I can’t wait to go there.
A. I think the beach is the best B. Oh, that’s all right C. We’ve been to many wonderful places. D. How do you like Beihai ? E. How did you go there? F. But I think sand sliding is the most exciting one G. Oh, it was great. |