题目内容
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(英亩) ,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(宠坏) 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(橡树) 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
1- 5 CABCD 6-10 BACDA
11-15 DBBCA 16 -20 DCBAD
文章主要讲述了我的邻居Gibbs医生独特的种树的方法及作者从中领悟到的道理：人生必须要经历风雨才能不会对困难畏惧。
1.C Gibbs的职业是医生，所以当他不救人命时，就去种树。
2.A Gibbs医生的目标是把自己的房子周围变成一片森林。
3.B他对于如何种树有自己独到的见解，所以是"理论"。
4.C根据Gibbs医生的观点"给树浇水会毁掉树"可知他从不给树浇水。
5.D
6.B如果给树浇水，树就会长得差，即weaker。
7.A rough意为"艰苦的，困难的"。为树制造一个艰苦的环境，可以及早淘汰生长差的树。
1.C由下文how trees that weren't watered had to grow deep roots…可知。shallow意思是"浅的"。
2.D in search of意思是"寻找"。树在找寻水分的过程中根会扎得很深。
10. A Gibbs医生不给树浇水。 D用报纸击打树干。
12.B
13.B pass away意思是"去世"。
14.C Gibbs医生虽然过世了，但他栽的树却依然"茁壮"。strong指"强壮,苗壮"。
15.A carry water意思是"担水"。作者时常担水浇树。
16.D result in意思是"导致，引起"。作者给树浇水，精心照料却使得树越长越差。
17.C tremble意思是"颤抖"。一阵寒风吹过，树就发抖。
18.B作者由此改变了对生活的看法。
19.A由下文reach deep into the Eternal可知"我们应当祈祷让树根扎得更深，才能抵挡风雨"。
20.D只有根扎得深，才不会在风雨中受到损伤。
