Question

I.阅读理解

A [2015 ■盐城时杨中学三调] 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.阅读理解

A [文章大意]本文是一篇故事类记叙文，作者通过他的邻居种树

的经历告诉我们对于成长来说有时候困难是必需的。

1.C细节理解题。根据文章第二段中的"He hardly watered his new trees* an attitude which flew in the face of conventional wis-dom."可知，他几乎不给树浇水，由此得知他很少关注树的成长。故选C项。

2.A推理判断题。根据文章第六段中的"Two years of tending these trees meant they grew up weak. Whenever a cold wind blew, their branches trembled."可知，被悉心照料的树变得脆弱了，无论何时风吹雨打，它们的树枝都颤抖着，而邻居家的树生活在艰难的条件下却变得又高又壮。故选A项。

3.B推理判断题。根据文章最后一段最后一句话"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，作者希望他的儿子能够经受住生活中的风雨。故选B项。