Question

When I was a child, I had an old neighbour named Dr. Gibbs. He didn’t look like any other doctor I’ve ever known. He never  11__ at us for playing in his yard. I remembered him as a kind and  _12_ person
When Dr. Gibbs didn’t work, he planted trees. His house covered an area of ten acres, and his life’s goal was to make it _ 13_ .
He had some interesting _ 14 _ concerning planting. He belonged to the “No pains, no gains”  __15  of plant growing. He never watered his new trees. Once I asked  _16__, he said, “Watering plants will spoil them, and if you water them, each successive tree_ 17_ will grow weaker and weaker. So you have to make things 18__for them and weed out the weak ones.” So he never watered his trees. He would _19__a pine, and instead of _20__it every morning, he beat it with a rolled-up newspaper. I __21__ him why he did so, and he said it was to get the tree’s _22__.
I planted a couple of trees a few _23__ ago. I carried water to them for a solid summer, sprayed them and prayed over them. Two years of careful tending has _24__ in trees that expect to be _25__ to hand and foot. Whenever a cold wind blows in, they tremble their branches.
Dr. Gibbs passed away a _26__of years after I left home. Now and then, I walked by his house and looked at the trees. They’re _27__ now, big and healthy.
Funny things about Dr. Gibbs’ trees. Hardship and difficulty seemed to benefit them _28__
comfort and ease never could.
Life is tough, whether we want 29_ to be or not. Too many times we pray for ease, but that’s a prayer seldom met. What we need to do is to pray for 30_ that reach deep into the earth, so when the rains fall and the winds blow, we won’t be swept away.

【小题1】

A．shouted B．shot C．aimed D．pointed

【小题2】

A．cruel B．greedy C．pleasant D．disciplined

【小题3】

A．museum B．park C．playground D．forest

【小题4】

A．features B．theories C．characters D．instructions

【小题5】

A．class B．college C．school D．university

【小题6】

A．what B．when C．how D．why

【小题7】

A．image B．product C．generation D．species

【小题8】

A．cheap B．easy C．expensive D．rough

【小题9】

A．paint B．plant C．uproot D．establish

【小题10】

A．starving B．beating C．watering D．feeding

【小题11】

A．asked B．told C．informed D．demanded

【小题12】

A．approval B．attention C．pain D．communication

【小题13】

A．weeks B．months C．years D．days

【小题14】

A．resulted B．produced C．believed D．spent

【小题15】

A．treated B．tended C．supported D．attended

【小题16】

A．number B．couple C．row D．period

【小题17】

A．trembling B．dying C．strong D．intelligent

【小题18】

A．while B．though C．as D．and

【小题19】

A．them B．that C．it D．this

【小题20】

A．trunks B．roots C．branches D．Leaves

Answer 1

【小题1】A
【小题2】C
【小题3】D
【小题4】B
【小题5】C
【小题6】D
【小题7】C
【小题8】D
【小题9】B
【小题10】C
【小题11】A
【小题12】B
【小题13】C
【小题14】A
【小题15】D
【小题16】B
【小题17】C
【小题18】A
【小题19】C
【小题20】B

解析【小题1】动词辨析。A. shout吼叫 ；B. shot射击；C. aim瞄准；D. point。指着。由文章第一段末a kind and  _37_ person,可知，他是一个友善的老人，故不会对我们吼叫，
【小题2】形容词辨析。A. cruel 残酷的；B. greedy 贪婪的；C. pleasant 高兴的；D. disciplined有纪律的。and连接两个并列的成分：kind 友善的，故用pleasant，令人高兴的，构成并列。
【小题3】名词辨析。A. museum博物馆；B. park 公园；停车场；C. playground 操场；D. forest森林。他的目标就是让种的树成为：森林。
【小题4】名词辨析。A. feature 特点；B. theory理论；C. character特征；D. instruction说明。由后一句：He belonged to the “No pains, no gains” ······他属于“不劳不获”······这是他的理论。
【小题5】名词辨析。A. class班；B. college大学，学院；C. school学校；D. university综合性大学。“No pains, no gains”，“不劳不获”这是学校老师所教的理论。
【小题6】代词辨析。A. what什么；B. when 什么时间； C. how怎么样；D. why为什么。他种树，从不浇水，我问为什么。同时下文中：I __21_ him why he did so,也可直接得出。
【小题7】名词辨析。 A. image肖像；B. product 产品；C. generation后代；D. species物种。如果浇水，树的继承者就会越来越来弱不经风。树的下一代：tree generation
【小题8】形容词辨析。A. Cheap便宜的；  B. Easy容易的；C. Expensive昂贵的；D. rough艰难的。因此，你必须要让他们生活得困难些，同时下文中：Life is tough, 也可以直接得出。生活也是一样。
【小题9】动词辨析。A. paint涂色；B. plant种植；C.uproot 连根拔起；D. establish建立。他不但不给树浇水，反而还去拔树。
【小题10】动名词的使用。作介词of的宾语。不是给树浇水，上文和下文中都多次提到：watered his trees.
【小题11】动词辨析。A. Ask问；B. told 告诉；C. Inform通知；D. demand要求，命令。我问他为什么这样做。同时上文中也有提示：Once I asked  _41__,可直接得出。
【小题12】名词辨析。 A. approval同意；B. attention 注意；C. pain 痛苦；D. communication交流。拔树当然是要让树‘注意’。
【小题13】名词辨析。A. week周；B. month月；C. year年；D. day天。根据下文中：Two years of careful tending has _24__ ······可直接得出。
【小题14】动词辨析。A. resulted in导致；B. produce生产；C. believe in 信赖；D spend花费。两年的细心照顾导致树从头到脚都要照顾。
【小题15】动词短语辨析。A. treat对待；B. tend照顾；C. support支持； D. attend出席。两年的细心照顾导致树从头到脚都要照顾。
【小题16】固定短语短语的使用。A.a number of许多；a couple of 一两（双）；a row of 一排；a period of 一段时间。我离开一两年，Dr. Gibbs死了。
【小题17】形容词辨析。A. trembling 颤动的；B. dying 将死的；C. strong强壮的；D. intelligent 聪明的。_52__ now, big and healthy. and连接并列的词，故用strong。
【小题18】连词辨析。A. while而；B. though虽然；C. as 因为；D. and 和。Hardship and difficulty seemed to benefit them _53__comfort and ease never could。Hardship and difficulty 和comfort and ease 构成对比，故用 while。
【小题19】代词的使用。A. them他们；B. that那；C. it 它；D. this这。Life is tough, whether we want _54__ to be or not. 生活是艰苦的，不管我们想它是还是不是。补全这句：whether we want Life to be or not.故用表特指,用it。
【小题20】名词辨析。A. trunk干；B. root 根；C. branch枝；D. leave叶。to pray for _30__ that reach deep into the earth, 到地下面，只有根才是这样生长的。
试题分析：考查记叙文。
考点：本文是一篇记叙文，用Dr. Gibbs种树，而不浇水，让树自己去生存的事例来说明我们的生活也是一样，要学习忍受并克服艰难困苦，才能茁壮的成长。故事情节清晰，逻辑性强，易于理解。从选项中可以看出，本大题主要还是考查了词汇的辨析与运用，但更加注重综合语言能力的运用，需要根据故事情节，了解词汇用法的同时，结合语境，做出准确的判断。