Question

【题目】 Many years ago, there was an old man who had four sons. He wanted his sons to learn not to judge (判断) things too ______, so he told them to go and look at a pear tree. It was far away from his home. The first son went in winter, the second in spring, the third in summer, and the youngest son in autumn.

When the sons came back, the old man asked them to tell him ______ they had seen. The first son complained the tree was ______. The second son said, “No, it was ______with buds (花蕾) and full of hope”. The third son disagreed. He said the tree was full of green leaves. They looked so ______. The youngest son said that the tree was bowed down (压弯) ______ heavy fruits. It was full of harvest.

The old man ______ that all of his sons were right, but each of them had seen just one season of the tree. He told them that they couldn’t judge a tree or a person by only one season. “If you give up when it’s winter, you will miss the ______ of your spring, the beauty of your summer, and the harvest of your autumn,” said the old man.

It is true that we shouldn’t let the hard season break the ______ of the other seasons. Never ______ during the difficult days and better times are sure to come some day.

【1】A.patientlyB.carefullyC.slowlyD.quickly

【2】A.whatB.whereC.howD.when

【3】A.energeticB.uglyC.heavyD.strong

【4】A.coveredB.fixedC.mixedD.planted

【5】A.sillyB.funnyC.interestingD.beautiful

【6】A.inB.atC.withD.about

【7】A.promisedB.shoutedC.impressedD.explained

【8】A.hopeB.secretC.surpriseD.difference

【9】A.sadnessB.darknessC.businessD.happiness

【10】A.give outB.give upC.give awayD.give off

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】A

【3】B

【4】A

【5】D

【6】C

【7】D

【8】A

【9】D

【10】B

【解析】

这篇短文主要讲述了许多年前，有一个老人，他有四个儿子。他希望他的儿子不要太快作出判断。所以他告诉他们去看一棵梨树。从而进一步告诉我们：在困难的日子永不放弃，总有一天会有美好的日子。

【1】句意：他想让他的儿子们学会不要太快判断事情。

patiently耐心地；carefully认真地；slowly慢地；quickly快地；根据句意理解及The first son went in winter, the second in spring, the third in summer, and the youngest son in autumn.和下文He told them that they couldn’t judge a tree or a person by only one season.可知，这里表达的是“不要快速的判断”，故选D.

【2】句意：老人让他们告诉他他们看到了什么。

what什么；where哪里；how怎么样；when何时；根据句意理解及后文的描述The first son complained … The youngest son said that the tree was bowed down (压弯) ___6___ heavy fruits. It was full of harvest.可知，这里是要求他们说出自己看到了什么，表达的是“什么”，英语是what，在句中是引导宾语从句且在从句中作宾语，故选A。

【3】句意：大儿子抱怨树很丑。

energetic精力充沛的；ugly丑的；heavy重的；strong强壮的；根据句意理解及句中的complained和前文的The first son went in winter可知，这里表达的是“树很丑”，故选B。

【4】句意：第二个儿子说：“不，它长满了花蕾，充满了希望。”

covered覆盖；fixed安装；mixed混合；planted种植；根据句意理解及前文the second in spring可知，这里表达的是“树上长满了花蕾”，英语是be covered with，表示“被……覆盖”，故选A。

【5】句意：他们看起来真漂亮。

silly愚蠢的；funny有趣的；interesting有趣的；beautiful漂亮的；根据句意理解及前文the third in summer和He said the tree was full of green leaves.以及后文中提到的the beauty of your summer可知，这里表达的是“树很美”，故选D。

【6】句意：小儿子说那棵树结了很多果实。

in在……里面；at在……点时；with有着；about关于；根据句意理解可知，果实是长在树上的，所以这里表达的是“有着……”，所以这里应该用with，故选C。

【7】句意：老人解释说，他所有的儿子都是对的。

promised承诺；shouted喊叫；impressed使……印象深刻；explained解释；根据句意理解及后句all of his sons were right, but each of them had seen just one season of the tree.可知，这里表达的是“给出儿子们一些解释”，故选D。

【8】句意：如果你在冬天放弃，你将失去春天的希望，夏天的美丽，秋天的丰收。

hope希望；secret秘密；surprise惊奇；difference不同；根据句意理解及前文with buds (花蕾) and full of hope可知，这里表达的是“春天的希望”，故选A。

【9】句意：我们不应该让艰难的季节打破其他季节的快乐。

sadness伤心；darkness黑暗；business生意；happiness幸福，快乐；根据句意理解及句中的shouldn’t let the hard season break可知，这里表达的是“快乐”，故选D。

【10】句意：在困难的日子里不要放弃，总有一天会有更好的时候。

give out分发；give up放弃；give away赠送；give off发出；根据句意理解及后句better times are sure to come some day.可知，这里表达的是“不要放弃”，故选B。