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【题目】阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。将答案填写在答题纸的相应位置。

There was a man who had four sons. He wanted his sons to learn not to judge things too 【1】 (quick). So he sent them to go and look at a pear tree that was a great distance away in turn. The first son went 【2】 winter, the second in spring, the third in summer, and the【3】 (young) son in fall.

When they had all gone and come back, he called them together to describe【4】 they had seen. The first son said that the tree was ugly and bent. The second son contradicted—it was【5】 (cover) with green buds and full of promise. The third son said it was laden with blossoms that smelled so sweet and looked so beautiful. The last son 【6】( agree) with all of them. He said it was ripe and filled with fruit, full of life and fulfillment.

The man then explained to his sons that they were all right, because they had each seen but one season in the 【7】(tree) life. He told them that you cannot judge a tree,【8】 a person, by only one season,and that the essence of who they are—the pleasure, joy, and love that come from that life—can only be judged at the end, when all the seasons are up.

If you give up when it’s winter, you will miss the hope of your spring, the 【9】 (beautiful) of your summer, fulfillment of your fall. Don’t let the pain of one season destroy the joy【10】 all the rest.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】quickly

【2】in

【3】youngest

【4】what

【5】covered

【6】disagreed

【7】tree’s

【8】or

【9】beauty

【10】of

【解析】试题这篇短文通过一个父亲轮番派遣他的四个儿子到远方去寻一棵梨树的故事，告诉人们人生如树，也有春夏秋冬四季之分。树之四季皆有不同，更何况人之四季呢？所以凡事不要急于下结论。

【1】句意：他希望他的儿子学会不要太快判断事物。judge判断，动词需用副词修饰；too程度副词“太”，可修饰副词。根据句意语境和英文提示，可知填quickly。

【2】句意：第一个儿子冬天去了。in+季节名词，表示“在某个季节”。根据下文in spring等的提示，可知填in。

【3】句意：最小的儿子秋天去了。定冠词the修饰形容词最高级；根据句意语境和英文提示，可知填youngest。

【4】句意：当他们都走回来，他把他们叫到一起描述他们所看到的。本句是describe（描述）的宾语从句，空格同时做从句动词see的宾语，需用what。根据句意结构和语境，可知填what。

【5】句意：第二个儿子反驳说它被绿色的花蕾覆盖着，充满了希望。it指的是前文的tree，是动词cover的受动者，需用被动语态。根据句意结构和英文提示，可知填covered。

【6】句意：最小的儿子不同意他们所有的意见。disagree with同意某人，固定短语；根据短文时态和英文提示，可知填disagreed。

【7】句意：然后，他对儿子们解释说，他们都是对的，因为他们看到的只是树的生命中的一个季节。life生命，名词需用形容词或所有格修饰；根据句意语境和英文提示，可知填tree’s。

【8】句意：他告诉他们，你不能仅仅用一个季节来判断一棵树或一个人。a tree和a person是并列关系，中间有逗号隔开，需用or连接。根据句意结构和语境，可知填or。

【9】句意：如果你在冬天放弃，你就会错过春天的希望，夏天的美丽，秋天的满足。定冠词the后接名词；根据句意语境和英文提示，可知填beauty。

【10】句意：不要让一个季节的痛苦破坏了所有其他人的欢乐。本句of表示所有格，根据句意结构和上下文提示，可知填of。