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.
小題1:
A．shoutedB．shotC．a(chǎn)imedD．pointed
小題2:
A．cruelB．greedyC．pleasantD．disciplined
小題3:
A．museumB．parkC．playgroundD．forest
小題4:
A．featuresB．theoriesC．charactersD．instructions
小題5:
A．classB．collegeC．schoolD．university
小題6:
A．whatB．whenC．howD．why
小題7:
A．imageB．productC．generationD．species
小題8:
A．cheapB．easyC．expensiveD．rough
小題9:
A．paintB．plantC．uprootD．establish
小題10:
A．starvingB．beatingC．wateringD．feeding
小題11:
A．a(chǎn)skedB．toldC．informedD．demanded
小題12:
A．a(chǎn)pprovalB．a(chǎn)ttentionC．painD．communication
小題13:
A．weeksB．monthsC．yearsD．days
小題14:
A．resultedB．producedC．believedD．spent
小題15:
A．treatedB．tendedC．supportedD．a(chǎn)ttended
小題16:
A．numberB．coupleC．rowD．period
小題17:
A．tremblingB．dyingC．strongD．intelligent
小題18:
A．whileB．thoughC．a(chǎn)sD．a(chǎn)nd
小題19:
A．themB．thatC．itD．this
小題20:
A．trunksB．rootsC．branchesD．Leaves

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

小題1:動詞辨析。A. shout吼叫 ；B. shot射擊；C. aim瞄準；D. point。指著。由文章第一段末a kind and  _37_ person,可知，他是一個友善的老人，故不會對我們吼叫，
小題2:形容詞辨析。A. cruel 殘酷的；B. greedy 貪婪的；C. pleasant 高興的；D. disciplined有紀律的。and連接兩個并列的成分：kind 友善的，故用pleasant，令人高興的，構成并列。
小題3:名詞辨析。A. museum博物館；B. park 公園；停車場；C. playground 操場；D. forest森林。他的目標就是讓種的樹成為：森林。
小題4:名詞辨析。A. feature 特點；B. theory理論；C. character特征；D. instruction說明。由后一句：He belonged to the “No pains, no gains” ······他屬于“不勞不獲”······這是他的理論。
小題5:名詞辨析。A. class班；B. college大學，學院；C. school學校；D. university綜合性大學。“No pains, no gains”，“不勞不獲”這是學校老師所教的理論。
小題6:代詞辨析。A. what什么；B. when 什么時間； C. how怎么樣；D. why為什么。他種樹，從不澆水，我問為什么。同時下文中：I __21_ him why he did so,也可直接得出。
小題7:名詞辨析。 A. image肖像；B. product 產(chǎn)品；C. generation后代；D. species物種。如果澆水，樹的繼承者就會越來越來弱不經(jīng)風。樹的下一代：tree generation
小題8:形容詞辨析。A. Cheap便宜的；  B. Easy容易的；C. Expensive昂貴的；D. rough艱難的。因此，你必須要讓他們生活得困難些，同時下文中：Life is tough, 也可以直接得出。生活也是一樣。
小題9:動詞辨析。A. paint涂色；B. plant種植；C.uproot 連根拔起；D. establish建立。他不但不給樹澆水，反而還去拔樹。
小題10:動名詞的使用。作介詞of的賓語。不是給樹澆水，上文和下文中都多次提到：watered his trees.
小題11:動詞辨析。A. Ask問；B. told 告訴；C. Inform通知；D. demand要求，命令。我問他為什么這樣做。同時上文中也有提示：Once I asked  _41__,可直接得出。
小題12:名詞辨析。 A. approval同意；B. attention 注意；C. pain 痛苦；D. communication交流。拔樹當然是要讓樹‘注意’。
小題13:名詞辨析。A. week周；B. month月；C. year年；D. day天。根據(jù)下文中：Two years of careful tending has _24__ ······可直接得出。
小題14:動詞辨析。A. resulted in導致；B. produce生產(chǎn)；C. believe in 信賴；D spend花費。兩年的細心照顧導致樹從頭到腳都要照顧。
小題15:動詞短語辨析。A. treat對待；B. tend照顧；C. support支持； D. attend出席。兩年的細心照顧導致樹從頭到腳都要照顧。
小題16:固定短語短語的使用。A.a number of許多；a couple of 一兩（雙）；a row of 一排；a period of 一段時間。我離開一兩年，Dr. Gibbs死了。
小題17:形容詞辨析。A. trembling 顫動的；B. dying 將死的；C. strong強壯的；D. intelligent 聰明的。_52__ now, big and healthy. and連接并列的詞，故用strong。
小題18:連詞辨析。A. while而；B. though雖然；C. as 因為；D. and 和。Hardship and difficulty seemed to benefit them _53__comfort and ease never could。Hardship and difficulty 和comfort and ease 構成對比，故用 while。
小題19:代詞的使用。A. them他們；B. that那；C. it 它；D. this這。Life is tough, whether we want _54__ to be or not. 生活是艱苦的，不管我們想它是還是不是。補全這句：whether we want Life to be or not.故用表特指,用it。
小題20:名詞辨析。A. trunk干；B. root 根；C. branch枝；D. leave葉。to pray for _30__ that reach deep into the earth, 到地下面，只有根才是這樣生長的。
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A．shockedB．excitedC．movedD．a(chǎn)fraid
小題3:What’s the writer’s purpose in writing this passage?
A．To prove that a cat has nine lives.
B．To show the power of a mother’s love.
C．To express his thanks to the rescuers.
D．To give advice on how to rescue others.

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The differences between men and women's friendships
Betty and Harold have been married for years. But one thing still puzzles (困擾) old Harold. How is it that he can leave Betty and her friend Joan sitting on the sofa, talking, go out to a ballgame, come back three and a half hours later, and they're still sitting on the sofa and talking?
What old Harold cannot understand or explain is the fact that women have so much to share.
Betty shrugs. Talk? We're friends.
Researching this matter called friendship, psychologist Lillian Rubin spent two years interviewing more than two hundred women and men. the results were completely clear: women have more friendships than men. Rubin's study shows that for emotional support a married woman is more likely to turn to a female friend.
"In general," writes Rubin in her new book, "women's friendships with each other lie on shared emotions and support, but men's relationships are marked by shared activities.”
“ Men keep their innermost(內(nèi)心深處的) feelings to themselves. " Rubin writes, " Whereas(然而) a woman's closest female friend might be the first to tell her to leave a failing marriage. However, a man by society doesn’t complain about his marriage trouble. it wasn't unusual to hear a man say he didn't know his friend's marriage was in serious trouble until he appeared one night asking if he could sleep on the sofa. "
小題1:What old Harold cannot understand or explain is the fact that ________.
A．he is treated as an outsider rather than a husband
B．women have so much to share.
C．women show little interest in ballgames
D．he find his wife difficult to talk to
小題2:Rubin's study shows that for emotional support a married woman is more likely to turn to _________.
A．a(chǎn) male friendB．a(chǎn) female friend
C．her parentsD．her husband
小題3:What do women's friendships with each other lie on in general?
A．shared emotionsB．support
C．shared activitiesD．shared emotions and support
小題4:According to the last paragraph, which type of behavior is NOT expected of a man by society?
A．Ending his marriage without good reason.
B．Spending too much time with his friends.
C．complaining about his marriage trouble.
D．going out to ballgames too often..
小題5:What is the article about? ________.
A．happy and successful marriages
B．friendships of men and women
C．emotional problems in marriage
D．interactions between men and women

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