Question

【題目】 Jadav Payeng is a forestry worker from Jorhat, India. Over the past 38 years, he has planted trees on a sandbar(沙洲) of the Brahmaputra River and has _______ it into a forest.

One day in 1979, 16-year-old Payeng was walking _______ the bank of the Brahmaputra River. He saw many snakes on the sandbars. These snakes died in a few days’ time _______ the heat and the absence(缺乏) of trees. Payeng felt very _______ when he saw this. He decided to plant some trees. Single-handedly, he started planting bamboo trees, as only bamboo trees could survive(存活) in the sandbars.

To water the trees was a difficult _______ for one man. With his hard work and great effort, day by day the _______ bamboo trees grew into a forest. His tree planting has changed the soil. Now the sandbar is a thick forest and _______ to thousands of plants and animals. A large group of around 100 elephants visit the forest every year and _______ there for a few months.

Payeng is now in _______ fifties. He has planted close to 1,400 acres(英畝) of forests and is ________ as the Forest Man of India. In 2015, he was honored with Padma Shri, one of the top awards in India.

【1】A.dividedB.turnedC.cut

【2】A.acrossB.throughC.along

【3】A.according toB.because ofC.as for

【4】A.sadB.lonelyC.alone

【5】A.conditionB.journeyC.task

【6】A.youngB.tallC.wild

【7】A.wayB.guideC.home

【8】A.sitB.lieC.stay

【9】A.herB.hisC.he

【10】A.knownB.servedC.invited

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】B

【4】A

【5】C

【6】A

【7】C

【8】C

【9】B

【10】A

【解析】

本文是一篇記敘文，介紹了Jadav Payeng的事跡。他花了三十八年的時(shí)間在沙洲上種樹，種出了一片森林，還提到了他開始種樹的原因以及他獨(dú)自種樹的難處與他的努力。

【1】句意：他在雅魯藏布江的一個(gè)沙洲上種樹，并把它變成了一片森林。

考查動(dòng)詞。divided分割、分成；turned變成；cut割破、劃破。根據(jù)上文“he has planted trees on a sandbar(沙洲) of the Brahmaputra River”可推斷，此處指的是將它變成了一片森林。B選項(xiàng)符合句意，故選B。

【2】句意：1979年的一天，16歲的Payeng正沿著雅魯藏布江河岸散步。

考查介詞。across跨過；through通過；along沿著。根據(jù)空格后的“the bank of the Brahmaputra River”可推斷，Payeng是沿著雅魯藏布江河岸散步。C選項(xiàng)符合句意，故選C。

【3】句意：因?yàn)樘鞖庋谉�，又沒有樹木，這些蛇在幾天后就死了。

考查復(fù)合介詞。according to根據(jù)；because of因?yàn)椋?/span>as for至于。結(jié)合語(yǔ)境可知，“the heat and the absence(缺乏) of trees” 是“These snakes died in a few days’ time”的原因。B選項(xiàng)符合句意，故選B。

【4】句意：當(dāng)他看到這個(gè)（景象）時(shí)，Payeng感到非常難過。

考查形容詞。sad悲傷的；lonely孤單的；alone孤單的。結(jié)合上下文“These snakes died in a few days’ time because of the heat and the absence(缺乏) of trees”和“He decided to plant some trees”可知，此處指的是看到這個(gè)場(chǎng)景，Payeng感到傷心。A選項(xiàng)符合句意，故選A。

【5】句意：給樹澆水對(duì)一個(gè)人來說是一項(xiàng)艱巨的任務(wù)。

考查名詞。condition條件；journey旅程；task任務(wù)。結(jié)合語(yǔ)境可知，本句句意為“給樹澆水對(duì)一個(gè)人來說是一項(xiàng)艱巨的任務(wù)”。C選項(xiàng)符合句意，故選C。

【6】句意：在他的辛勤勞動(dòng)和巨大努力下，幼小的竹子樹一天天長(zhǎng)成了森林。

考查形容詞。young年幼的；tall高的；wild野生的、天然的。根據(jù)day by day可推斷，此處指的是幼小的竹子樹長(zhǎng)成了森林。A選項(xiàng)符合句意，故選A。

【7】句意：現(xiàn)在這個(gè)沙洲是一片茂密的森林，是成千上萬種植物和動(dòng)物的家園。

考查名詞。way方法；guide向?qū)В?/span>home家園。結(jié)合語(yǔ)境可知，本句句意為“現(xiàn)在這個(gè)沙洲是一片茂密的森林，是成千上萬種植物和動(dòng)物的家園”。be home to固定搭配，是……的家園，C選項(xiàng)符合句意，故選C。

【8】句意：每年大約有100頭大象成群結(jié)隊(duì)來到森林，并在那里呆上幾個(gè)月。

考查動(dòng)詞。sit坐；lie躺下；stay停留。根據(jù)上文“A large group of around 100 elephants visit the forest every year”可推斷，此處指的是在這里待幾個(gè)月。C選項(xiàng)符合句意，故選C。

【9】句意：Payeng現(xiàn)在五十多歲了。

考查代詞。her她的；his他的；he他。“in one’s +數(shù)詞復(fù)數(shù)”為固定搭配，意為“在某人……多歲的時(shí)候”，根據(jù)上文提示，Payeng為男性，故應(yīng)用his，故選B。

【10】句意：他種植了近1400英畝的森林，被稱為印度的森林人。

考查動(dòng)詞。known知道；served服務(wù)；invited邀請(qǐng)。結(jié)合語(yǔ)境可知，本句句意為“他種植了近1400英畝的森林，被稱為印度的森林人”。be known as為固定搭配，意為“被稱為、以……聞名”，符合句意，故選A。