Question

【題目】 Once upon a time there were two neighbors living next to each other. One of them was a teacher and the other was a doctor. Both of them planted different _________ in their gardens.

The teacher gave a little water to his plants and didn’t always give _________ care to them, while the other neighbor gave a lot of water to his plants and looked after them very _________.

The teacher's plants were simple _________ looked good. The doctor’s plants were much fuller and greener. One night, there was a heavy rain. The next morning, both of them came out to their gardens. The doctor's plants were totally destroyed. However, the teacher's plants still looked good.

The doctor was _________ to see that. He went to the teacher and asked, “I _________ my plants better than you did, and even gave them more water. How is that possible? ”

The teacher smiled and said, “You gave your plants more attention and water, but because of that, they didn't need to work by _________.You made it easy for them, While I gave them just a little water and let their roots (根)search for _________ Because of that, their roots went deeper and that made their position stronger.”

Children are like plants. If everything is _________ to them, they will not learn to work alone. Sometimes it's best to __________ them instead of giving them. Teach them how to walk, but let them follow their path(道路).

【1】A.flowersB.treesC.plantsD.corns

【2】A.fullB.awfulC.honestD.main

【3】A.badlyB.carefullyC.rapidlyD.slowly

【4】A.andB.orC.soD.but

【5】A.pleasedB.surprisedC.movedD.excited

【6】A.cared aboutB.threw awayC.stuck toD.laid out

【7】A.yourselvesB.myselfC.themselvesD.itself

【8】A.lessB.moreC.worseD.better

【9】A.lentB.connectedC.drivenD.given

【10】A.refuseB.punishC.guideD.force

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】B

【4】D

【5】B

【6】A

【7】C

【8】B

【9】D

【10】C

【解析】

文章大意：文章講述了一個老師和一個醫(yī)生都在花園里種了植物，醫(yī)生對這些植物照顧的非常好，而老師只是給它們澆一點水。后來一場暴風雨之后，醫(yī)生的植物被連根拔起，而老師的卻沒有。醫(yī)生很驚訝，老師對醫(yī)生說：我只是給了它們適量的水，讓它們的根主動尋找更多的水，這樣，它們的根才會長得更強壯，扎的更深。

【1】

句意：他們倆在花園里種了不同的植物。

flowers花；trees樹；plants植物；corns玉米。根據(jù)下文The teacher gave a little water to his plants，可知他們是在花園里種了不同的植物，故答案選C。

【2】

句意：這位老師只給他的植物澆了一點水，并不總是悉心照料它們。

full滿的，大量的，許多的；awful厭惡的；honest誠實的；main主要的。根據(jù)The teacher gave a little water to his plants and didn’t always give __2__ care to them,可知是老師給他的植物澆了一點水，但并不總是悉心照料，give full 全力以赴，故答案選A。

【3】

句意：而那位鄰居卻給了他很多水，并且非常細心地照料它們。

badly糟糕地；carefully認真地、仔細地；rapidly迅速地；slowly慢地。根據(jù)前面gave a lot of water to his plants and looked after them，每天給它們澆大量的水，可知應是仔細地照顧它們，故答案選B。

【4】

句意：老師的植物很簡單，但看起來很好。

and和；or或者；so所以；but但是。根據(jù)The teacher's plants were simple __4__ looked good.可知前后句之間是轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，所以用but連接，故答案選D。

【5】

句意：醫(yī)生看到這一點很吃驚。

pleased高興的；surprised驚奇的；moved感動的；excited興奮的。根據(jù)上文The doctor's plants were totally destroyed. However, the teacher's plants still looked good. 醫(yī)生的植物被完全毀壞了。然而，老師的植物看起來仍然很好�？芍�醫(yī)生看到這一點應該是很吃驚的，故答案選B。

【6】

句意：我比您更關(guān)心我的植物，甚至給它們更多的水。

cared about關(guān)心、在意；threw away扔掉；stuck to堅持；laid out鋪開、展開、攤開。聯(lián)系上文語境，結(jié)合I __6__ my plants better than you did, and even gave them more water.可知醫(yī)生是說自己比老師更關(guān)心植物，故答案選A。

【7】

句意：正因為如此，它們才不需要自己工作。

yourselves你自己、你們自己；myself我自己；themselves他們自己；itself它自己。根據(jù)You gave your plants more attention and water, but because of that, they didn't need to work by __7__.你給了你的植物更多的關(guān)心和水，但正因為如此，它們不需要工作，所以應該是它們不需要靠它們自己工作，by themselves靠它們自己，故答案選C。

【8】

句意：而我只給了它們一點水，讓它們的根去尋找更多的水。

less更少；more更多；worse更差；better更好。根據(jù)While I gave them just a little water and let their roots (根)search for __8__.我只給了它們一點水，可知應該是讓它們的根主動去尋找更多的水，故答案選B。

【9】

句意：如果什么都給了它們，它們就不會學會獨自工作。

lent借；connected連接；driven駕駛；given給。根據(jù)下文they will not learn to work alone. 它們將不自己去工作，可知應該是把所有的都給了它們，它們就學不會獨自工作了，故答案選D。

【10】

句意：有時候最好是引導它們，而不是給予它們。

refuse拒絕；punish懲罰；guide引導、向?qū)В?/span>force強迫。根據(jù)下文Teach them how to walk, but let them follow their path. 教它們?nèi)绾巫呗�，但讓它們走自己的路。結(jié)合Sometimes it's best to __10__ them instead of giving them.可知是有時候最好是引導他們，而不是給予它們，故答案選C。