Question

【題目】I had an old neighbour, a doctor named Gibbs. When Doctor Gibbs wasn't saving lives，he was planting trees. He had some interesting ideas about planting trees. He hardly watered his new trees.

Once I asked why and he told me that watering plants made them grow weaker. He said he had to make things difficult for the trees so that only the strongest could survive. He talked about how watering trees made them develop shallow roots and how, if they were not watered, trees would grow deep roots in search of water.

So, instead of watering his trees every morning, he'd beat them with a rolled up newspaper. I asked him why he did that, and he said it was to get the trees' attention.

Doctor Gibbs died a couple of years after I left home. Sometimes I walked by his house and looked at the trees I'd watched him plant 25 years ago. They were tall and strong.

I planted several trees myself a few years ago. Two years of caring for these trees meant they grew up weakly. Every time a cold wind blew, my trees shook. Adversity seemed to be good for Doctor Gibb's trees，they could never relax.

Every night before I go to bed，I check on my two sons. I often pray(祈禱)that their lives will be easy. But lately I've been thinking that it's time to change my prayer. I know my children are going to experience difficulties. There's always a cold wind blowing somewhere. What we need to do is to pray for deep roots，so when the rains fall and the winds blow，we won't be separated.

【1】What did Doctor Gibbs do to the trees he planted?

A. He let them grow quickly.B. He beat them to get their attention.

C. He helped them search for water.D. He read a newspaper near them.

【2】What does the word "Adversity" in Paragraph 5 mean?

A. Difficult living conditions.B. Little water.

C. Enough care or attention.D. Bad weather.

【3】What does the writer learn from Doctor Gibbs?

A. Elders are treasures.

B. No pain，no gain.

C. Two heads are better than one.

D. Only those who bear(容忍)the most become the highest.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】D

【解析】

本文是一篇人物故事類閱讀。文章主要介紹了作者的鄰居種樹的經(jīng)歷告訴我們對(duì)于成長(zhǎng)來(lái)說(shuō)有時(shí)候困難是必須的。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)So, instead of watering his trees every morning, he'd beat them with a rolled up newspaper. I asked him why he did that, and he said it was to get the trees' attention. 所以，他不是每天早上給樹澆水，而是用卷起的報(bào)紙來(lái)打樹。我問(wèn)他為什么這樣做，他說(shuō)是為了引起樹的注意�？芍�，他打樹是為了引起樹的注意。故選B。

【2】詞義猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)最后一段 Every time a cold wind blew, my trees shook. Adversity seemed to be good for Doctor Gibb's trees,they could never relax. 可知，每當(dāng)寒風(fēng)吹來(lái)，樹枝顫抖，艱苦的生存條件似乎在某些方式對(duì)它們來(lái)說(shuō)有益，故選A。

【3】推理判斷題。根據(jù)"What we need to do is to pray for deep roots, so when the rains fall and the winds blow, we won't be torn apart."可推知，作者從吉布斯醫(yī)生那里學(xué)到了只有忍耐最多的困難才會(huì)是最高的。故選D。

詞義猜測(cè)題是閱讀理解中常見的一種題型，所猜測(cè)詞匯可以是生詞，也可以是熟詞新義，還可以是人稱代詞的指代內(nèi)容。詞義猜測(cè)題主要考查考生根據(jù)上下文推測(cè)詞義和語(yǔ)義的能力，突出考查對(duì)語(yǔ)境的分析和把握能力。常見的猜詞法有：(1)利用上下文語(yǔ)境。猜測(cè)任何詞義都離不開上下文，所以要借助上下文對(duì)需要猜測(cè)的詞或短語(yǔ)進(jìn)行合乎邏輯的推測(cè)。 (2)利用定義或解釋性的線索。閱讀文章中的有些生詞往往在其后會(huì)有對(duì)該詞進(jìn)行解釋說(shuō)明的短語(yǔ)或句子，利用它們猜詞義較容易 (3)利用文章的邏輯關(guān)系答題。如并列、對(duì)比、因果、轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系等。這些邏輯關(guān)系往往通過(guò)一些相應(yīng)的詞或短語(yǔ)表達(dá)出來(lái)，如but, or, however, so, because等。(4)利用構(gòu)詞法知識(shí)答題。熟記一些前綴、后綴所表達(dá)的意思，不僅可以擴(kuò)大詞匯量，而且?guī)椭�我們猜測(cè)詞義。第2小題的詞義猜測(cè)題就是利用第1種解題方法。