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 (缺失) 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 (土壤). 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 (獎) in India.

【1】A. divided B. put C. turned D. threw

【2】A. along B. through C. across D. past

【3】A. according to B. because of C. as for D. so that

【4】A. lonely B. happy C. tired D. sad

【5】A. task B. journey C. condition D. answer

【6】A. wild B. tall C. young D. old

【7】A. way B. guide C. room D. home

【8】A. stay B. lie C. sit D. wait

【9】A. her B. his C. its D. their

【10】A. invited B. served C. known D. formed

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】B

【4】D

【5】A

【6】C

【7】D

【8】A

【9】B

【10】C

【解析】文章介紹了Jadav Payeng的事跡。他花了三十八年的時間在沙洲上種樹，種出了一片森林，并介紹了他開始種樹的原因以及他獨自種樹的難處與他的努力所取得的成績。

【1】句意：在過去的38年里，他在布拉馬普特拉河的沙洲上種植樹木，把它變成了一片森林。A. divided分成；B. put放置；C. turned變成，轉(zhuǎn)變；D. threw投擲，扔。根據(jù)he has planted trees on a sandbar（沙洲）of the Brahmaputra River可推測，此處表示的是將樹木變成了一片森林，答案選C。

【2】句意：1979的一天，16歲的Payeng正沿著布拉馬普特拉河岸走。A. along沿著；B. through通過；C. across橫過，穿過；D. past超過。the bank of…表示…的岸邊，所以此處應(yīng)該表示沿著雅魯藏布江的岸邊行走，答案選A。

【3】句意：由于天氣炎熱和樹木缺乏，這些蛇在幾天內(nèi)就死了。A. according to根據(jù)；B. because of因為；C. as for 至于；D. so that為了，以便。分析語境可知the heat and the absence of trees是這些蛇死亡的原因，答案選B。

【4】句意：當(dāng)他看到這些情景，payeng感到非常難過。4. A. lonely孤單的；B. happy高興的；C. tired疲勞的；D. sad悲傷的。根據(jù)He decided to plant some trees可推測此處表示的是看到這個場景，Payeng感到傷心，于是決定種樹，故答案選D。

【5】句意：對于一個人來說給樹澆水是一項艱巨的任務(wù)。A. task任務(wù)；B. journey 旅程；C. condition條件；D. answer答案。結(jié)合語境可知此處表示對一個人來說，要澆水是一個很難的任務(wù)，故答案選A。

【6】句意：他辛勤的工作和不懈的努力，幼小的竹子逐漸長成了森林。A. wild野生的；B. tall高的；C. young年輕的；D. old年老的。由day by day可推測此處表示的是幼小的竹子樹長成了森林，答案選C。

【7】句意：現(xiàn)在，沙洲變成一片濃密的森林，成為千上萬種植物和動物的家園。A. way方法，道路；B. guide導(dǎo)游；C. room房間；D. home家。結(jié)合語境可知，此處表示現(xiàn)在這個沙洲是成千上萬種植物和動物的家園，答案選D。

【8】句意：每年大約有100頭大象到訪森林，并在那里待上幾個月。 A. stay停留；B. lie躺；C. sit 坐下；D. wait等待。根據(jù)“A large group of around 100elephants visit the forest.”由大象來到森林可推測此處表示的是在這里呆幾個月，答案選A。

【9】句意：Payeng現(xiàn)在50多歲了。A. her她的；B. his他的；C. its它的；D. their他們的。in one’s fifties在某人五十幾歲時，此處的主語Payeng指人，且由he替代，可知他的性別是男，對應(yīng)的形容詞性物主代詞要用his，答案選B。

【10】句意：他種植了近1400英畝的森林，并以印度森林人而著稱。A. invited邀請；B. served服務(wù)；C. known知道；D. formed形成。be known as以……而出名，結(jié)合語境可知此處表示作為印度森林人而出名，答案選C。