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【題目】There were two men who lived next to each other. One of them was a retired teacher and the other was un insurance agent (保險(xiǎn)代理人). Both of them had planted many different plants in their gardens. The retired teacher rarely watered his plants and didn’t pay a lot of attention to them. But his neighbor was very careful with his plants and watered them often.

The retired teacher’s plants were small, but still looked okay, while the insurance agent’s plants were much bigger and greener. One night, there was heavy rain and wind. The next morning, both of the neighbors came out to check on their gardens. The insurance agent saw that his plants had been a mess and were totally destroyed. But the retired teacher’s plants were not damaged at all but stood firm.

The insurance agent was surprised. He went to ask the retired teacher, “We both grew the same plants and I cared for my plants better than you did. How could your plants still be okay?”

The retired teacher smiled and said, “ Because you gave your plants too much attention. You made it too easy for them to grow. I gave my plants just a little bit of water, so their roots had to grow deeper to take in more water. That is why my plants survived.”

根據(jù)材料內(nèi)容選擇最佳答案。

【1】Who was very careful with his plants and watered them often?

A. The retired teacher.

B. The insurance agent.

C. Either of them.

D. None of them.

【2】What did the insurance agent’s garden look like after the storm?

A. His garden looked much better.

B. His plants were not damaged at all.

C. His plants were totally destroyed.

D. His garden was much fuller and greener.

【3】The underlined word “firm” in Paragraph 2 probably means “______”.

A. 搖搖欲墜地

B. 穩(wěn)固地

C. 更高地

D. 歪倒地

【4】According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. Both of them had planted many same plants in their gardens.

B. The retired teacher often watered his plants.

C. The retired teacher’ s plants were smaller than his neighbor’s.

D. The plants should be taken cared of carefully to grow strongly.

【5】What is the main message of the story?

A. Growing a garden is not as easy as it looks.

B. A storm can destroy all the plants in your garden.

C. Plants know how to protect themselves from storms.

D. Too much care can make us become weak.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】B

【4】C

【5】D

【解析】

文章大意：文章講述的是一位退休老師和一位保險(xiǎn)代理人同樣在自家的花園種花。在保險(xiǎn)代理人的精心照料下，他的花長(zhǎng)勢(shì)很好。而退休老師的花卻沒(méi)有受到精心照料，長(zhǎng)得矮小。但是一場(chǎng)暴風(fēng)寸后，長(zhǎng)勢(shì)矮小的花卻依然挺立；長(zhǎng)勢(shì)繁盛的花卻一敗涂地。這個(gè)故事告訴我們：看似精心的照料反而使照顧對(duì)象變得沒(méi)有抵抗力；而看似漫不經(jīng)心的照料卻更能鍛煉被照料的對(duì)象，促使其扎根更深。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一自然段的最后兩句“The retired teacher rarely watered his plants and didn’t pay a lot of attention to them. But his neighbor was very careful with his plants and watered them often”可知正確答案。故答案為B。

【2】12. C細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中“The insurance agent saw that his plants had been a mess and were totally destroyed”可知正確答案。故答案為C。

【3】詞義猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)文中“But the retired teacher’s plants were not damaged at all but stood______但是退休教師的植物卻沒(méi)有被摧毀而是站立的______”和下文“How could your plants still be okay?你的植物怎么能夠依然好好的？”可知，教授種的植物在暴風(fēng)雨后穩(wěn)固地挺立著。故答案為B。

【4】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中“Both of them had planted many different plants in their gardens”可知，A選項(xiàng)不對(duì)；根據(jù)文中“The retired teacher rarely watered his plants and didn’t pay a lot of attention to them”可知，B選項(xiàng)不對(duì)；由最后一段退休教師的話，可知D選項(xiàng)不對(duì)。而根據(jù)The retired teacher’s plants were small, but still looked okay, while the insurance agent’s plants were much bigger and greener.可知C選項(xiàng)是正確的。故答案為C。

【5】主旨大意題。根據(jù)“Because you gave your plants too much attention. You made it too easy for them to grow. I gave my plants just a little bit of water, so their roots had to grow deeper to take in more water”可知正確答案。故答案為D。