Do you want to be successful in everything you do? If so, then ? Here is an example.
There was a farmer who corn (玉米) all his life. Each year he took his corn to the market. Then each time his corn was chosen as the and won the first prize.
One year a newspaper reporter interviewed him and learned something about how he grew it. The farmer his seed(做種子的) corn to his neighbors.
"How can you share your best seed corn with your neighbors?" the reporter asked. "You know they are taking part in the with you each year. "
"Why, sir," said the farmer, "didn't you know? The picks up pollen {花粉)from the corn and moves it quickly from field to field. If nay neighbors grow corn, cross-pollination (異花傳粉) will affect the quality of my corn. So if I want to grow good corn, f must my neighbors to grow good corn. "
The farmer knows much about the connection of life. His corn cannot improve his neighbor's corn improves.
As a great man says, "We make a living by what we ; we make a life by what we give." We can't without food, clothes, and many other things. However, a meaningf~I1 life is not decided by how much we can get, by how much we can give others. Giving, instead of taking, makes us from other animals. So those who choose to live well must help others to live well and those who choose to be happy must help others to find in their life.
1.A. why B. how C. when D. where
2.A. grew B. bought C. sold D. collected
3.A. cheapest B. prettiest C. best D. shortest
4.A. popular B. serious C. terrible D. surprising
5.A. lent B. showed C. offered D. recommended
6.A. game B. fight C. experiment D. competition
7.A. wind B. water C. farmer D. neighbor
8.A. tasty B. bad C. tall D. unusual
9.A. teach B. remind C. help D. require
10.A. unless B. though C. because D. when
11.A. do B. own C. get D. grow
12.A. cheer B. move C. work D. live
13.A. and B. but C. or D. so
14.A. different B. free C. safe D. far
15.A. hope B. success C. friendship D. happiness
1.B
2.A
3.C
4.D
5.C
6.D
7.A
8.B
9.C
10.A
11.D
12.D
13.B
14.A
15.D
【解析】
試題分析:本文敘述了一位農(nóng)民因為自己種的玉米而獲得了一等獎,記者采訪時發(fā)現(xiàn)他把最好的玉米種子分給他的鄰居,這樣他認(rèn)為他能獲得最好的種子。
1.考查疑問詞及語境的理解。A. why為什么; B. how 怎樣; C. when什么時候; D. where哪里。你想要在各個方面都成功嗎?如果這樣的話,那么應(yīng)該怎樣做呢?根據(jù)下文One year a newspaper reporter interviewed him and learned something about how he grew it.可知應(yīng)該選B。
2.考查動詞及語境的理解。A. grew成長; B. bought買; C. sold 賣; D, collected收集。根據(jù)he took his corn to the market.及he grew it可知這個農(nóng)民種植玉米,故選A。
3.考查形容詞及語境的理解。A. cheapest最便宜的; B. prettiest最漂亮的; C. best最好的; D. shortest最短的。根據(jù)won the first prize 可知他的玉米被選為最好的,故選C。
4.考查形容詞及語境的理解。A. popular受歡迎的; B, serious嚴(yán)重的; C. terrible 可怕的; D. surprising令人吃驚的。一年報社的記者采訪了他,了解到他的令人吃驚的事情關(guān)于如何種植玉米的,根據(jù)下文How can you share your best seed corn with your neighbors?可知這件事令作者很吃驚,故選D。
5.考查動詞及語境的理解。A, lent借; B. showed展示; C. offered提供; D. recommended推薦。offersth to sb提供給某人某物;根據(jù)下文How can you share your best seed corn with your neighbors可知這位農(nóng)民把自己的種子提供給他的鄰居,故選C。
6.考查名詞及語境的理解。A. game游戲; B. fight 戰(zhàn)爭; C. experiment實驗; D. competition比賽。與上文won the first prize農(nóng)民獲獎對應(yīng),指的是他人也會去參加比賽(competition)。故選D。
7.考查名詞及語境的理解。A. wind風(fēng); B. water 水; C. farmer農(nóng)民; D. neighbor鄰居。根據(jù)moves it quickly from field to field這里指的是風(fēng)(wind)會傳播花粉。故選A。
8.考查形容詞及語境的理解。A. tasty 美味的; B. bad壞的; C. tall高的; D. unusual 不尋常的。農(nóng)民擔(dān)心不好(bad)的花粉會傳播到自己的玉米上。故選B。
9.考查動詞及語境的理解。A. teach 教; B. remind 提醒; C, help 幫助; D. require需要,要求。這里指的是農(nóng)民幫助(help)鄰居種植好的玉米。故選C。
10.考查連詞及語境的理解。A. unless除非,如果不; B, though盡管; C. because 因為; D. when當(dāng)……時候。如果鄰居的玉米沒有長進(jìn),他的玉米也不可能有長進(jìn)。所以這里用unless“如果不”來表示。故選A。
11.考查動詞及語境的理解。A. do做; B, own 擁有; C, get 得到; D. grow種植。這里與后面的give相對,get指的是“得到”,句意為“我們通過我們所得到的謀生!惫蔬xD。
12.考查動詞及語境的理解。A. cheer歡呼; B. move移動; C. work 工作; D. live生存。這里指的是“我們沒有食物、衣服和很多其他東西,我們就不能生存”。故選D。
13.考查連詞及語境的理解。A. and 和; B. but但是; C. or 或者; D. so因此。這里表示對前面的轉(zhuǎn)折。故選B。
14.考查形容詞及語境的理解。A. different不同的; B. free 免費的; C, safe安全的; D. far遠(yuǎn)的。這里說的是人與動物的區(qū)別。故選A。
15.考查名詞及語境的理解。A. hope希望; B. success成功; C. friendship友誼; D. happiness高興,幸福。根據(jù)句子前面的happy可知,因為在find的后面要跟名詞,所以用happiness來表示。故選D。
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