Question

    Once there lived a farmer called Henry. He had a brother,Mike,in town who was an excellent gardener. His skill and his beautiful trees were 16  everywhere.

    One day,Henry went to town to visit Mike. “ Look,my brother，”said Mike ,“ Here is the best 17  tree from my garden.Take it home and 18  it so that you,your children,and your children’s children can enjoy it."Henry was 19 with the apple tree and went back home. The next morning,he began to 20 where he should plant it.

    “If I plant it on the hill,the wind might catch it and 21 down the fruit. If I plant it close to the road,people who pass by will pick some of them. But if I plant it...”said he to himself.

     22 he planted the tree in the corner behind his house,where no one else could notice it. But the tree bore (結(jié)出) no fruit the first year,nor the second. Then Henry sent for his brother and said to him 23 ,“ You have cheated me. This is the third year and it brings me 24  but leaves.”

    When Mike saw where the tree was planted,he laughed and said/4 You have planted the tree in such a cold corner without 25 or warmth. How,then,could you expect flowers and fruits?”

16. A. simple   B. famous   C. similar   D. common

17. A. pear   B. grape   C. apple   D. banana

18. A. sell   B. wash   C. hide   D. plant

19. A. tired   B. patient   C. pleased   D. popular

20. A. learn   B. wonder   C. realize   D. understand 

21 .A. put   B. cut   C. push   D. shake

22. A. Finally   B. Firstly   C. Luckily   D. Certainly

23. A. happily   B. angrily   C. kindly   D. carelessly

24. A. nothing   B. something   C. everything   D. anything

25. A. air   B. earth   C. water   D. sunlight

Answer 1

16. B  考查形容詞辨析。simple簡單的；famous有名的;similar 相似的;common 普通的。句意：他的技能和美麗的樹在各處都很有名。根據(jù)“ Mike是一位出色的園藝師”可推知“他的技術(shù)和美麗的樹很出名”。故選B。

17. C  考查名詞辨析。pear梨子;grape葡萄;apple蘋果;banana 香蕉。此處意為：這兒有一棵來自我果園的最好的蘋果樹。根據(jù)下文中“the apple tree”可知本句指的是“蘋果樹”。故選C。

18. D   考查動詞辨析。sell賣;wash洗;hide隱藏;plant種植。如果讓子孫都能享受這棵樹，那只能是栽下這棵樹以讓這棵樹永遠生長下去。故選D。

19. C   考查形容詞辨析。tired疲勞的;patient耐心的;pleased 高興的;popular受歡迎的。句意：Henry對這棵蘋果樹很滿意并將它帶回家。根據(jù)“子孫們都能享受它”可推知“Henry 應(yīng)該對它很滿意”。故選C。

20. B考查動詞辨析。learn學(xué)習(xí)；wonder想知道；realize意識到；understand明白。句意:第二天早晨，他開始想他應(yīng)該將它栽在哪里。根據(jù)下文對“栽樹”地點的選擇，可推知“他想知道應(yīng)該將樹栽在哪里”。故選B。

21. D  考查動詞詞組辨析。put down放下；cut down砍倒；push down推到；shake down搖掉。根據(jù)句中“ the wind ”可推知 “風(fēng)應(yīng)該搖掉果實”。故選D。

22. A  考查副詞辨析。finally最后；firstly首先;luckily幸運地；certainly當然。句意:最后，他將樹栽在他房后的角落里，在那沒有其他人會注意到它。根據(jù)上文對“栽樹”地點的選擇可知“將樹栽在房后的角落里”應(yīng)是他最終做的決定。故選 A。

23. B  考查副詞辨析。happily開心地；angrily生氣地；kindly和蕩地；carelessly粗心地。句意:然后Henry派人請他弟弟來，并生氣地對他說:“你欺騙了我……”。根據(jù)“蘋果樹已經(jīng)栽 F兩年都沒有結(jié)果實”及“ You have cheated me."可推知“他應(yīng)該是很生氣地說”。故選B。

24. A  考查復(fù)合不定代詞辨析。nothing什么都沒有；something 某事；everything每件事;anything任何事。句意：……這是第三年，它除了樹葉什么都S帶給我。根據(jù)“兩年都沒有結(jié)果實，他生氣地叫來弟弟，并說他弟弟欺騙他”可推知“第三年除了樹葉什么都沒有”。故選A。

25. D  考查名詞辨析。air空氣;earth地球;water水;sunlight陽光。由句中 “ in such a cold corner” 和 “ warmth” 可知，這里 “既沒有陽光也沒有溫度”。故選D。