14．NEW YORK-Picking a Christmas tree takes most people a few minutes，or a couple of hours if they head for the woods．Dave Murbach needs 11 months．
Almost every day of every year，Murbach's thoughts turn to vision of a perfectly shaped evergreen tree that will take everyone's breath away．
Murbach is the man responsible for finding the towering tree that makes more attractive Manhattan's Rockefeller Center each Christmas season．
"I'm always looking for a tree，"the center's chief gardener says．"I look for it even when I go to the beach in the summer．It's like a homework assignment hanging over your head．"
And if he gets it wrong，there's nothing hiding it．
"Every day it's up，400，000 people go by，and 2.5 million people watch the lighting celebration on television，"he says．
This year's tree，a 74-foot Nomy spruce （云杉） from Richfield，Ohio，flown to New York on the world's largest cargo plane，was lighted on December 2．
The arrival of the tree leads in the Christmas season in New York-a tradition dating back to 1931，when the workers building Rockefeller Center put up a small tree with ornaments．
The search for the next year's tree starts soon after the old tree is chopped up for wood chips and horse-jumping logs．
Murbach has three standards：The tree must be at least 65feet high，at least 35feet across and leaves dense enough not to see through．
That's not as simple as it sounds．Though forests are full of evergreens，few get enough sunlight or space to fill out．And branches in snow regions often break under the weight，making trees unbalanced．
Back at the office，he sorts through hundreds of letters from people offering their trees，many addressed simply to"Mr．Christmas Tree Man．"
Though there was occasional anxiety attack and sleepless night，Murbach knows the effect the tree has on people："It's for bringing people together，attempting to bring together people you love．That's what I hope it sets off．"But Murbach says he's always too worn out to celebrate Christmas．
28．Which is the correct order of the events in the passage？D
a．Murbach's thoughts turn to a perfectly shaped tree．
b.2.5million people watch the Christmas tree．
c．The tree is flown to New York．
d．It was lighted on December 2．
e．The tree is chopped up．
f．Murbach searches for the tree．
A．a(chǎn)，b，c，d，e，f
B．c，d，b，f，e，a
C．c，d，e，b，a，f
D．a(chǎn)，f，c，d，b，e
29．Why does Murbach take his job seriously？A
A．Because he wants everyone to be happy with his choice．
B．Because he hopes to make everybody unable to breathe．
C．Because he enjoys showing off．
D．Because he wishes to attract people's attention to himself．
30．According to Murbach's standard of trees，the best tree mustD．
A．be evergreen
B．have lots of space between their branches
C．be tall enough not to see through
D．be equally balanced
31．What kind of person do you think Murbach is？C
A．A person always ignoring his family．
B．A person full of love．
C．A person devoted to his work．
D．A person with great anxiety．
分析 本文敘述了Murbach對(duì)于工作的認(rèn)真的態(tài)度，他為了曼哈頓的洛克菲勒中心展覽的常青樹(shù)，他花費(fèi)了11個(gè)月的時(shí)間來(lái)尋找．他想要每一個(gè)人都對(duì)他的選擇滿意．
解答 28．D．排序題．根據(jù)第二段Almost every day of every year，Murbach's thoughts turn to vision of a perfectly shaped evergreen tree that will take everyone's breath away．可知a為最先，故排除BC；根據(jù)第三段Murbach is the man responsible for finding the towering tree他去尋找樹(shù)，可知f為最后，應(yīng)該排除A，故選D．
29．A．細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)Murbach's thoughts turn to vision of a perfectly shaped evergreen tree that will take everyone's breath away．他希望每個(gè)人都滿意他的選擇，故選A．
30．D．細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)And branches in snow regions often break under the weight，making trees unbalanced．最好的樹(shù)就是均衡發(fā)展的樹(shù)，故選D．
45．C．細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)短文的內(nèi)容可知Murbach 對(duì)工作很忠誠(chéng)的，故選C．
點(diǎn)評(píng) 本文是一個(gè)廣告布告類閱讀，題目涉及多道細(xì)節(jié)理解題，做題時(shí)結(jié)合原文和題目有針對(duì)性的找出相關(guān)語(yǔ)句進(jìn)行仔細(xì)分析，結(jié)合選項(xiàng)選出正確答案．推理判斷題也是要在抓住關(guān)鍵句子的基礎(chǔ)上合理的分析才能得出正確答案，切忌胡亂猜測(cè)，一定要做到有理有據(jù)．
