Question

  One's attitude is always important. If you are lazy and weak,you will never taste any success. But if you are 1       ,success and happiness will be more likely to come to you.

  I love eating persimmons (柿子) .But you can't get them until autumn. If you try them before the right time,they probably 2        bad.

  In Grade Six,because of my poor grades,my parents were 3        that I wouldn't be able to get into an excellent middle school. They 4        me to study harder,but I didn't really understand why they were so anxious.

  Summer came,and I studied hard. The hot weather made me sleepy and I couldn't 5        my textbooks. But every time I wanted to stop 6       ,Mom would shout： "Hey you!Think about your 7       ,If you don't work hard,you'll regret it!" I had to sit back down again and return to my textbooks. But all I 8        was playing with my friends and eating persimmons.

  My mom would say to me,with a serious look on 9        face："If a persimmon treedoesn't grow in summer,it can't bear fruit in autumn!Only by hard work 10        you get the good result of your work."

  Although I didn't understand it at that time,I 11        came to see the truth of her words.A few months later,I succeeded in getting into the key middle school. It was 12        .

  Walking in my new school,I could see quite a few persimmon trees. The fruit was so red that it looked as if it was on fire. Suddenly,I 13        that working hard may be bitter but its fruit is sweet.

  My mom was right：if a persimmon tree doesn't grow 14        summer,it can't bear fruit in autumn. I smiled. I had grown through the summer 15        now it was autumn. I tasted my success and enjoyed the fruits of my labors！

(   ) 1. A. busy   B. clever   C. foolish   D. hardworking

(   ) 2. A. look   B. taste   C. turn   D. smell

(   ) 3. A. embarrassed   B. worried   C. excited   D. interested

(   ) 4. A. afforded   B. allowed   C. pushed   D. pulled

(   ) 5. A. depend on   B. decide on   C. work on   D. concentrate on

(   ) 6. A. thinking   B. working   C. playing   D. enjoying

(   ) 7. A. past   B. hobby   C. health   D. future

(   ) 8. A. talked about   B. heard about

      C. thought about   D. considered about

(   ) 9. A. her   B. your   C. my   D. his

(   ) 10. A. have to   B. can   C. need   D. must

(   ) 11. A. probably   B. particularly   C. gradually   D. maybe

(   ) 12. A. spring   B. summer   C. autumn   D. winter

(   ) 13. A. realized   B. considered   C. noticed   D. saw

(   ) 14. A. before   B. during   C. after   D. in

(   ) 15. A. and   B. but   C. or   D. so 

Answer 1

1. D hardworking意为"勤奋的"。由上文的描述可知答案为D.

2. B本句主语为they,they指代的是persimmons ,故对应的系动词是taste"尝起来"。

3. B 由my poor grades可知此处应填worried„

4. C afford意为"负担得起，支付得起"；allow意为"允许"；push意为"推，推动"，还可引申为"督促"。由句意可知答案为C.

5. D由句意"炎热的天气使我昏昏欲睡"可知"我无法集中精力学习"，由此可推断出答案为D.

6. B stop doing sth意为"停止做某事"；stop to do sth意为"停下来去做某事"，由句意"每当我想偷懒时"可推断答案为B.

7. D结合上下文可知正确答案为D.

8. C talk about意为"谈论"；hear about意为"听说"；think about意为"考虑"。句意为"但我想的全部事情却是和朋友们一起玩、吃柿子"，由此可知答案为C。

9. A和my mom对应的形容词性物主代词是her。

10. B have to为"不得不"；can为"能，会"；need 为"需要"。结合本句的句意可知答案为B.

11. C gradually为"逐渐地"。由句意"尽管我当时不理解，但是我现在渐渐明白了她话里的真理"可知答案为C。

12. C由第4段开头处的Summer came以及本段中的A few months later可推断答案为C。

13. A句意为"我突然意识到辛勤工作可能是苦涩的，但努力的果实一定是甜的"，可知答案为A.

14. B during为"在……期间"，由上文可知，柿子树在夏天生长。

15. A前后两分句之间为递进关系，故对应的并列连词是and。