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When I was growing up, I had an old neighbor, Dr. Gibbs. He didn't look like any doctor I'd ever known. He never invited us to play in his yard, but he was a very kind person. When Dr. Gibbs wasn't saving lives, he was planting trees. He owned a large field and wanted to make it a forest. The good doctor had some interesting ideas about planting trees. He never watered his new trees. Once I asked why. He said that watering plants spoiled(毁坏) them, and that if you watered them, each baby tree would grow weaker and weaker, so you had to make things difficult for them and pick out the weaker trees early on.
He talked about how watering trees made for shallow(浅的) roots(根), and how trees that weren't watered had to grow deep roots in search of water under the earth by themselves. Deep roots were very important. So he never watered his trees. He'd planted an oak(橡树)and instead of watering it every morning, he'd beat it with a rolled-up newspaper. I asked him why he did that, and he said it was to get the tree's attention.
Dr. Gibbs died several years after I left home. Every now and then, I walked by his house and looked at the trees that I watched him plant about twenty-five years ago. They're very big and strong now. I planted some trees a few years back and carried water to them for a whole summer. After two years of caring too much, whenever a cold wind blows in, they shake a lot.
Every night before I go to bed, I check on my two sons. Mostly I pray (祈祷) that their lives will be easy. But lately I've been thinking that it's time to change my prayer. I know my children are going to face difficulties. There's always a cold wind blowing somewhere, so what we need to do is to pray for roots that reach deep into the brave heart, so when the rains fall and the winds blow, we could face it strongly and won't be beaten down.
小题1: We know from the passage, the doctor______.
A.didn't know how to plant trees at all
B.wasn't good at his own medical job
C.had his own ways of planting trees
D.had nothing to do but plant trees
小题2: When Dr. Gibbs said "... pick out the weaker trees early on.", he meant that______.
A.some weak trees would be easily found out at the beginning
B.he would choose the weak trees to water earlier
C.the weak trees would be sent to his patients later
D.he would not plant weak trees so early anymore
小题3: The passage tells us that the writer______.
A.should beat his trees with a rolled-up newspaper
B.didn't often water his trees
C.didn't have a large field
D.took too much care of his trees
小题4:The writer wants to change his prayer, hoping that______.
A.his trees will be stronger than Dr. Gibbs'
B.his trees will not be beaten down
C.his sons will be better at planting trees
D.his sons will be able to face difficulties
小题5:Which can be the best title of the reading?
A.Watering TreesB.Growing Roots
C.Doctor and his NeighborD.Father and his Children
   
小题1:C
小题2:A
小题3:D
小题4:D
小题5:B

试题分析:本文大意: 我小的时候,有一个老邻居,他和别的医生不一样,他从不邀请我们去他的院子,但他是一个非常和气的人。他有一大块地,想把它弄成森林。这位好医生对种树有很有趣的想法,他从不给小新栽的树浇水,他说给植物浇水会毁坏它们,如果浇水,每棵小树会长得越来越弱,所以你必须为它们制造困难,在初期就挑出柔弱的树来。他种了一棵橡树,每天用卷起的报纸打树。我问他为什么这么做,他说是引起树的注意。二十五年后,我看到他种的树都又大又壮,而我种的树风一吹却会摇晃。这引起了我的深思,我一直对孩子们加倍呵护,是时候改变了。我知道我的孩子们将要面对困难,总是会有冷风吹某处,所以我们需要做的是祈祷能深扎在勇敢的心里的,要那样当下雨刮风时,我们能强壮地面对它,不会被击倒。
小题1:细节理解题。根据The good doctor had some interesting ideas about planting trees. He never watered his new trees. 这位好医生对种树有很有趣的想法,他从不给小新栽的树浇水,可知答案选C。
小题2:细节理解题。根据 He said that watering plants spoiled(毁坏) them, and that if you watered them, each baby tree would grow weaker and weaker, so you had to make things difficult for them and pick out the weaker trees early on. 他说给植物浇水会毁坏它们,如果浇水,每棵小树会长得越来越弱,所以你必须为它们制造困难,在初期就挑出柔弱的树来,故答案选A。
小题3:细节理解题。根据Mostly I pray that their lives will be easy.通常我祈祷他们的生活会容易,可知答案选B。
小题4:细节理解题。根据I know my children are going to face difficulties.我知道我的孩子们将要面对困难, 可知答案选D。
小题5:标题归纳题。根据There's always a cold wind blowing somewhere, so what we need to do is to pray for roots that reach deep into the brave heart, so when the rains fall and the winds blow, we could face it strongly and won't be beaten down. 总是会有冷风吹某处,所以我们需要做的是祈祷能深扎在勇敢的心里的要,那样当下雨刮风时,我们能强壮地面对它,不会被击倒,可知答案选D。
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