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意為"勤奮的"。由上文的描述可知答案為D.

2. B本句主語(yǔ)為they,they指代的是persimmons ,故對(duì)應(yīng)的系動(dòng)詞是taste"嘗起來(lái)"。

3. B 由my poor grades可知此處應(yīng)填worried„

4. C afford意為"負(fù)擔(dān)得起，支付得起"；allow意為"允許"；push意為"推，推動(dòng)"，還可引申為"督促"。由句意可知答案為C.

5. D由句意"炎熱的天氣使我昏昏欲睡"可知"我無(wú)法集中精力學(xué)習(xí)"，由此可推斷出答案為D.

6. B stop doing sth意為"停止做某事"；stop to do sth意為"停下來(lái)去做某事"，由句意"每當(dāng)我想偷懶時(shí)"可推斷答案為B.

7. D結(jié)合上下文可知正確答案為D.

8. C talk about意為"談?wù)?；hear about意為"聽(tīng)說(shuō)"；think about意為"考慮"。句意為"但我想的全部事情卻是和朋友們一起玩、吃柿子"，由此可知答案為C。

9. A和my mom對(duì)應(yīng)的形容詞性物主代詞是her。

10. B have to為"不得不"；can為"能，會(huì)"；need 為"需要"。結(jié)合本句的句意可知答案為B.

11. C gradually為"逐漸地"。由句意"盡管我當(dāng)時(shí)不理解，但是我現(xiàn)在漸漸明白了她話里的真理"可知答案為C。

12. C由第4段開(kāi)頭處的Summer came以及本段中的A few months later可推斷答案為C。

13. A句意為"我突然意識(shí)到辛勤工作可能是苦澀的，但努力的果實(shí)一定是甜的"，可知答案為A.

14. B during為"在……期間"，由上文可知，柿子樹(shù)在夏天生長(zhǎng)。

15. A前后兩分句之間為遞進(jìn)關(guān)系，故對(duì)應(yīng)的并列連詞是and。