13.When I was growing up,I had an old neighbor named Doctor Gibbs.He didn't look like any doctor I'd ever known.He never yelled at us for playing in his yard,but was always very kind.
When Doctor Gibbs wasn't saving lives,he was planting trees.He had some interesting theories about planting trees.He believed in the principle:"No pains,no gains".He hardly watered his new trees,which flew in the face of conventional wisdom.Once I asked why and he told me that watering plants spoiled them because it made them grow weaker.He said you had to make things tough for the trees so that only the strongest could survive.He talked about how watering trees made them develop shallow roots and how,if they were not watered,trees would grow deep roots in search of water.So,instead of watering his trees every morning,he'd beat them with a rolled-up newspaper.I asked him why he did that,and he said it was to get the tree's attention.
Doctor Gibbs died a couple of years after I left home.Every now and then,I walked by his house and looked at the trees that I'd watched him plant some twenty five years ago.They were all tall and strong.
I planted a couple of trees myself a few years ago.Two years of attending these trees meant they grew up weak.Whenever a cold wind blew,their branches trembled.Adersity(逆境) seemed to benefit Doctor Gibb's trees in ways comfort and ease never could.
Every night before I go to bed,I check on my two sons.I often pray 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 meet with hardship.There's always a cold wind blowing somewhere.What we need to do is to pray for deep roots,so when the rains fall and the winds blow,we won't be torn apart.
21.With the trees planted,Doctor Gibbs oftenA.
A.paid little attention to them
B.kept watering them every morning
C.talked to them to get their attention
D.beat them to make them grow deep roots
22.What does the author think of the way Doctor Gibbs planted trees?D
A.Strange and harmful.
B.Interesting and funny.
C.Cruel and unacceptable.
D.Original and reasonable.
23.Which prayer does the author wish for his sons?B
A.Meet people like Dr Gibbs in the future.
B.Be able to stand the rain and wind in their lives.
C.Have an easy life,without too much to worry about.
D.Have good luck,encountering less hardshipin their life.
24.Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?C
A.Prayers for my sons
B.Doctor Gibbs and his trees
C.Growing roots
D.Watering trees.
分析 本文是一篇人物故事類閱讀.文章主要介紹了作者的鄰居種樹的經(jīng)歷告訴我們對于成長來說有時候困難是必須的.
解答 21-24 ADBC
21.A.細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)""He hardly watered his new trees,which flew in the face of conventional wisdom."可知他很少關(guān)注樹的成長.故選A.
22.D.推理判斷題.根據(jù)"Whenever a cold wind blew,their branches trembled.Adersity(逆境) seemed to benefit Doctor Gibb's trees in ways comfort and ease never could."可知作者認(rèn)為Gibbs的種樹方法很原始并且很合理.故選D.
23.B.推理判斷題.根據(jù)"What we need to do is to pray for deep roots,so when the rains fall and the winds blow,we won't be torn apart."可知作者希望他的兒子能夠經(jīng)受住生活中的風(fēng)雨.故選B.
24.C.主旨大意題.縱覽全文并根據(jù)"What we need to do is to pray for deep roots,so when the rains fall and the winds blow,we won't be torn apart."可知文章主要介紹了作者的鄰居種樹的經(jīng)歷告訴我們對于成長來說有時候困難是必須的.所以最好的題目就是生長的樹•故選C.
點(diǎn)評 本文是一篇人物故事類閱讀.此類題型主要考查學(xué)生的細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力.細(xì)節(jié)理解題是針對文中某個細(xì)節(jié)、某句話或某部分具體內(nèi)容設(shè)置問題,所以在做細(xì)節(jié)理解題時要結(jié)合原文和提干有針對性的找出相關(guān)語句進(jìn)行仔細(xì)分析,再結(jié)合選項(xiàng)選出正確答案.在做推理判斷題時不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實(shí),要聯(lián)系上下文根據(jù)文章事實(shí)進(jìn)行合乎邏輯的推理判斷.在做主旨大意題時考生首先要仔細(xì)閱讀短文,完整了解信息,準(zhǔn)確把握作者觀點(diǎn),確定主旨.