WhenIwasgrowingup,IhadanoldneighbournamedDr.Gibbs.Hedid...
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When I was growing up, I had an old neighbour named Dr. Gibbs. He didn’t look like other doctors I had ever known. He never __21__ at us for playing in his yard. I remember him as someone nice and __22__. When Dr. Gibbs wasn’t saving __23__, he was planting trees. His house sat on ten acres, and his life’s __24__ was to make it a forest.
But he _25__watered his new trees. Once I asked why. He said that watering plants would _26__ them, and that __27__ you water them, each successive(后继的) __28_ of trees will grow weaker and weaker. So you have to make things _29__ for them.
He’d planted an oak, and instead of watering it every morning, he’d __30__ it with a rolled-up newspaper. I asked him why he did that, and he said it was to cause the tree’s __31__. Dr. Gibbs passed away a couple of years ago. _32_, I walk by his house and look at the trees that I watched him plant some 25 years ago. They are big and __33_ now. Sufferings seemed to __34__ them in ways ease and __35__ never could.
Every night before I go to bed, I check on my two sons. I stand over them and watch their little bodies, the rising and falling of life within. I often pray for them. Mostly I pray that their lives will be__36__. But lately I’ve been thinking that it’s time to _37__ my prayer, because life is __38__, whether we want it to be or not. Too many times we pray for ease, but that’s what we seldom __39__. What we need to do is to pray for roots that reach deep into the earth, so when the rains fall and the winds blow, we won’t be_40__.
21. A. smiled B. shouted C. looked D. kicked
22. A. cold B. lonely C. mild(温和的)D. careful
23. A. money B. lives C. flowers D. energy
24. A. goal B. way C. attitude D. theory
25. A. regularly B. sometimes C. never D. always
26. A. remove B. benefit C. drown D. spoil
27. A. if B. unless C. although D. since
28. A. kind B. group C. rank D. generation
29. A. rough B. free C. available D. poisonous
30. A. protected B. tied C. beat D. wrapped
31. A. anger B. defence C. shade D. death
32. A. More or less B. Now and again C. Sooner or later D. Here and there
33. A. thin B. dying C. ripe D. strong
34. A. benefit B. harm C. affect D. change
35. A. cure B. danger C. comfort D. difficulty
36. A. interesting B. colorful C. easy D. hopeful
37. A. strengthen B. change C. repeat D. realize
38. A. tough B. helpless C. various D. valuable
39. A. seek B. prove C. share D. meet
40. A. challenged B. defeated C. missed D. forgotten
【回答】
21-25BCBAC 26-30DADAC 31-35BBDAC 36-40CBADB
知识点:人物传记 故事阅读类
题型:完型填空