Question

Do you want to be successful in everything you do? If so, then       ? Here is an example.

There was a farmer who      corn （玉米） all his life. Each year he took his corn to the market. Then each time his corn was chosen as the      and won the first prize.

One year a newspaper reporter interviewed him and learned something       about how he grew it. The farmer     his seed（做种子的) corn to his neighbors.

"How can you share your best seed corn with your neighbors?" the reporter asked. "You know they are taking part in the      with you each year."

"Why, sir," said the farmer, "didn't you know? The     picks up pollen (花粉) from the corn and moves it quickly from field to field. If my neighbors grow     corn, cross-pollination (异花传粉) will affect the quality of my corn. So if I want to grow good corn, I must      my neighbors to grow good corn. "

The farmer knows much about the connection of life. His corn cannot improve     his neighbor's corn improves.

As a great man says, "We make a living by what we       ； we make a life by what we give." We can't     without food, clothes, and many other things. However, a meaningful life is not decided by how much we can get,      by how much we can give others. Giving, instead of taking, makes us       from other animals.

So those who choose to live well must help others to live well and those who choose to be happy must help others to find     in their life.

1.A. why       B. how         C. when          D. where

2.A. grew     B. bought      C. sold         D. collected

3.A. cheapest  B. prettiest C. best         D. shortest

4.A. popular B. serious     C. terrible      D. surprising

5.A. lent      B. showed      C. offered      D. recommended

6.A. game     B. fight      C. experiment    D. competition

7.A. wind      B. water       C. farmer       D. neighbor

8.A. tasty    B. bad         C. tall         D. unusual

9.A. teach     B. remind      C. help         D. require

10.A. unless  B. though      C. because       D. when

11. A. do      B. own         C. get           D. grow

12.A. cheer    B. move       C. work         D. live

13.A. and      B. but         C. or           D. so

14.A. different B. free      C. safe         D. far

15.A. hope     B. success     C. friendship  D. happiness

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.D

5.C

6.D

7.A

8.B

9.C

10.A

11.D

12.D

13.B

14.A

15.D

【解析】

试题分析：短文大意：本文叙述了一位农民因为自己种的玉米而获得了一等奖，记者采访时发现他把最好的玉米种子分给他的邻居，这样他认为他能获得最好的种子。

1.B考查疑问词及语境的理解。句意：你想要在各个方面都成功吗？如果这样的话，那么应该怎样做呢？why为什么；how 怎样；when什么时候；where哪里。根据下文One year a newspaper reporter interviewed him and learned something about how he grew it.可知应该选B

2.A考查动词及语境的理解。句意：有一个农夫一生种植玉米。grew成长；bought买；sold 卖； collected收集。根据he took his corn to the market.及he grew it可知这个农民种植玉米，故选A

3.C考查形容词及语境的理解。句意：每一次他的玉米都最好并获得一等奖。cheapest最便宜的； prettiest最漂亮的；best最好的；shortest最短的。根据won the first prize可知他的玉米被选为最好的，故选C。

4.D考查形容词及语境的理解。句意：一位报社的记者采访了他，了解到他的关于如何种植玉米的令人吃惊的事情。popular受欢迎的；serious严重的；terrible 可怕的；surprising令人吃惊的。根据下文How can you share your best seed corn with your neighbors?可知这件事令作者很吃惊，故选D。

5.C考查动词及语境的理解。句意：农民给他的邻居提供他做种子的玉米。lent借；showed展示； offered提供；recommended推荐。Offer sth to sb提供给某人某物；根据下文How can you share your best seed corn with your neighbors可知这位农民把自己的种子提供给他的邻居，故选C

6.D考查名词及语境的理解。句意：你知道每年他们和你一起参加比赛。game游戏；fight 战争； experiment实验；competition比赛。与上文won the first prize农民获奖对应，指的是他人也会去参加比赛（competition）。故选D。

7.A考查名词及语境的理解。句意：风会很快地把花粉传播开。wind风；B. water 水；C. farmer农民；D. neighbor邻居。根据moves it quickly from field to field这里指的是风（wind）会传播花粉。故选A。

8.B考查形容词及语境的理解。句意：如果我的邻居种植坏玉米，交叉授粉会影响我的玉米品质。 tasty 美味的；bad坏的；tall高的；unusual不寻常的。农民担心不好（bad）的花粉会传播到自己的玉米上。所以选B。

9.C考查动词及语境的理解。句意：所以如果我想要种植好的玉米，我必须帮助我的邻居种出好玉米。teach教； remind 提醒； help 帮助； require需要，要求。这里指的是农民帮助（help）邻居种植好的玉米。故选C。

10.A考查连词及语境的理解。句意：他的玉米不能改善除非他邻居的玉米改善了。unless除非，如果不；B. though尽管；C. because 因为；D. when当……时候。如果邻居的玉米没有长进，他的玉米也不可能有长进。所以这里用unless“如果不”来表示。故选A。

11.D考查动词及语境的理解。句意：我们通过我们所种植的谋生。do做；own 拥有；get 得到； grow种植。这里与后面的give相对，get指的是“得到”。故选D。

12.D考查动词及语境的理解。句意：没有食物，衣服，和许多其他的东西我们就不能生存。cheer欢呼；move移动；work 工作；live生存。这里指的是“我们没有食物、衣服和很多其他东西，我们就不能生存”。故选D。

13.B考查连词及语境的理解。句意：一个有意义的生命不是由我们能拿多少决定，而是由我们可以给别人多少决定。and 和；but但是；or 或者；so因此。这里表示对前面的转折。故选B。

14.A考查形容词及语境的理解。句意：给予，而不是索取，使我们从其他动物59。 different不同的；B. free 免费的；C, safe安全的；D. far远的。这里说的是人与动物的区别。故选A。

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考点：人生感悟类短文。