Question

Jadav Payeng is a forestry worker from Jorhat, India. Over the past 38 years, he has planted trees on a sandbar (沙洲) of the Brahmaputra River and has_____ it into a forest. One day in 1979, 16-year-old Payeng was walking

______ the bank of the Brahmaputra River. He saw many snakes on the sandbars. These snakes died in a few days’ time

_______the heat and the absence (缺失) of trees. Payeng felt very_____ when he saw

this. He decided to plant some trees. Single-handedly, he started planting bamboo trees, as only bamboo trees could survive (存活) in the sandbars.

To water the trees was a difficult_______for one man. With his hard work and great effort, day by day the______ bamboo trees grew into a forest. His tree planting has changed the soil (土壤). Now the sandbar is a thick forest and________ to thousands of plants and animals. A large group of around 100 elephants visit the forest every year and_____ there for a few months.

Payeng is now in______fifties. He has planted close to 1,400 acres (英亩) of forests and is

______ as the Forest Man of India. In 2015, he was honored with Padma Shri, one of the top awards (奖) in India.

1.A. divided    B. put    C. turned    D. threw

2.A. along    B. through    C. across    D. past

3.A. according to    B. because of    C. as for    D. so that

4.A. lonely    B. happy    C. tired    D. sad

5.A. task    B. journey    C. condition    D. answer

6.A. wild    B. tall    C. young    D. old

7.A. way    B. guide    C. room    D. home

8.A. stay    B. lie    C. sit    D. wait

9.A. her    B. his    C. its    D. their

10.A. invited    B. served    C. known    D. formed

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.D

5.A

6.C

7.D

8.A

9.B

10.C

【解析】文章介绍了Jadav Payeng的事迹。他花了三十八年的时间在沙洲上种树，种出了一片森林，并介绍了他开始种树的原因以及他独自种树的难处与他的努力所取得的成绩。

1.句意：在过去的38年里，他在布拉马普特拉河的沙洲上种植树木，把它变成了一片森林。A. divided分成；B. put放置；C. turned变成，转变；D. threw投掷，扔。根据he has planted trees on a sandbar（沙洲）of the Brahmaputra River可推测，此处表示的是将树木变成了一片森林，答案选C。

2.句意：1979的一天，16岁的Payeng正沿着布拉马普特拉河岸走。A. along沿着；B. through通过；C. across横过，穿过；D. past超过。the bank of…表示…的岸边，所以此处应该表示沿着雅鲁藏布江的岸边行走，答案选A。

3.句意：由于天气炎热和树木缺乏，这些蛇在几天内就死了。A. according to根据；B. because of因为；C. as for 至于；D. so that为了，以便。分析语境可知the heat and the absence of trees是这些蛇死亡的原因，答案选B。

4.句意：当他看到这些情景，payeng感到非常难过。4. A. lonely孤单的；B. happy高兴的；C. tired疲劳的；D. sad悲伤的。根据He decided to plant some trees可推测此处表示的是看到这个场景，Payeng感到伤心，于是决定种树，故答案选D。

5.句意：对于一个人来说给树浇水是一项艰巨的任务。A. task任务；B. journey 旅程；C. condition条件；D. answer答案。结合语境可知此处表示对一个人来说，要浇水是一个很难的任务，故答案选A。

6.句意：他辛勤的工作和不懈的努力，幼小的竹子逐渐长成了森林。A. wild野生的；B. tall高的；C. young年轻的；D. old年老的。由day by day可推测此处表示的是幼小的竹子树长成了森林，答案选C。

7.句意：现在，沙洲变成一片浓密的森林，成为千上万种植物和动物的家园。A. way方法，道路；B. guide导游；C. room房间；D. home家。结合语境可知，此处表示现在这个沙洲是成千上万种植物和动物的家园，答案选D。

8.句意：每年大约有100头大象到访森林，并在那里待上几个月。 A. stay停留；B. lie躺；C. sit 坐下；D. wait等待。根据“A large group of around 100elephants visit the forest.”由大象来到森林可推测此处表示的是在这里呆几个月，答案选A。

9.句意：Payeng现在50多岁了。A. her她的；B. his他的；C. its它的；D. their他们的。in one’s fifties在某人五十几岁时，此处的主语Payeng指人，且由he替代，可知他的性别是男，对应的形容词性物主代词要用his，答案选B。

10.句意：他种植了近1400英亩的森林，并以印度森林人而著称。A. invited邀请；B. served服务；C. known知道；D. formed形成。be known as以……而出名，结合语境可知此处表示作为印度森林人而出名，答案选C。