Question

Everyday on the way to work I drive down a street lined with pine trees. One tree in particular ______ my attention. It must have suffered some ______. Part of its trunk grew nearly parallel to the ground, and then in an effort to _____ its own course of life. The trunk took a 90-degree turn ______ to stand tall and stretch toward the sun.

This tree became a ______ for me. Each day as I drove by, I saw this bent but determined tree and I would be ______. It was a reminder to me that ______ I may not have had the best start in life, I could change ______ in the parts of my life at any time.

I was planning to stop one day to get a perfect ______ of my kindred-spirit (志趣相同) tree. But that week I was ______. After that busy week, I still didn’t take any action. Every time I drove by the tree I would ______ myself, “Tomorrow, I’ll stop tomorrow to take one.” Then one day, as I ______ by “my” tree, I glanced over, and much to my ______, I found a sawed-off stump (树桩) where that symbolic tree had stood. Gone. I had ______ my plan until “tomorrow” and tomorrow proved to be too ______.

A picture of a tree is not of great ______. But my lesson rang through clearly ______ I found out one of my colleagues had been ______ with stage-four cancer. He may no longer have many ________.

What have you been putting off? What would you do today if you knew you would _______ have the opportunity to do it again? Why not do those things that you have been putting off until tomorrow?

1.A. paid       B. caught        C. fixed    D .escaped

2.A. damage     B .influence      C. experience  D. defeat

3.A.continue    B. design        C. change  D. imagine

4.A.applying    B. attempting     C .happening   D. learning

5.A.shelter      B. Signal        C. sign   D. symbol

6.A.interested  B. satisfied     C. encouraged  D. educated

7.A.even though B. as if          C .in case  D. if only

8.A.purpose    B .plan          C. habit    D. direction

9.A. glance     B. view         C. picture    D. knowledge

10.A.busy     B. free          C. worried     D. bored

11.A. call     B. help          C. tell     D. see

12.A.wandered B. drove         C. rode       D .ran

13.A.surprise   B. pleasure    C .regret      D. happiness

14.A.taken off   B. cut off        C. put off    D. called off

15.A.coldB. farC .sunnyD .late

16.A.valueB. achievementC. funD. disappointment

17.A. whenB .beforeC. becauseD. unless

18.A.linkedB .combinedC. providedD. diagnosed

19.A.livesB .tomorrows C. lessonsD .opportunities

20.A.surely      B. almostC. everD. never

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.B

5.D

6.C

7.A

8.D

9.C

10.A

11.C

12.B

13.A

14.C

15.D

16.B

17.A

18.D

19.B

20.D

【解析】

试题分析：作者每天开车在路上都会看到一棵坚忍不拔的大树，扭曲着身躯努力向上去拥抱阳光。他常想停下来去和这个顽强向上生长的树拍照，并以此为榜样，发奋向上。但直到有一天大树成了树桩，作者才意识到生活中不应有拖延，于是感慨万分：明日复明日，明日何其多！。

1.B动词辨析。 .A. paid付款； B. caught 抓住； C. fixed 固定，修理； D .escaped逃跑；固定短语: catch ones attention “吸引某人注意力”。而pay attention to sth；fix one’s attention on sth意思是“把注意力集中在某方面”，需搭配介词。答案选B。句意： 有一棵树特别引起了我的注意。

2.A名词辨析。.A. damage 损失； B .influence 影响；C. experience 经历，经验； D. defeat打败。从下句Part of its trunk grew nearly parallel to the ground, “它的一部分树干几乎与地面平行”可以推断这棵树一定遭受过某种损害。suffer some damage 表示“遭受某种损害”，选 A。

3.C动词辨析。.A .continue继续；B design设计； C. change改变；D. imagine想象力。从后句The trunk took a 90-degree turn .... to stand tall and stretch toward the sun.可知那棵树树干弯曲了90 度，去拥抱太阳，和前面parallel to the ground,相比是改变了生命的轨迹，去拥抱太阳，所以选C。

4.B动词辨析。.A .applying 申请；B. attempting 试图；C .happening 发生； D. learning学习；从前句话内容可知这棵树尽力去改变生命的轨迹，树干弯曲向上，努力长高去拥抱太阳。固定短语：attempt to do 表示“试图、努力去做某事”。 答案选B

5.D名词辨析。.A.shelter 避难所，遮蔽物； B. signal 信号；C. sign 迹象；D. symbol象征。根据下文可知这棵树对“我”起着一种激励作用，提醒我积极向上，所以对“我”而言，这棵树就是一种象征。而且下文 It was a reminder to me 也是提示。答案选D。

6.C形容词辨析。A .interested 感兴趣的；B. satisfied 感到满意的； C. encouraged 鼓励的；D. educated受过教育的。.每天我开车经过时，看到它身虽弯曲但仍努力向上的情形，我都会受到激励encourage。答案：C

7.A短语辨析。A .even though 即使；B. as if 仿佛； C .in case 以免；D. if only如果；那棵树总是提醒我：即使“我”的人生开端可能不是很好，但“我”应该能够在人生过程中随时改变方向， 选A。

8.D名词辨析。A .purpose目的；B .plan 计划； C. habit 习惯；D. direction方向；句意是：虽然不可能有人生最好的开端，但“我”应该能够在人生过程中随时改变方向direction。 答案选D。

9.C动词辨析。A. glance 瞥视；B. view 观点； C. picture 图片；D. knowledge知识。从下文“A picture of a tree”提示可以判断“我”打算有一天能停下来给那棵与我志同道合的树拍张照。选C。

10.A形容词辨析。.A .busy 忙；B. free 自由，免费； C. worried 担心的；D. bored枯燥的。根据下文 “After that busy week”的提示，可知作者当时很忙。句意： 但我那个星期太忙 了，选A。

11.C动词辨析。.Acall 喊叫.；B. help 帮助； C. tell 告诉； D. see看到；根据后句内容“Tomorrow, I’ll stop tomorrow to take one.”（明天，明天我就去给它照张照片。）可知这是作者每次经过那棵树时总是告诉自己的话，选C。

12.B动词辨析。A.wandered 徘徊；B. drove 开车； C. rode 骑车； D .ran跑。根据上文Each day as I drove by,可知作者每天都开车路过这棵大树，选B。

13.A名词辨析。A.surprise 惊讶；B. pleasure乐趣； C .regret 后悔； D. happiness幸福。从上文可知作者每天都经过这棵树，而且一直想拍照留念，所以当他看到原来那棵有象征意义的树所在的地方只剩下一棵树桩时会非常吃惊。固定短语： to my surprise“令我吃惊的是” ，答案选A。

14.C动词辨析。.A.taken off 脱掉，起飞；B. cut off 切掉；断绝；C. put off 推迟；D. called off取消。这件使引发了作者感慨：“我”总是把计划推迟到明天去做，但明天却表明一切都迟了。take off 表示“脱掉，起飞，成功”，cut off 表示“切断，中断”，call off 表示“取消”，都不符合语境。 答案选C。

15.D形容词辨析。A .cold寒冷的；B. far遥远的；C .sunny晴朗的；D .late迟到的。从上文可知作者还没来得及实现自己的想法，大树就已经被砍伐了，所以事情是迟了。句意是：但明天却表明一切都迟late了。 答案选D。

16.B名词辨析。.A.value价值；B. achievement成就；C. fun乐趣； D. disappointment失望。从情理推断，通过这件事给作者了一个教训，其实那棵树的照片倒没有多大的价值，但却给作者上了一课。 答案选A。

17..A连词辨析。A. when当….时候；B .before在之前；C. because因为；D. unless除非。.当我发现我的一个同事被诊断患上了晚期癌症时，那棵树给我的教训变得特别清晰。此处用 when 引导时间状语从句，其他选项不符合语境和逻辑，选A。

18.D动词辨析。A .linked有联系的；B .combined结合；C. provided提供；D. diagnosed诊断。根据内容可知stage-four cancer和diagnose搭配，.固定短语：be diagnosed with 意为“被诊断为”。 答案选D。

19.B名词辨析。.A .lives生命；B .tomorrows 明天； C. lessons课程；D .opportunities机会。从常识可知晚期的癌症患者生命就要到了尽头，也就是明天不多了，选B。

20.D副词辨析。A.surely 肯定地；B. almost几乎；C. ever曾经；D. never从不。从语境判断此处表示“再也没有机会来做……”，故用 never。 答案：D

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