Question

Long, long ago, in a dense forest there were thousands of tall and beautiful trees. They were happy, but____ of themselves. Among them there also a(an) ____ tree whose branches were badly twisted. All the trees made ______ of that ugly tree.

“How are you, hunchback?” the other ____ always shouted and their laughter made the ugly tree ____. The ugly tree thought, “I wish I were as ____ as the other trees. Why did God do this to me? Neither can I provide shade to the travelers. Nor can the ____ make their nests on me. Nobody needs me.”

One day, a woodcutter came to the____. He took a look at the trees and said, “These trees are lovely. I must ____ them.” As soon as he picked up his axe, the trees became ____. “Chop, Chop, Chop” went the woodcutter’s axe and one by one the trees started to fall.

“None of us is going to ____,” screamed one of the beautiful trees.

But when the woodcutter came near to the ugly tree. He had just raised his axe when suddenly he noticed how ____ the ugly tree was. “Hmm! This crooked tree seems to no ____ to me.”, he thought. Then he moved towards another beautiful tree. The ugly tree breathed a huge sigh of ____. He realized that by making him ugly, God had actually given him a boon. From that day on, the ugly tree never ____. He was happy with his crooked branches. He never forgot how he had escaped from the woodcutter’s axe, only because he was crooked and ugly.

1. A. proud B. short C. tired D. full

2. A. strong B. ugly C. thin D. straight

3. A. light B. fun C. sense D. use

4. A. directions B. persons C. trees D. animals

5. A. surprised B. angry C. sad D. moved

6. A. short B. long C. hard D. beautiful

7. A. fish B. pets C. hens D. birds

8. A. forest B. shop C. office D. hospital

9. A. cut B. put C. bring D. take

10. A. puzzled B. frightened C. amused D. satisfied

11. A. appear B. escape C. remove D. lie

12. A. soft B. flexible C. bent D. tall

13. A. doubt B. harm C. use D. way

14. A. desperation B. anger C. sorrow D. relief

15. A. complained B. grew C. spoke D. waited

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.B

4.C

5.C

6.D

7.D

8.A

9.A

10.B

11.B

12.C

13.C

14.D

15.A

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲了森林里树木之间的故事，其中有一棵树长得很丑，其它的树木总是嘲笑它，于是它就老是抱怨上天为什么让自己长得那么丑。有一天，一个砍树木的人来到这个深林里，他看到了这里的树木长得这么好，于是就立即砍这些树，但是当他看到那棵总是被人嘲笑的树的时候，他觉得长得太丑了，对自己没多大用处，于是就没有砍它，瞬间，这棵树终于明白了，其实上天让它长得丑也是有好处的，于是它就再也不抱怨自己长得丑了。

1.A考查形容词。A.自豪的；B.短的；C.疲倦的，累的；D.满的，这森林里的树木长得又高又好，它们生活得即开心又自以为豪。故选A。

2.B考查形容词。A.强壮的；B.丑的；C.瘦的；D.直的，根据这句话里的whose branches were badly twisted它的枝条严重的扭曲了，以及下文…their laughter made the ugly tree可知，这里说的这棵树是丑的。故选B。

3.B考查名词。A.灯，光；B.开心，取笑；C.感觉；D.用处，因为这棵树长得很丑，以及下文有提到…and their laughter made the ugly tree可知，长得高又好的树总是取笑这棵丑的树，make fun of取笑。故选B。

4.C考查名词。A.目的；B.人；C.树木；D.动物，根据第一段All the trees made ______ of that ugly tree.可知，其它的树木总是大声的喊叫这棵长得丑的树。故选C。

5.C考查形容词。A.惊讶的；B.生气的；C.悲伤的，伤心的；D.感动的，因为上文说到其它的树木总是取笑它，因此根据常识我们可以推断出，它们的笑声使这棵丑的树感到很伤心。故选C。

6.D考查形容词。A.矮的，短的；B.长的；C.艰难的；D.漂亮的，因为上文说到其它的树长得又高又漂亮，这里使用了wish的虚拟语气，句意：长得丑的这棵树想，要是自己也能像其它树那样长得漂亮该多好呀。故选D。

7.D考查名词。A.鱼；B.宠物；C.母鸡；D.鸟，根据常识我们可以判断，在树木上建巢窝的应该是鸟，而不是鱼、宠物和母鸡。故选D。

8.A考查名词。A.深林；B.商店；C.办公室；D.医院，根据下一句He took a look at the trees，因此我们可以推测出这个砍柴的人应该是来到这个森林，而不是商店、办公室和医院。故选A。

9.A考查动词。A.砍；B.放；C.带来；D.带去，根据下文Chop, Chop, Chop” went the woodcutter’s axe and one by one the trees started to fall.随着砍柴人的斧头，这些树木一棵接着一棵倒下去，因此可判断出这个砍柴人来到森林是想要砍树木。故选A。

10.B考查形容词。A.困惑的；B.害怕的；C.愉快的，被逗乐的；D.满意的，根据常识可知，只要这个砍柴人举起斧头，这些树就变得非常害怕。故选B。

11.B考查动词。A.出现；B.逃离；C.重新移动；D.说谎，躺着，上文说到只要当砍柴人举起斧头，这些树就变得特别害怕，因此我们可以推断出没有一个人打算逃离，以及下文提到He never forgot how he had escaped from the woodcutter’s axe长得丑的这棵树决不会忘记自己是怎么从砍柴人斧头下逃离出来的。故选B。

12.C考查形容词。A.柔软的；B.灵活的；C.弯曲的；D.高的，根据第一段的…whose branches were badly twisted长得丑的这棵树枝条都被扭曲了，而且长得又丑，因此我们不难推断出这棵树是弯曲的。故选C。

13.C考查名词。A.怀疑；B.伤害；C.使用，用处；D.方法，因为这棵树长得很弯曲又丑，因此我们不难推断出砍柴人是想着这棵树似乎对自己没有多大用处。故选C。

14.D考查名词。A.绝望的境地；B.生气；C.悲伤；D.安心，宽慰，因为砍柴人在这棵树面前停了一会然后就到走向其它长得漂亮的树那边去了，而且根据下文…he had escaped from the woodcutter’s axe它从砍柴人斧头下逃了出来，因此可知，当砍柴人从我面前走向其它树的时候，我呼吸了一口气，感到一种安心的迹象。故选D。

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