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I was holding an apple seed in my hand, ...

I was holding an apple seed in my hand, hoping it would become a beautiful big tree some day-- a tree that could grow thousands of apples in its lifetime. Thousands of apples, each ______ several seeds, each able to grow a new ______, which again could produce thousands of apples. ______ wasn’t the world filled with apple trees?

It is a rule of nature that ______ of these seeds grow. Most never ______ or are destroyed early in their ______.

And it comes to my mind that it’s quite often so with people’s ______ as well. Wonderful ideas come to our minds ______ they die too soon. We don’t ______ them as we should. And then one day we ______ what happens to our dreams — why do they ______ come true?

The seeds of your dreams did not ______ grow. Planting an apple tree might ______ many tries. But if you ______ on sowing the seeds of your dream, one day you would ______. And after that others would ______ you were lucky to be ______ — when in fact you probably failed more ______ than you like to count. But you were ______ at failing — you learned, you adapted, and then with your new knowledge you tried again. And again. And again. And one day success was ______.

1.A. containing    B. changing    C. supplying    D. raising

2.A. seed    B. tree    C. leaf    D. branch

3.A. How    B. When    C. Why    D. Where

4.A. only a few    B. a great number    C. fewer    D. more

5.A. damaged    B. go    C. end    D. do

6.A. growth    B. youth    C. seeding    D. adult

7.A. dreams    B. ideas    C. feelings    D. behaviors

8.A. and    B. but    C. or    D. so

9.A. realize    B. fill    C. protect    D. enjoy

10.A. fear    B. consider    C. doubt    D. wonder

11.A. always    B. nearly    C. never    D. usually

12.A. freely    B. automatically    C. constantly    D. separately

13.A. pay    B. spend    C. cost    D. take

14.A. got    B. took    C. put    D. kept

15.A. succeed    B. fail    C. stop    D. continue

16.A. hope    B. tell    C. suggest    D. comment

17.A. cheerful    B. successful    C. delighted    D. encouraged

18.A. quickly    B. often    C. slowly    D. soon

19.A. annoyed    B. surprised    C. good    D. bad

20.A. mine    B. theirs    C. yours    D. its

 

1.A 2.B 3.C 4.A 5.D 6.A 7.A 8.B 9.C 10.D 11.C 12.B 13.D 14.D 15.A 16.D 17.B 18.B 19.C 20.C 【解析】本文是一片哲理散文,作者由一粒种子长成一棵苹果树联想到人的梦想,说明人们坚持梦想是不容易的,会历经很多磨难,失败很多次,但只要坚持下来,就会成功。 1.考查动词词义辨析。containing 包含 changing 改变 supplying 供给 raising抚养 句意为 上千个苹果,每个苹果都包含了几粒种子。故选A 2.考查常识理解。种子慢慢长大变成大树,故选B 3.考查文章上下文理解。先提出问题,下文回答。How 如何 When 何时 Why 为什么 Where何处 句意为为什么世界上不全是苹果树呢 ? 4.考查词义辨析。. only a few 一少部分 a great number 大量的 fewer更少的 more 更多的 句意为只有一少部分种子能够存活下来。复选A 5.考查 do的用法。Do可以指代前文出现的动作,句意为大部分种子没有生长起来。故选D 6.考查名词辨析。growth 生长 youth 青春 seeding 播种 adult成年人 句意为大部分种子从来没有生长起来或者它们在早期成长中就被毁掉了。故选A 7.考查名词辨析。dreams 梦想 . ideas 想法 . feelings 感受 behaviors 行为 这让我想起来,这跟人们的梦想有几分相似之处。故选A 8.考查连词用法。本句具有转折意味, 我们有了伟大的想法,但是这些想法很快就消失了。故选B 9.考查动词词义辨析。realize 意识到 fill 充满 protect 保护 enjoy享受 我们却没有好好保护这些梦想。故选c 10.考查动词词义辨析。 fear 害怕 consider 考虑 doubt 怀疑 wonder想知道 然后有一天我们想知道我们的梦想到底发生了什么。故选D 11.考查文章大意理解。分析可知,大多数人并没有实现梦想,他们想知道 为什么梦想从来都没有实现。故选C 12.考查副词用法。freely 自由地 automatically 自动地 constantly 不断地 separately分开地 梦想的种子并不是自然而然生长的。故选B 13.考查动词词义辨析。pay 付钱 . spend 花费 . cost 价格为 take a try尝试 种成一颗苹果树需要经过多次尝试。故选D。 14.考查动词固定搭配。Keep on doing sth 意为一直做某事 要一直播种梦想的种子。故选D 15.考查动词词义辨析。succeed 成功 fail 失败 stop 停止 continue继续 根据前文推断可知, 如果一直播撒梦想的种子,有一天你便会成功。故选A 16. 考查动词词义辨析。hope 希望 tell告诉 suggest 建议 comment评论 这样之后,其他人就会评论你说你能成功太幸运了。故选D 17.考查动词词义辨析。cheerful 鼓舞的 successful 成功的 delighted高兴的 encouraged 激励的 根据后文关键词failed 提示 这里应与其对应 故选B 18.考查副词词义辨析。 quickly 快速地 often 经常 . slowly 缓慢地 soon不久 句意为,实际上,你可能经常失败,你都不愿意数了。故选B 19.考查固定搭配。be good at 善于 此句意为 你很擅长失败,言下之意指失败很多次,故选C。 20.考查人称的用法。全篇用第二人称,故结尾应填yours 选C
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