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Isn’t it amazing how you never have to water your weeds or nurture (培育) them and they still give you an unwanted crop?

I can remember as a young boy my grandfather showed me how to ____ this annoying weed called Bermuda grass. It was ____ stuff and it would really ____ if you didn’t get it out by the ____.

When my wife and I bought our first home about 8 years ago, what I had to deal with this is this certain part weeds ____ to the Bermuda grass, which would also spread wildly.

After getting the inside of our home ____, it was time to work on the outside. On my hands and knees I ____— attacked the weeds with a small hand spade getting each one ____ by the roots.

Just this Spring I realized that one particular weed was no longer ____ but another one was in full ____. So again, I got down on my hands and knees and got to work ____ them from my yard. When I was ____, my yard was better off.

Sometimes our life can be so similar. We all have weeds in our life. These weeds can be challenges, setbacks, or ____ beliefs, and the list can be ____.

When dealing with these weeds of ____, the ____ is to get to the root of them and remove them one by one out and eventually you will ____ this round. And when another crop of weeds    ____, deal with them directly ____ they spread, because now that you know what to do with them by getting to the root of it, it will give you more courage and ____ the next time a problem arises up.

1.A. eat up    B. dig up    C. break up    D. put up

2.A. powerful    B. poisonous    C. sensitive    D. terrible

3.A. spread    B. succeed    C. withdraw    D. compromise

4.A. leaves    B. hands    C. spades    D. roots

5.A. attractive    B. similar    C. fundamental    D. unknown

6.A. counted    B. mended    C. appreciated    D. settled

7.A. energetically    B. unsuccessfully    C. curiously    D. thankfully

8.A. inside    B. out    C. off    D. across

9.A. useful    B. dynamic    C. different    D. common

10.A. force    B. length    C. detail    D. vain

11.A. collecting    B. attending    C. ridding    D. distinguishing

12.A. worn-out    B. accustomed    C. finished    D. introduced

13.A. familiar    B. religious    C. past    D. negative

14.A. reasonable    B. endless    C. normal    D. uncertain

15.A. life    B. school    C. house    D. factory

16.A. progress    B. solution    C. disadvantage    D. permission

17.A. interrupt    B. memorize    C. conquer    D. recognize

18.A. shows up    B. shows off    C. takes up    D. takes

19.A. unless    B. even if    C. before    D. so that

20.A. impression    B. motivation    C. wisdom    D. satisfaction

 

1.B 2.D 3.A 4.D 5.B 6.D 7.A 8.B 9.D 10.A 11.C 12.C 13.D 14.B 15.A 16.B 17.C 18.A 19.C 20.C 【解析】本文是一篇夹叙夹议类短文阅读。文章主要讲述了作者自己铲除杂草的经历,引申到我们如何铲除我们人生中的杂草。 1.考查动词词组辨析。A. eat up吃光;B. dig up挖掘;C. break up结束;D. put up张贴。根据后句It was ___2___ stuff and it would really ___3___ if you didn’t get it out by the ___4___.提示可知祖父给我示范如何铲除一种叫百慕大草的讨厌杂草。故选B。 2.考查形容词词义辨析。A. powerful有力量的;B. poisonous有毒的;C. sensitive敏感的;D. terrible可怕的。根据前句中的this annoying weed讨厌的杂草可知,这种草是一种很可怕的东西。故选D。 3.考查动词词义辨析。A. spread传播;蔓延;B. succeed成功;C. withdraw撤回;D. compromise妥协。根据后句if you didn’t get it out,可知如果你不斩草除根,它就会逐渐蔓延开去。故选A。 4.考查名词词义辨析。A. leaves树叶;B. hands手;C. spades 铲子;D. roots根。根据后文attacked the weeds with a small hand spade getting each one ___8___ by the roots.直接找到答案,这里指斩草除根。故选D。 5.考查形容词词义辨析。A. attractive有吸引力的;B. similar相似的;C. fundamental根本的;D. unknown未知的。根据后句which would also spread wildly.提示可知,这一大片杂草简直可以与那时候的百慕大草很相似。故选B。 6.考查动词词义辨析。A. counted数;B. mended修补;C. appreciated感激;D. settled安顿。根据后句it was time to work on the outside. 该清理外面了可知,我们收拾好屋子的内部。故选D。 7.考查副词词义辨析。A. energetically精力充沛地;积极地;B. unsuccessfully失败地;C. curiously好奇地;D. thankfully感谢地。根据前句On my hands and knees I可知,作者手腿都在地上,故说明作者很积极地铲草。句意:我跪在地上不知疲倦地用一个小手铲把所有的杂草连根除掉。故选A。 8.考查介词词义辨析。A. inside在……里;B. out在……外;C. off离开;D. across穿过。根据前文It was ___2___ stuff and it would really ___3___ if you didn’t get it out by the ___4___.提示可以直接选出答案。这里指作者用小铲将每一根杂草连根拔掉。故选B。 9.考查形容词词义辨析。A. useful有用的;B. dynamic有活力的;C. different不同的;D. common相同的。根据后句but another one was in full ___10___.可知,作者发觉其中一种杂草已经与之前不同了。故选D。 10.考查名词词义辨析。A. force强迫;B. length长度;C. detail细节;D. vain未用空间。短语in full force充分发挥威力。这里指另一种杂草已经铺天盖地。故选A。 11.考查动词词义辨析。A. collecting收集;B. attending参加;C. ridding除去;D. distinguishing区别。根据前句So again, I got down on my hands and knees可知,我又一次跪在地上开始了我的除草护园的行动。故选C。 12.考查动词词义辨析。A. worn-out磨损;B. accustomed习惯;C. finished完成;D. introduced介绍。 根据后句my yard was better off.可知,除完草后作者的院子变利落了。故选C。 13.考查形容词词义辨析。A. familiar熟悉的;B. religious虔诚的;C. past过去的;D. negative消极的。negative beliefs指消极的想法。这些杂草有可能是挑战、挫折、消极的想法。故选D。 14.考查形容词词义辨析。A. reasonable合理的;B. endless无止境的;C. normal正常的;D. uncertain不确定的。根据前句These weeds can be challenges, setbacks, or ___13___ beliefs,可知,这个清单不止是这些,可能是无穷无尽的。故选B。 15.考查名词词义辨析。A. life生活;B. school学校;C. house房子;D. factory工厂。根据前文Sometimes our life can be so similar.提示可知这里指对付这些人生中的杂草。故选A。 16.考查名词词义辨析。A. progress进步;B. solution解决办法;C. disadvantage缺点;D. permission允许。根据前句可知,这里指对付人生中的杂草的 解决的方法是逐一斩草除根。故选B。 17.考查动词词义辨析。A. interrupt打断;B. memorize记忆;C. conquer征服;D. recognize认识。根据句中eventually最终的提示可知,这里是指最终征服它。故选C。 18.考查动词词组词义辨析。A. shows up出现;B. shows off炫耀;C. takes up占据;D. takes带来。根据后句deal with them directly ___19___ they spread,可知,如果出现了另一种杂草。故选A。 19.考查连词词义辨析。A. unless除非;B. even if即使;C. before在……之前;D. so that因此。根据后句because now that you know what to do with them by getting to the root of it,可知,要在杂草没蔓延之前立即处理掉。故选C。 20.考查名词词义辨析。A. impression印象;B. motivation动机;C. wisdom智慧;D. satisfaction满意。根据前面的courage提示可知,你就有更多的勇气和智慧来解决了。故选C。 【名师点睛】 本文通过作者自己铲除杂草的经历,引申到我们如何铲除我们人生中的杂草。本文主要是测试学生综合运用语言的能力,即从语篇的角度综合测试阅读理解能力、词汇的掌握和对英语习惯用语的熟悉程度、以及语法规则的灵活运用。考生做题时必须时刻从上下文考虑,不应该只看到所添的词在短语或句子内是否可行。因此,在做题时最好将全文通读一下,了解了全文的意思以后再作答。
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