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When I was growing up, I had an old neighbor, Dr. Gibbs. He didn’t look like any doctor I’d ever known. He never invited us to play in his yard, but he was a very kind person.
When Dr. Gibbs wasn’t saving lives, he was planting trees. He owned a large field and wanted to make it a forest.
The good doctor had some interesting ideas about planting trees. He never watered his new trees. Once I asked why. He said that watering plants spoiled (宠坏)them, and that if you watered them, each baby tree would grow weaker and weaker, so you had to make things difficult for them and pick out the weaker trees early on.
He talked about how watering trees made for shallow(浅的) roots, and the trees that weren’t watered had to grow deep roots in search of water under the earth by themselves. Deep roots were very important.
So he never watered his trees. He’d planted an oak and, instead of watering it every morning, he’d beat it with a rolled-up newspaper. I asked him why he did that, and he said it was to get the tree’s attention.
Dr. Gibbs died several years after I left home. Every now and then, I walked by his house and looked at the trees that I watched him plant about twenty-five years ago. They’re very big and strong now.
I planted some trees a few years back and carried water to them for a whole summer. After two years of caring too much, whenever a cold wind blows in, they shake a lot.
Every night before I go to bed, I check on my two sons. Mostly I pray(祈祷) that their lives will be easy. But lately I’ve been thinking that it’s time to change my prayer. I know my children are going to face difficulties. There’s always a cold wind blowing somewhere, so what we need to do is to pray for roots that reach deep into the brave heart, so when the rains fall and the winds blow, we could face it strongly and won’t be beaten down.
小题1: We know from the reading the doctor _________.

A．didn’t know how to plant trees at all

B．wasn’t good at his own medical job

C．had his own ways of planting trees

D．had nothing to do but plant trees

小题2: When Dr. Gibbs said, “...pick out the weaker trees early on.” he means that ______.

A．some weak trees would be easily found out at the beginning

B．he would choose the weak trees to water earlier

C．the weak trees would be sent to his patients later

D．he would not plant weak trees so early anymore

小题3:The passage tells us that the writer _______.

A．should beat his trees with a rolled-up newspaper

B．didn’t often water his trees

C．didn’t have a large field

D．took too much care of his tree

小题4: The writer wants to change his prayer, hoping that ________.

A．his trees will be stronger than Dr. Gibbs

B．his trees will not be beaten down

C．his sons will be better at planting trees

D．his sons will be able to face difficulties

小题5:Which can be the best title of the reading?

A．Watering Trees	B．Growing Roots
C．Doctors and his Neighbor	D．Father and his Children

答案

小题1:C
小题2:D
小题3:D
小题4:D
小题5:B

解析

试题分析：这是一篇哲理性很强的叙事性短文。通过对吉布斯博士植树之道的描写，告诉了我们一个做人的道理，要想面对人生的风风雨雨，我们必须有一个坚强的基础。
小题1:通过短文第三段的描述可知吉布斯博士有自己的一套植树的方法，故选C。
小题2:根据上文so you had to make things difficult for them的描述可知是把这些树除掉，故选D，他不再这么早就种植虚弱的树。
小题3:通过阅读短文我们可以知道吉布斯博士对树的照料还是很细心的，他只是有自己的一套植树方法，故选。
小题4:根据I know my children are going to face difficulties.及下文描述我可以看出作者是希望自己的儿子能有面对困难的能力，故选D。
小题5:本文通过介绍吉布斯博士的植树之道，告诉我们无论是一株树还是一个人要想坚强的生活在这个世上，都需要有坚实的基础，故选B。
点评：本文教育性，哲理性很强，部分内容理解起来较为困难，各小题与短文内容紧密相连与不能直接给出答案，需结合相关信息进行总结归纳。故需要先认真阅读短文，掌握短文大意，然后在根据相关信息解决每个小题。有些小题的解答需要掌握全文内容，一定要先读懂短文。