Question

   A king once went to a master. He wanted to become more powerful than other 16 kings. He sat in front of the master and 17 telling him the purpose of his 18 . The master listened 19 to the king.

He then told the king to go to the 20 where a rose plant and a cypress (柏樹(shù)) plant were growing side by side. He told the king, “They are your 21 They can teach you what you want to 22 . ”

The king went into the garden,and 23 the two plants but could not 24 what he could learn from them. He went back to the master and asked,u What do you 25 , master? I am not able to understand what and how these plants will teach me. ”

The master took the king to the plants and 26 ,

“ This cypress plant has been next to the rose plant for so many years. Never once has it wanted to become a rose plant. 27 , the rose plant has never wanted to be- come a cypress plant. If man had been the cypress plant,he would have 28 himself with the rose and felt jealous (忌妒的) at the 29 that the beautiful rose plant was getting from all the people. 30 , if man was the rose plant,he would have 31 the cypress plant envi-ously (羨慕地) thinking how 32 the plant was without the 33 of being disturbed by people all day!Both of the plants grew very well because they 34 all their energy for their own 35 instead of using it to compete with the other. ”

16. A. rich   B. handsome

   C. western   D. neighbouring

17. A. forgot   B. continued

   C. started   D. suggested

18. A. transport   B. visit

   C. study   D. test

19. A. patiently   B. angrily

   C. happily   D. worriedly

20. A. valley   B. bank

   C. garden   D. forest

21. A. enemies   B. families

   C. friends   D. teachers

22. A. design   B. learn

   C. build   D. notice

23. A. saw   B. planted

   C. cut   D. watered

24. A. provide   B. show

   C. understand   D. remember

25. A. hear   B. find   C. say   D. mean

26. A. ordered   B. explained

   C. asked   D. requested

27. A. Similarly   B. Frequently

   C. Finally   D. Luckily

28. A. covered   B. compared

   C. marked   D. dressed

29. A. pack   B. pay

   C. attention   D. message

30. A. Besides   B. However

   C. Therefore   D. Or

31. A. looked at   B. waited for

   C. called on   D. listened to

32. A. heavy   B. useful

   C. peaceful   D. poor

33. A. duty   B. mistake

   C. interest   D. trouble

34. A. lost   B. used   C. lent   D. received

35. A. growth   B. opinion

   C. fun   D. victory

Answer 1

16. D解析：從后文大師通過(guò)玫瑰和柏樹(shù)相鄰共生給國(guó)王釋疑，可以推測(cè)這里是指國(guó) 王想比鄰國(guó)的(neighbouring) 國(guó)王更強(qiáng)大。

17. C 解析：forget 忘記;continue 繼續(xù);start 開(kāi)始;suggest建議。根據(jù)題意可知應(yīng)該是 “開(kāi)始”講述。

18. B解析：國(guó)王坐下后，開(kāi)始(started) 講述 此行(visit) 的目的。

19. A解析：這里并沒(méi)有表現(xiàn)出大師情緒上的大喜大悲,他只是耐心地(patiently) 聽(tīng)完 國(guó)王的講述。

20. C解析:第三段開(kāi)頭有提示，選garden,:

21. D解析：下句teach是提示：它們就是你 的老師(teachers) 。

22. B解析:從文章第一段就可以知道，國(guó)王 來(lái)此不是為了設(shè)計(jì)、建造或注意什么，而是 想學(xué)習(xí)如何比鄰國(guó)國(guó)王更強(qiáng)大。故選B 23. A 解析：于是，國(guó)王走進(jìn)花園，看到了 (saw) 那兩株植物。

24. C解析：下文understand是提示，但是他 無(wú)法理解(understand) 要從中學(xué)習(xí)什么。

25. D解析:從上下文可知，國(guó)王不知道大師 是什么意思(mean) 。

26. B解析:上文國(guó)王在問(wèn)話,所以大師在這 里作 了解釋(explained) 。

27. A解析:從本空前后兩句可知，玫瑰與柏 樹(shù)都沒(méi)想過(guò)要變成對(duì)方，所以它們的想法 是‘‘相似的”。

28. B解析:上文提到玫瑰與柏樹(shù)和平共處， 這里提出假設(shè):如果人是柏樹(shù)的話，就會(huì)與 玫瑰作比較(compared) 。

29. C解析：由本空前的jealous和本空后的 beautiftil可以推斷出是漂亮的玫瑰得到了 眾人的關(guān)注(attention ) 。

30. D解析:從本空前后兩句的句式及句意 可判斷，這兩句是并列關(guān)系。故選   D.

31. A解析：如果人要是玫瑰的話，他就會(huì)羨 慕地看著(looked at) 柏樹(shù)。

32. C解析:根據(jù)本空后很多人打擾玫瑰的 事實(shí)判斷:柏樹(shù)是多么安寧(peaceful) 。

33. D解析:人們過(guò)多的關(guān)注對(duì)于玫瑰來(lái)說(shuō) 就是一種打擾(trouble) 。

34. B 解析:use... for... “把 用于 ”。

35. A解析：它們都生長(zhǎng)得很好是因?yàn)樗鼈?把所有的精力都用在了(used) 自己的生長(zhǎng) (growth) 上。