【正文】 advantages. The students who use early decision tend to be those who have received higherquality college guidance, usually a result of ing from a more advantaged background. 12 , there39。t get in or, if they do, it is likely that they are now bound to go to a school that, given time for further 10 , may not actually be right for them. For any given student in America, whatever their levels are, there are a number of schools that are a great 8 . When students bee too fixed on a particular school early in the admissions process, that fixation can lead to 9 early decision effectively steals six months from them, months that could be used to visit more schools, do more research, speak to current students and alumni (校友) and make a more 7 the window of time students have to make one of the most important decisions of their lives up to that point. Under 6 college selectivity and popularity. it allows 3 Early decision, since it39。t realize that schools have hidden 2 a higher percentage of earlydecision applicants, which arguably means that you have a better chance of being enrolled. And if you do, you39。7．完形填空 故選D。根據(jù)“pray for deep roots”可知作者認(rèn)為只有將根扎的很深，才不會(huì)被風(fēng)吹走。句意：我們需要做的是祈禱深的根，如此當(dāng)風(fēng)吹的時(shí)候，它們就不會(huì)被吹走。故選B。A. or“或者”；B. so“因此”；C. and“并且”；D. but“但是”。 （19）考查連詞。根據(jù)上文的種樹的理論可知，作者知道艱苦的環(huán)境會(huì)有利于孩子的成長。句意：我知道我的孩子會(huì)遇到困難，我祈禱他們會(huì)堅(jiān)強(qiáng)。故選C。根據(jù)下文“I39。句意：但最近我一直在想是時(shí)候改變我的祈禱了。故選D。A. perfectly“完美地”；B. formally“正式地”；C. obviously“顯然地”；D. lately“最近”。 （16）考查副詞。根據(jù)下文“my prayer”可知，作者過去祈禱兒子們的生活能輕松些。句意：我常常為我的兒子們祈禱，希望他們的生活能過得輕松些。故選C。A. harm“危害”；B. raise“養(yǎng)育”；C. benefit“有益于”；D. hurt“傷害”。 （14）考查動(dòng)詞。作者種植的樹木因?yàn)闈菜蕴撊?，所以?dāng)刮風(fēng)時(shí)，樹枝會(huì)搖晃和顫抖。句意：每當(dāng)寒風(fēng)襲來，它們就會(huì)搖動(dòng)和顫抖著樹枝。故選D。A. education“教育”；B. information“信息”；C. preparation“準(zhǔn)備”；D. devotion“奉獻(xiàn)”。 （12）考查名詞。對(duì)于樹木來說深深的根系是非常重要的，因?yàn)獒t(yī)生的意思是要重視根的深度。句意：我開始明白，他的意思是要重視根的深度。故選D。根據(jù)下文of water可知樹木的根系向下生長來尋找水。句意：那些沒有澆水的樹的根必須鉆入深深的泥土尋找水。故選A。根據(jù)上文他的理論和下文“how trees that weren39。句意：他告訴我用水澆灌的樹會(huì)導(dǎo)致根系很淺，那些沒有澆水的樹的根必須鉆入深深的泥土尋找水。故選C。A. harmful“有害的”；B. favorable“有利的”；C. tough“艱苦的”；D. wonderful“極好的”。 （8）考查形容詞。根據(jù)上文的“watering plants spoiled them”和下文“shallow roots”可知，他認(rèn)為給樹澆水會(huì)使樹木的根扎的很淺，所以會(huì)變得越來越弱。句意：如果你給他們澆水，接下來的每一代都會(huì)變得越來越弱。故選B。A. wondered“想知道”；B. answered“回答”；C. doubted“懷疑”；D. guessed“猜測(cè)”。 （6）考查動(dòng)詞。不給樹澆水的做法超過了其他人，是許多人無法比的。句意：他從來沒有給他的新樹澆過水，這是許多人無法比的。故選A。A. watered“澆水”；B. raised“撫育”；C. loved“愛”；D. sheltered“庇護(hù)”。 （4）考查動(dòng)詞。根據(jù)下文可知他從不給樹澆水，可知他對(duì)于種樹有一些有趣的理論。句意：這位好醫(yī)生對(duì)植樹有一些有趣的理論。故選D。根據(jù)上文“He didn39。句意：Gibbs醫(yī)生不救人的時(shí)候就去種樹。故選B。A. even“甚至”；B. ever“曾經(jīng)”；C. never“從不”；D. hardly“幾乎不”。 （1）考查副詞。away.1. A. evenB. everC. neverD. hardly2. A. valuingB. makingC. enjoyingD. saving3. A. excitingB. dullC. interestingD. terrible4. A. wateredB. raisedC. lovedD. sheltered5. A. againstB. beyondC. withinD. from6. A. wonderedB. answeredC. doubtedD. guessed7. A. growB. changeC. appearD. show8. A. harmfulB. favorableC. toughD. wonderful9. A. made forB. head forC. allow forD. care for10. A. chargeB. favorC. honorD. search11. A. treasuredB. challengedC. respectedD. liked12. A. educationB. informationC. preparationD. devotion13. A. danceB. shakeC. spreadD. lift14. A. harmB. raiseC. benefitD. hurt15. A. prayB. applyC. standD. call16. A. perfectlyB. formallyC. obviouslyD. lately17. A. attendB. sayC. changeD. keep18. A. hardshipsB. worriesC. bossesD. jobs19. A. orB. soC. andD. but20. A. givenB. sentC. brokenD. swept【答案】 （1）B；（2）D；（3）C；（4）A；（5）B；（6）B；（7）A；（8）C；（9）A；（10）D；（11）A；（12）D；（13）B；（14）C；（15）A；（16）D；（17）C；（18）A；（19）B；（20）D； 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇夾敘夾議文，作者的鄰居Gibbs醫(yī)生認(rèn)為種樹應(yīng)當(dāng)澆水，因?yàn)闆]有澆水的樹的根必須鉆入深深的泥土尋找水，這樣樹會(huì)變得越來越強(qiáng)壯。when the winds blow, they won39。my prayer. I know my children are going to meet 18 , and I39。ve been thinking that it39。for my sons that their lives will be easy. But 16 them in ways fort and ease never could.and tremble their branches. Funny things about those trees of Dr. Gibbs39。t watered had to grow deep roots in 10 of water. I came to understand that he meant deep roots were to be 11 . I planted a couple of trees a few years back and I took good care of them. Two years of 12 for them. He talked about how watering trees 9 that watering plants spoiled(寵壞)them, and that if you water them, each following tree generation will 7 his new trees, which was 5 The good doctor had some 3 t 2 d 1 When I was growing up, I had an old neighbor named Dr. Gibbs. He didn39。句意為當(dāng)前的社會(huì)，人們趨向于用錢來衡量所有的事情，我們?cè)诤苄〉臅r(shí)候就知道，應(yīng)該考慮我們決定decisions的經(jīng)濟(jì)代價(jià)?？疾槊~以及對(duì)語境的理解。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及動(dòng)詞，名詞，形容詞，副詞，固定短語等多個(gè)知識(shí)點(diǎn)的考查，是一篇人生感悟類閱讀，要求考生在理解細(xì)節(jié)信息的基礎(chǔ)上，進(jìn)一步根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進(jìn)行分析推理，從而選出正確答案。所以作者相信善良的魔力。根據(jù)上文When you39。句意：我相信善良的魔力。故選D。根據(jù)the kind of chain reaction 可知，善待他人，別人才能善待你，更可能影響周圍的人。句意：當(dāng)你善待他人時(shí)，會(huì)產(chǎn)生一個(gè)良性的循環(huán)。故選C。所以tiny“小的”符合句句意。A. rare“稀少的”；B. ambitious“野心勃勃的”；C. tiny“極小的”；D. significant“重要的”。句意：當(dāng)人們稱贊他人的努力而不是嫉妒時(shí)，情況就不一樣了。故選A。A. instead of“代替，而不是”；B. except for“除了”；C. along with“和......一起”；D. because of“由于”。句意：當(dāng)人們稱贊他人的努力而不是嫉妒他人時(shí)，結(jié)果就不一樣了。故選B。根據(jù)常識(shí)可知，稱贊他人的努力而不是嫉妒他人時(shí)，結(jié)果肯定是不一樣的。我們?yōu)槟切?shí)現(xiàn)目標(biāo)的人感到驕傲，不管他們的目標(biāo)有多么渺小。 （16）考查名詞。前后句意表示轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，所以however“然而”符合句意。句意：25年多過去了，我已經(jīng)忘記了發(fā)生在我生命中的很多事情:然而，我仍然盡我最大的努力去善待每一個(gè)人。故選C。A. accepted“接受”；B. repeated“重復(fù)”；C. forgotten“忘記”；D. discovered“發(fā)現(xiàn)”。 （14）考查動(dòng)詞。also有時(shí)可用于句首，相當(dāng)于連詞and。前后句意表示并列關(guān)系。 （13）考查副詞。作者認(rèn)為自己的所作所為讓母親失望了，可見作者的感悟與反思很深刻。句意：當(dāng)我聽到這個(gè)時(shí)，我很沮喪，因?yàn)槲易寢寢屖恕９蔬xD。媽媽在教育作者，每個(gè)人都是不同的，但是不應(yīng)該不公平地對(duì)待他們。句意：每個(gè)人都是不同的，我們不應(yīng)該不公平地對(duì)待他們。故選B。A. familiar“熟悉的”；B. cruel“殘忍的”；C. similar“相似的”；D. cool“涼爽的”。 （10）考查形容詞。所以母親說的話讓作者終身受益。A. benefit from“從......受益”；B. suffer from“遭受”；C. draw from“從......取得”；D. differ from“不同于......”。 （9）考查動(dòng)詞短語。be annoyed with sb固定短語，“生某人的氣”符合句意。A. patient“耐心的”；B. familiar“熟悉的”；C. annoyed“惱怒的”；D. honest“誠實(shí)的”。 （8）考查形容詞。作者阻斷了這對(duì)螞蟻，所以在受到驚嚇時(shí)，螞蟻會(huì)很慌亂。句意：所以我不記得我為什么要這么做，但我阻斷了這隊(duì)螞蟻，