When I was a child, I had an old neighbour named Dr. Gibbs. He didn’t look like

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When I was a child, I had an old neighbour named Dr. Gibbs. He didn’t look like any other doctor I’ve ever known. He never  11__ at us for playing in his yard. I remembered him as a kind and  _12_ person When Dr. Gibbs didn’t work, he planted trees. His hou covered an area of ten acres, and his life’s goal was to make it _ 13_ . He had some interesting _ 14 _ concerning planting. He belonged to the “No pains, no gains”  __15  of plant growing. He never watered his new trees. once I asked  _16__, he said, “Watering plants will spoil them, and if you water them, each successive tree_ 17_ will grow weaker and weaker. So you have to make things 18__for them and weed out the weak ones.” So he never watered his trees. He would _19__a pine, and instead of _20__it every morning, he beat it with a rolled-up newspaper. I __21__ him why he did so, and he said it was to get the tree’s _22__. I planted a couple of trees a few _23__ ago. I carried water to them for a solid summer, sprayed them and prayed over them. Two years of careful tending has _24__ in trees that expect to be _25__ to hand and foot. Whenever a cold wind blows in, they tremble their branches. Dr. Gibbs pasd away a _26__of years after I left home. Now and then, I walked by his hou and looked at the trees. They’re _27__ now, big and healthy. Funny things about Dr. Gibbs’ trees. Hardship and difficulty emed to benefit them _28__comfort and ea never could. Life is tough, whether we want 29_ to be or not. Too many times we pray for ea, but that’s a prayer ldom met. What we need to do is to pray for 30_ that reach deep into the earth, so when the rains fall and the winds blow, we won’t be swept away.小题1:A．shoutedB．shotC．aimedD．pointed小题2:A．cruelB．greedyC．pleasantD．disciplined小题3:A．muumB．parkC．playgroundD．forest小题4:A．featuresB．theoriesC．charactersD．instructions小题5:A．classB．collegeC．schoolD．university小题6:A．whatB．whenC．howD．why小题7:A．imageB．productC．generationD．species小题8:A．cheapB．easyC．expensiveD．rough小题9:A．paintB．plantC．uprootD．establish小题10:A．starvingB．beatingC．wateringD．feeding小题11:A．askedB．toldC．informedD．demanded小题12:A．approvalB．attentionC．painD．communication小题13:A．weeksB．monthsC．yearsD．days小题14:A．resultedB．producedC．believedD．spent小题15:A．treatedB．tendedC．supportedD．attended小题16:A．numberB．coupleC．rowD．period小题17:A．tremblingB．dyingC．strongD．intelligent小题18:A．whileB．thoughC．asD．and小题19:A．themB．thatC．itD．this小题20:A．trunksB．rootsC．branchesD．Leaves 题型：未知难度：其他题型

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小题1:动词辨析。A. shout吼叫 ；B. shot射击；C. aim瞄准；D. point。指着。由文章第一段末a kind and  _37_ person,可知，他是一个友善的老人，故不会对我们吼叫，小题2:形容词辨析。A. cruel 残酷的；B. greedy 贪婪的；C. pleasant 高兴的；D. disciplined有纪律的。and连接两个并列的成分：kind 友善的，故用pleasant，令人高兴的，构成并列。小题3:名词辨析。A. muum博物馆；B. park 公园；停车场；C. playground 操场；D. forest森林。他的目标就是让种的树成为：森林。小题4:名词辨析。A. feature 特点；B. theory理论；C. character特征；D. instruction说明。由后一句：He belonged to the “No pains, no gains” ······他属于“不劳不获”······这是他的理论。小题5:名词辨析。A. class班；B. college大学，学院；C. school学校；D. university综合性大学。“No pains, no gains”，“不劳不获”这是学校老师所教的理论。小题6:代词辨析。A. what什么；B. when 什么时间； C. how怎么样；D. why为什么。他种树，从不浇水，我问为什么。同时下文中：I __21_ him why he did so,也可直接得出。小题7:名词辨析。 A. image肖像；B. product 产品；C. generation后代；D. species物种。如果浇水，树的继承者就会越来越来弱不经风。树的下一代：tree generation 小题8:形容词辨析。A. Cheap便宜的；  B. Easy容易的；C. Expensive昂贵的；D. rough艰难的。因此，你必须要让他们生活得困难些，同时下文中：Life is tough, 也可以直接得出。生活也是一样。小题9:动词辨析。A. paint涂色；B. plant种植；C.uproot 连根拔起；D. establish建立。他不但不给树浇水，反而还去拔树。小题10:动名词的使用。作介词of的宾语。不是给树浇水，上文和下文中都多次提到：watered his trees. 小题11:动词辨析。A. Ask问；B. told 告诉；C. Inform通知；D. demand要求，命令。我问他为什么这样做。同时上文中也有提示：once I asked  _41__,可直接得出。小题12:名词辨析。 A. approval同意；B. attention 注意；C. pain 痛苦；D. communication交流。拔树当然是要让树‘注意’。小题13:名词辨析。A. week周；B. month月；C. year年；D. day天。根据下文中：Two years of careful tending has _24__ ······可直接得出。小题14:动词辨析。A. resulted in导致；B. produce生产；C. believe in 信赖；D spend花费。两年的细心照顾导致树从头到脚都要照顾。小题15:动词短语辨析。A. treat对待；B. tend照顾；C. support支持； D. attend出席。两年的细心照顾导致树从头到脚都要照顾。小题16:固定短语短语的使用。A.a number of许多；a couple of 一两（双）；a row of 一排；a period of 一段时间。我离开一两年，Dr. Gibbs死了。小题17:形容词辨析。A. trembling 颤动的；B. dying 将死的；C. strong强壮的；D. intelligent 聪明的。_52__ now, big and healthy. and连接并列的词，故用strong。小题18:连词辨析。A. while而；B. though虽然；C. as 因为；D. and 和。Hardship and difficulty emed to benefit them _53__comfort and ea never could。Hardship and difficulty 和comfort and ea 构成对比，故用 while。小题19:代词的使用。A. them他们；B. that那；C. it 它；D. this这。Life is tough, whether we want _54__ to be or not. 生活是艰苦的，不管我们想它是还是不是。补全这句：whether we want Life to be or not.故用表特指,用it。小题20:名词辨析。A. trunk干；B. root 根；C. branch枝；D. leave叶。to pray for _30__ that reach deep into the earth, 到地下面，只有根才是这样生长的。考查记叙文。

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人生感悟类阅读的概念：

生活感悟类的文章就是指能给人心灵以启迪，使人从中受到教育的文章。这类文章的体裁可以是记叙文，如生活中一些感人故事或情感故事，有点类似心灵鸡汤一样的短文。

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一、文章特点： 生活感悟类的文章就是指能给人心灵以启迪，使人从中受到教育的文章。这类文章的体裁可以是记叙文，如生活中一些感人故事或情感故事，有点类似心灵鸡汤一样的短文。有时故事的结尾会有一句“点睛之笔”，点出全文的中心思想，就像《伊索寓言》里的寓言一样。还可能是夹叙夹议的哲理散文或生活随笔。散文随笔通常会阐述一种朴素易懂，耳熟能详的人生道理或宝贵品质。文章的结构和议论文类似，一般是总分总或总分结构。每段首句或尾句为主题句（论点），其它句子围绕主题展开论述（论据），论证方法多种多样，或举例，或引用名言，或正反对照等。二、解题技巧：针对生活感悟类文章的特点，做这类文章的完形填空时，要特别注意以下几点：1、重点理解全文的首句。如果是记叙文，找出when，where，who，what等基本要素。如果是散文随笔，充分理解文章的中心句—全文的主题。2、阅读全文的结尾段或结尾句，有助于理解文章所阐述或蕴含的哲理、感悟或忠告等。3、调动自己的背景知识和情感。这类文章不会讲大道理也不会涉及到一些很专业的知识技术领域，而是谈一些小事和简单的道理，所以如果读者能和作者产生感情上的共鸣，读者会更好地把握作者的意图态度，从而提高做题的准确度。因此，考生在平时要做一个有心人，即用心去感悟生活中发生的小事，思考人生的一些基本道理，多阅读一些短小精悍的美文，多写写自己的心情故事和对生活学习的感悟。只有平时多用心，做题时才能调动自己的背景知识和情感。