Question

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(毀壞) 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(淺的) roots(根), and how 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(橡樹)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 (祈禱) 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.
【小題1】We know from the passage, 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

【小題2】When Dr. Gibbs said "... pick out the weaker trees early on.", he meant 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

【小題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 trees

【小題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

【小題5】Which can be the best title of the reading?

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

Answer 1

【小題1】C
【小題2】A
【小題3】D
【小題4】D
【小題5】B

解析試題分析：這篇短文主要介紹了在我成長的過程中,我有一個老鄰居,吉布斯博士。他在種樹時不給樹澆水，并用木棒抽打它們，他說是為了讓樹扎根更深，抗風能力更強。當我在撫養孩子時，我理解了其中的道理。我們要有勇敢的心，當暴風雨來時，才能面對。
【小題1】細節理解題。根據短文第一段The good doctor had some interesting ideas about planting trees.及后文描述，可知他種樹方法獨特，故選C。
【小題2】推理判斷題。根據第一段so you had to make things difficult for them and pick out the weaker trees early on.所以你得把它們的生長環境變得困難,盡早挑選出較弱的樹。可以推理出一些弱樹在開始時就被查出，故選A。
【小題3】細節理解題。根據第三段After two years of caring too much, whenever a cold wind blows in, they shake a lot.可知作者對樹照顧的太多，每當寒風吹起,它們晃動很大，故選D。
【小題4】細節理解題。根據最后一段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. 可知，我們需要做的是祈禱一顆能深深觸及勇敢心的根有風雨時能堅強面對，不被擊倒。故選D。
【小題5】標題總結題。根據短文最后一段可知，從吉布斯博士植樹中我體會到只有讓根強壯，勇敢才能面對困難。故選B.
考點：人生百味類短文閱讀。