Question

【题目】 There was a man who had four sons. He wanted his sons to learn not to judge things too quickly. So he sent them to go and look at a pear tree far away in turns.

The first son went in the winter, the second in the spring, the third in summer, and the youngest son in the fall. _________they had all gone and come back, he called them together to describe what they had seen. The first son said that the tree was ugly.第二个儿子说没有——它被绿叶覆盖并充满了希望。The third son disagreed, he said there were many flowers that smelled so sweet and looked so beautiful, it was the most wonderful thing he had ever seen. The last son disagreed with all of them, he said there was lots of fruit on the tree, full of life and harvest.

The man then explained to his sons that they were all right, but they had each seen only one season in the tree’s life. He told them, “You cannot judge a tree, or a person by only one season and its true nature--the pleasure, joy, and love that come from that life can only be measured (测量) at the end, when all the seasons are up.”

If you give up when it’s winter, you will miss the promise of your spring, the beauty of your summer, the harvest of your fall. Don’t let the pain of one season kill the joy of all the rest.

【1】在第二段横线处处填入适当的单词，使句意完整，上下文通顺。(仅限填一词）

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【2】将第二段划线处的汉语翻译成英语。

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【3】将最后一段划线处英语翻译成汉语。

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【4】根据短文内容，回答问题。What did the man think of his sons’ answers?

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【5】请给短文拟一个适当的英文标题。

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Answer 1

【答案】

【1】When

【2】The second son said no-it was covered with green leaves and full of hope.

【3】勿让一时（一季）的痛苦破坏了所有的（其他季节的）欢乐。

【4】He thought they were all right, but they had each seen only one season in the tree’s life.

【5】Four seasons of the tree / Don’t judge a life (person, tree) by one season

(符合语境的句子都给分 )

【解析】

本文是一则故事，讲述了一位父亲为了让四个儿子不草率地对事物作判断，让他们去观察一棵梨树，四个儿子在四个不同的季节看见的梨树是不一样的，最后父亲教导他们看待事物要全面，要耐心观察，不要因为片面的不好而否定所有。

【1】分析前后两句，可知后一句是主句，前一句是一个时间状语从句，所以应该用when引导，意为“当……时”，故答案为When。

【2】the second son意为“第二个儿子”，是主语，said是say的一般过去时，意为“说”；be covered with意为“被……覆盖”，be full of意为“充满”，green leaves意为“绿叶”，hope意为“希望”，故答案为The second son said no-it was covered with green leaves and full of hope.

【3】原句为祈使句的否定句，let…do…意为“让……做……”，pain意为“痛苦”，是名词；joy意为“欢乐”，是名词；the rest意为“剩余部分”，故答案为“勿让一时（一季）的痛苦破坏了所有的（其他季节的）欢乐”。

【4】根据“The man then explained to his sons that they were all right, but they had each seen only one season in the tree’s life”，可知他认为儿子们说得都对，但是他们只看到了树的一个季节，故答案为He thought they were all right, but they had each seen only one season in the tree’s life.

【5】开放性作答，言之有理即可。参考答案：Four seasons of the tree / Don’t judge a life (person, tree) by one season.