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 (柏树) 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 (羡慕地) 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：从后文大师通过玫瑰和柏树相邻共生给国王释疑，可以推测这里是指国 王想比邻国的(neighbouring) 国王更强大。

17. C 解析：forget 忘记;continue 继续;start 开始;suggest建议。根据题意可知应该是 “开始”讲述。

18. B解析：国王坐下后，开始(started) 讲述 此行(visit) 的目的。

19. A解析：这里并没有表现出大师情绪上的大喜大悲,他只是耐心地(patiently) 听完 国王的讲述。

20. C解析:第三段开头有提示，选garden,:

21. D解析：下句teach是提示：它们就是你 的老师(teachers) 。

22. B解析:从文章第一段就可以知道，国王 来此不是为了设计、建造或注意什么，而是 想学习如何比邻国国王更强大。故选B 23. A 解析：于是，国王走进花园，看到了 (saw) 那两株植物。

24. C解析：下文understand是提示，但是他 无法理解(understand) 要从中学习什么。

25. D解析:从上下文可知，国王不知道大师 是什么意思(mean) 。

26. B解析:上文国王在问话,所以大师在这 里作 了解释(explained) 。

27. A解析:从本空前后两句可知，玫瑰与柏 树都没想过要变成对方，所以它们的想法 是‘‘相似的”。

28. B解析:上文提到玫瑰与柏树和平共处， 这里提出假设:如果人是柏树的话，就会与 玫瑰作比较(compared) 。

29. C解析：由本空前的jealous和本空后的 beautiftil可以推断出是漂亮的玫瑰得到了 众人的关注(attention ) 。

30. D解析:从本空前后两句的句式及句意 可判断，这两句是并列关系。故选   D.

31. A解析：如果人要是玫瑰的话，他就会羡 慕地看着(looked at) 柏树。

32. C解析:根据本空后很多人打扰玫瑰的 事实判断:柏树是多么安宁(peaceful) 。

33. D解析:人们过多的关注对于玫瑰来说 就是一种打扰(trouble) 。

34. B 解析:use... for... “把 用于 ”。

35. A解析：它们都生长得很好是因为它们 把所有的精力都用在了(used) 自己的生长 (growth) 上。