Question

【题目】短文填空。

There was once an old man who had four sons. He wanted his sons to learn not to judge（判断）things too q 【1】 . So he sent them, in turn, to go and look at a pear tree far away.

The first son went in the winter, the second in the spring, the third in the summer, and the youngest son in the f 【2】 .

When the sons had all gone and come back, the old man called them together and asked them to d 【3】 what they had seen.

The first son said that the tree was ugly and bald, but the second son said no---the tree was covered w 【4】 green buds (花蕾). The third son shook his head and said that the tree was f 【5】 of flowers, and smelled so sweet, looked so beautiful that he thought it was the most wonderful thing he had e 【6】 seen.

The youngest son didn’t a 【7】 with all his brothers. He said that there were so many fruits on it.

The old man then e 【8】 to his son that they were all right, b 【9】 they had each seen only one season in the tree’s life. He told them not to judge a life by one difficult season.

If you give up when it’s winter, you will miss the hope of your spring, the b 【10】 of your summer, and the harvest (丰收) of your autumn.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】quickly

【2】fall

【3】describe

【4】with

【5】full

【6】ever

【7】agree

【8】explained

【9】but

【10】beauty

【解析】

试题分析：故事讲述一位老人在冬，春夏秋四个季节派出四个儿子到遥远的地方去观看一棵梨树。回来之后，儿子们分别描述了各自的见闻。由此老人告诫儿子们要学会全面正确的去对待一份人生，而不是仅凭一段艰难时节就轻易对人生做出判断。

【1】句意：他想让他的孩子们学会不要对事物快速地做出草率的判断。副词修饰动词，依据句意，故答案填quickly。

【2】句意：第一个儿子冬天去，第二个春天，第三个夏天，第四个秋天。上文提到他让他的儿子们轮流去。依据首字母，故答案填fall。

【3】句意：当他的儿子们回来时，他把他们一起叫来，让他们描述所看到的。老人派出儿子的目的是让他们学会观察，做出判断。依据句意及首字母，故答案填describe。

【4】句意：但是第二个儿子不同意老大的看法，他说树上长满了绿色的花蕾。be covered with为固定词组，意思是：被……所覆盖。依据句意及首字母，故答案填with。

【5】句意：第三个儿子坚称那棵树已经开满了既香甜又漂亮的鲜花。be full of 充满，盛满的意思。依据句意及首字母，故答案填full。

【6】句意：他认为那是他曾经看过的最美好的东西。此句是一个过去完成时态，ever曾经，用于完成时态，依据首字母，故答案为ever。

【7】句意：最小的儿子不同意三个哥哥的说法。他们选择的时节不同，看到的当然都不一样。agree with sb.同意某人的观点。依据句意及首字母，故答案填agree。

【8】句意：这位老人向他的儿子们解释说他们都是对的。依据后面的内容可知，老人是向孩子们解释为什么他们看到的不一样。时态是过去时。故答案为explained。

【9】句意：但是他们各自所看到的只是一棵树生长的一个时节。依据句意可知，此次表转折关系，故答案为but.

【10】句意：如果你在冬天放弃，你将错过充满希望的的春天，美丽的夏天，收获的冬天。此处缺少名词，依据句意及首字母，故答案填beauty。