Question

  The European beech on Central Park's Cherry Hill is 100 years old. It is a tree that is 1        by the tourists passing in horsedrawn carriages and only birds and 2        squirrels could love.

  However,one day it became the center of 3      it was chosen by New York City offi?cials as the first of 25 "historical" trees to be 4       . Last year,New York City officials 5       a plan to add a million 6        trees to streets,parks and public spaces over the next 7       .

  Agriculture students from a Queens high school reached to upper branches of the 60-foot tree and 8       6-to-12-inch branches. Those branches will be sent to a 9       tree nursery in eastern Oregon. If all goes well,the genetic copies will be sent 10        in two years for replanting.

  "We want to 11        people's idea that New York has only skyscrapers and sidewalks," Parks Commissioner Adrian Benape said. "There are many 12        trees in New York."

The target trees include nine different 13       ,All the trees were selected by foresters for having 14        for at least a century ―either as the urban landscape or as having 15        signifi?cance to local communities.

  Among those are what may be the city's 16        tree,the St. Nicholas elm—also known as "the dinosaur" ―in upper Manhattan,which George Washington is said to have walked 17        during the American Revolution,230 years ago.

"They have withstood the test of time and the 18        life," said Benape. "As a result these trees tend to be hardy species,19 disease resistant. The trees are so 20        that people are looking to clone them. They are a great reaffirmation of the importance of nature in New York City."

(   ) 1. A. known   B. ignored   C. unknown   D. unnoticed

(   ) 2. A. clever   B. lazy   C. hungry   D. diligent

(   ) 3. A. city   B. attention   C. tourism   D. attraction

(   ) 4. A. cloned   B. planted   C. created   D. discovered

(   ) 5. A. announced   B. declared   C. commanded   D. refused

(   ) 6. A. big   B. new   C. young   D. small

(   ) 7. A. year   B. century   C. decade   D. month

(   ) 8. A. cut away   B. cut down   C. cut up   D. cut off

(   ) 9. A. natural   B. garden   C. farming   D. scientific

(   ) 10. A. abroad   B. away   C. back   D. out

(   ) 11. A. explain   B. change   C. express   D. hold

(   ) 12. A. historical   B. large   C. fresh   D. beautiful

(   ) 13. A. species   B. trees   C. flowers   D. plants

(   ) 14. A. developed   B. existed   C. appeared   D. disappeared

(   ) 15. A. attractive   B. splendid   C. special   D. ordinary

(   ) 16. A. best   B. longest   C. youngest   D. oldest

(   ) 17. A. beyond   B. over   C. above   D. under

(   ) 18. A. social   B. rural   C. urban   D. difficult

(   ) 19. A. carefully   B. naturally   C. freely   D. especially

(   ) 20. A. good   B. attractive   C. beautiful   D. important

Answer 1

1-5  DCBAA   6-10 BCDDC 

11-15  BAABC   16 -20 DDCBA

美国最大城市纽约打算"克隆"一些长寿树木的基因，形成长寿树阴，以改变城市环境中因污染导致树木短寿的状况。

1. D游客因坐在马车中经过而没有注意到。

2. C只有鸟及饥饿的松鼠喜欢那种树。

3. B由下文"it was chosen by New York City officials as the first of 25 ' historical' trees to be cloned"可知，The European beech成为了the center of attention .

4. A to be cloned"将被克隆"。

5. A announce a plan"宣布一个计划"。

6. B在街道、公园及公共场所添加新树。

7. C over the next decade在"今后的十年间"。

8. D cutoff从树上"砍下来"，符合题意。

cut away"切，剪掉"，有把剪下的东西弃之不要的含义；cut down意为"砍倒"；cut up"切碎"，均不合题意。

9. D这里是指对树木栽培进行科学研究的苗圃。

10. C这里指返回去将树苗重新栽种。

11. B改变人们对纽约的固有看法。

12. A上文说到克隆"historical" trees ,下文又提到了George Washington在下面走过的树。故此处应为historical   

13. A这里指九个树种。

14. B所有被选择的树至少有一百年的树龄。

15. C与"the urban landscape"相对,用special 最佳。

16. D最古老的树。

17. D George Washington在树下走过。

18. C根据上下文，这里是指城市生活。

19. B naturally"表现自然地，顺理成章地，自然而然"；disease resistant "对疾病有抵抗力的"，正好与之搭配。

20. A由上文"these trees tend to be hardy spe?cies,naturally disease resistant"可知，这些树如此之好，以至于人们期待着克隆它们。