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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 (寵壞)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, and the 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 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 reading 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 means 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 tree

【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．Doctors and his Neighbor	D．Father and his Children

Answer 1

【小題1】C
【小題2】D
【小題3】D
【小題4】D
【小題5】B

解析試題分析：這是一篇哲理性很強的敘事性短文。通過對吉布斯博士植樹之道的描寫，告訴了我們一個做人的道理，要想面對人生的風風雨雨，我們必須有一個堅強的基礎。
【小題1】通過短文第三段的描述可知吉布斯博士有自己的一套植樹的方法，故選C。
【小題2】根據上文so you had to make things difficult for them的描述可知是把這些樹除掉，故選D，他不再這么早就種植虛弱的樹。
【小題3】通過閱讀短文我們可以知道吉布斯博士對樹的照料還是很細心的，他只是有自己的一套植樹方法，故選。
【小題4】根據I know my children are going to face difficulties.及下文描述我可以看出作者是希望自己的兒子能有面對困難的能力，故選D。
【小題5】本文通過介紹吉布斯博士的植樹之道，告訴我們無論是一株樹還是一個人要想堅強的生活在這個世上，都需要有堅實的基礎，故選B。
考點：哲理性敘事短文的閱讀
點評：本文教育性，哲理性很強，部分內容理解起來較為困難，各小題與短文內容緊密相連與不能直接給出答案，需結合相關信息進行總結歸納。故需要先認真閱讀短文，掌握短文大意，然后在根據相關信息解決每個小題。有些小題的解答需要掌握全文內容，一定要先讀懂短文。