(2020·河南省南阳一中高三第三次月考)“What'sallthistree－plantingfor？” I...

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(2020·河南省南阳一中高三第三次月考)“What's all this tree－planting for？”  I was asked when I began writing about __1__ a piece of land I had bought in Somerset. The truth is, I just love trees. And I am not __2__ “As I get older, all I really __3__ is to plant trees，” Prince Charles says in a BBC documentary in which he is __4__ in the wood he planted on the day Prince George was born.

There are __5__  and wonderful trees in our cities and villages. They were planted, or self­sown, years, even centuries ago. We take them for granted, __6__ the creatures living among them, remain in ignorance of the __7__ trees are doing us (cleaning the air, for instance) and cut them down for new __8__. Yet we keep a feeling of __9__ for them. This may account for the __10__ the government faced in 2010 when it sought to sell off publicly owned woods, and for the wide support that the Woodland Trust (a tree­protecting charity) __11__.

Trees need __12__， which is why I, a city­resident, bought my Somerset woodland in 1999. At that time, climate change was already well proved, __13__ my hopes of planting long­lived oaks and pines gradually developed into anxiety about their __14__. Tree diseases new to the UK, wind, drought and flood were all __15__ against them.

But I did not __16__ things to move so fast. The woodland is still good, the new trees are growing like mad, but the creatures are __17__. The rabbits have disappeared and the owl has moved. The bees and  butterflies are __18__ there but in smaller numbers. How can this happen on land __19__ pesticides (杀虫剂)? Surely, it indicates we need to give nature the chance to restore its own __20__. Meanwhile, I love my wood, and so do many of its visitors. And tree­planting has done wonders for restoring my balance town and country.

1．acing                         B．restoring                              

C．recycling                           D．returning

2．                              B．weak                                   

C．alone                               D．social

3．y for                         B．wait for                               

C．make for                            D．long for

4．ed                            B．tracked                                

C．reflected                           D．discovered

5．                              B．young                                  

C．mature                              D．mysterious

6．e                             B．watch                                  

C．ignore                              D．abuse

7．r                             B．good                                   

C．credit                              D．justice

8．                               B．spirit                                 

C．life                                D．hope

9．t                             B．sadness                                

C．betrayal                            D．affection

10．oval                         B．opposition                             

C．option                              D．dilemma

11．                             B．rejects                                

C．requires                            D．withdraws

12．e                            B．time                                   

C．company                             D．nutrition

13．e                            B．for                                    

C．yet                                 D．so

14．fits                         B．chances                                

C．location                            D．appearance

15．ng up                        B．speeding up                            

C．keeping up                          D．mixing up

16．                             B．intend                                 

C．allow                               D．expect

17． place                         B．in order                               

C．in decline                          D．in question

18．                             B．still                                  

C．ever                                D．once

19．t of                         B．sick of                                

C．free of                             D．full of

20．y                            B．function                               

C．impact                              D．balance

【回答】

篇章导读：本文是一篇议论文。文章介绍了树木给人带来的好处并指出自然界的平衡需要维系。

1.B　replace “替代”；restore “恢复”；recycle “回收利用”；return “归还”。根据文章倒数第三句中的“restore”并结合选项和句意可知，此处指作者恢复(restore)在萨默塞特购买的那片土地。故选B。

2.C　根据下文引用了Prince Charles的话——“我开始变老，我所想的就是种树”，可见他与作者有相同的观点，因而作者说自己not alone。故选C。

3.D　apply for “申请”；wait for “等待”；make for “有助于”；long for “渴望”。结合语境及选项意思可知，此处表示唯一渴望的就是种树。故选D。

4.A　film “拍摄”；track “追踪”；reflect “反*”；discover “发现”。根据 documentary(纪录片)可知，此处指BBC纪录片的拍摄。故选A。

5.C　holy “神圣的”；young “年轻的”；mature “成熟的”；mysterious “神秘的”。根据下文提到这些树生长在几年以前甚至几个世纪前，因而推测出这些树是成熟的(mature)。故选C。

6.C　分析句子结构，此处动词并列使用，意思相近，再结合句意可知，我们忽视了生活在其中的其他生物，故此处选择ignore。

7.B　honor “荣誉”；good “好处”；credit “信用”；justice “正义”。根据“clean the air” (净化空气)的举例可知，这里是表述树木的好处。故选B。

8.A　结合语境可知，人们忽视树木的好处，为了新的用途(use)而砍树。故选A。

9.D　trust “信任”；sadness “悲伤”；betrayal “背叛”；affection “喜爱”。根据yet表示转折，上文写我们忽视了树木给我们带来的好处，砍伐它们，然而我们内心对树木还是有喜爱之情的。故选D。

10.B　approval “支持”；opposition “反对”；option “选择”；dilemma “困境”。上文提到对树木的喜爱，这里应该是反对*卖树。故选B。

11.A　此处表示Woodland Trust (树木保护组织)赢得了广泛的支持。win表示“赢得”，故选A。

12.A　作者在1999年买下萨默塞特林地是因为树木生长需要空间(space)。故选A。

13.D　句意：气候变化已经得到了很好的*，所以我种植长寿的橡树和松树的希望逐渐变成了焦虑。前后表示因果关系。故选D。

14.B　benefit “益处”；chance “机会”；location “位置”；appearance “外表”。由于气候的变化以及下一句提到的各种灾害，作者想种一些寿命长的橡树、松树的愿望逐渐变成了对它们是否有生长机会的忧虑。故选B。

15.A　pile up “堆积”；speed up “加速”；keep up    “保持”；mix up “混合”。狂风、干旱、洪水共同聚集来阻碍树木生长。故选A。

16.D　expect “期待；预料”。根据下文内容可知，林地发展之快是作者意料之外的事。故选D。

17.C　in place “适当的”；in order “整齐”；in decline “下降”；in question “考虑中的”。上文提到树木在疯长，由but转折可知生物的数量应该在减少(in decline)。故选C。

18.B　根据but转折可知，蜜蜂和蝴蝶只有很少的数量，但仍然有。故选B。

19.C　short of “缺乏”；sick of “厌恶”；free of “摆脱”；full of “充满”。句意：如果这片土地上的生物摆脱了杀虫剂，又怎么会发生这样的事情呢？故选C。

20.D　glory “荣誉”；function “功能”；impact “影响”；balance “平衡”。根据最后一句提到restoring my balance可知，我们要给自然机会去维持自身的平衡。故选D。

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