二、完形填空。(共15小题;每小题1分,计15分)
When my daughter was in primary school, she brought home four small twigs(嫩枝) one day. The teacher gave these twigs to the students to 1. None of them looked very strong, but with 2 for the future, I planted them 3 our backyard. Over the years, because of an accident with the lawnmower(割草机) and poor soil, 4 of them died. Only one was left and grew slowly. It was crooked(弯曲的) and never got very tall. In the end, it looked more like a fat bush than a 5. A few years ago, I noticed that it was starting to 6. The lower branches(树枝) were becoming bare(光秃秃的). Only the 7 of the tree was still green. I did my best to 8 it by feeding it a lot of fertilizer(肥料), but it didn't work.
One morning, I went into the yard and looked at it again. I was wondering if 9 would be better to just cut it down. It would make mowing the lawn easier. 10 I walked over to take a closer look at it, however, I noticed something moving in the leaves. It was a robin(知更鸟) 11 building a nest in the topmost branches. I smiled when I 12 it. I thought maybe this old tree was still 13. It might not be healthy or pretty, but it was still giving a bird a 14. This tree made me know that our lives all have purposes.
It doesn't matter if we are young and strong or 15 and sick. Until the end of our lives, we have things to do, love to give, and joy to share. We can help to make this world a better and more beautiful place.
()1. A. plant B. sell C. raise D. get
()2. A. hope B. fear C. trouble D. surprise
()3. A. near B. in C. out D. behind
()4. A. one B. two C. three D. four
()5. A. tree B. grass C. vegetable D. flower
()6. A. leave B. stay C. die D. shake
()7. A. middle B. side C. foot D. top
()8. A. paint B. save C. complete D. describe
()9. A. it B. this C. that D. these
()10. A. Until B. Before C. As D. Since
()11. A. easily B. possibly C. politely D. patiently
()12. A. looked at B. looked for C. looked after D. looked through
()13. A. correct B. useful C. active D. interesting
()14. A. block B. factory C. home D. room
()15. A. new B. old C. big D. narrow
When my daughter was in primary school, she brought home four small twigs(嫩枝) one day. The teacher gave these twigs to the students to 1. None of them looked very strong, but with 2 for the future, I planted them 3 our backyard. Over the years, because of an accident with the lawnmower(割草机) and poor soil, 4 of them died. Only one was left and grew slowly. It was crooked(弯曲的) and never got very tall. In the end, it looked more like a fat bush than a 5. A few years ago, I noticed that it was starting to 6. The lower branches(树枝) were becoming bare(光秃秃的). Only the 7 of the tree was still green. I did my best to 8 it by feeding it a lot of fertilizer(肥料), but it didn't work.
One morning, I went into the yard and looked at it again. I was wondering if 9 would be better to just cut it down. It would make mowing the lawn easier. 10 I walked over to take a closer look at it, however, I noticed something moving in the leaves. It was a robin(知更鸟) 11 building a nest in the topmost branches. I smiled when I 12 it. I thought maybe this old tree was still 13. It might not be healthy or pretty, but it was still giving a bird a 14. This tree made me know that our lives all have purposes.
It doesn't matter if we are young and strong or 15 and sick. Until the end of our lives, we have things to do, love to give, and joy to share. We can help to make this world a better and more beautiful place.
()1. A. plant B. sell C. raise D. get
()2. A. hope B. fear C. trouble D. surprise
()3. A. near B. in C. out D. behind
()4. A. one B. two C. three D. four
()5. A. tree B. grass C. vegetable D. flower
()6. A. leave B. stay C. die D. shake
()7. A. middle B. side C. foot D. top
()8. A. paint B. save C. complete D. describe
()9. A. it B. this C. that D. these
()10. A. Until B. Before C. As D. Since
()11. A. easily B. possibly C. politely D. patiently
()12. A. looked at B. looked for C. looked after D. looked through
()13. A. correct B. useful C. active D. interesting
()14. A. block B. factory C. home D. room
()15. A. new B. old C. big D. narrow
答案：1. A 【点拨】根据后文“I planted them”可推知，plant符合语境。故选A。
2. A 【点拨】根据空前的but可知，此处和前文的“None of them looked very strong”为转折关系，hope(希望)符合语境。故选A。
3. B 【点拨】根据后文“I went into the yard and looked at it”可知，作者把它们种在了后院里，in符合语境。故选B。
4. C 【点拨】根据前文的“she brought home four small twigs(嫩枝) one day”及后文的“Only one was left”可知，最后只剩一根了，总共死了三根，three符合语境。故选C。
5. A 【点拨】根据后文的“Only the...of the tree was still green.”可推知，它实际上是一棵树，tree符合语境。故选A。
6. C 【点拨】根据后文的“The lower branches(树枝) were becoming bare(光秃秃的).”可知，这棵树已经开始有死亡的迹象了。故选C。
7. D 【点拨】根据前文的“The lower branches(树枝) were becoming bare(光秃秃的).”可知，这棵树下面部分的树枝已经掉光了，由此可推知，只有顶部还是绿的，top符合语境。故选D。
8. B 【点拨】根据“by feeding it a lot of fertilizer(肥料)”可知，作者尽最大的努力去拯救这棵树。故选B。
9. A 【点拨】通过分析句子结构可知，“to just cut it down”是真正的主语，此处需用it作形式主语。故选A。
10. C 【点拨】根据“...I walked over to take a closer look at it, however, I noticed something moving in the leaves”可知，主从句的动作是同时发生的。故选C。
11. D 【点拨】根据空后的“building a nest”可知，知更鸟在耐心地筑巢，patiently符合语境。故选D。
12. A 【点拨】根据前文的“I noticed something moving in the leaves. It was a robin(知更鸟)...building a nest in the topmost branches”可知，当作者看着它时，作者笑了。故选A。
13. B 【点拨】根据后文的“but it was still giving a bird a...”可知，这棵老树给了小鸟一个家，由此可推知，这棵老树还是有用的，useful有用的。故选B。
14. C 【点拨】根据前文的“It was a robin(知更鸟)...building a nest in the topmost branches.”可知，这棵树给了小鸟一个家。故选C。
15. B 【点拨】根据“we are young and strong or...and sick”可知，此处应填入young的反义词，old符合语境。故选B。
2. A 【点拨】根据空前的but可知，此处和前文的“None of them looked very strong”为转折关系，hope(希望)符合语境。故选A。
3. B 【点拨】根据后文“I went into the yard and looked at it”可知，作者把它们种在了后院里，in符合语境。故选B。
4. C 【点拨】根据前文的“she brought home four small twigs(嫩枝) one day”及后文的“Only one was left”可知，最后只剩一根了，总共死了三根，three符合语境。故选C。
5. A 【点拨】根据后文的“Only the...of the tree was still green.”可推知，它实际上是一棵树，tree符合语境。故选A。
6. C 【点拨】根据后文的“The lower branches(树枝) were becoming bare(光秃秃的).”可知，这棵树已经开始有死亡的迹象了。故选C。
7. D 【点拨】根据前文的“The lower branches(树枝) were becoming bare(光秃秃的).”可知，这棵树下面部分的树枝已经掉光了，由此可推知，只有顶部还是绿的，top符合语境。故选D。
8. B 【点拨】根据“by feeding it a lot of fertilizer(肥料)”可知，作者尽最大的努力去拯救这棵树。故选B。
9. A 【点拨】通过分析句子结构可知，“to just cut it down”是真正的主语，此处需用it作形式主语。故选A。
10. C 【点拨】根据“...I walked over to take a closer look at it, however, I noticed something moving in the leaves”可知，主从句的动作是同时发生的。故选C。
11. D 【点拨】根据空后的“building a nest”可知，知更鸟在耐心地筑巢，patiently符合语境。故选D。
12. A 【点拨】根据前文的“I noticed something moving in the leaves. It was a robin(知更鸟)...building a nest in the topmost branches”可知，当作者看着它时，作者笑了。故选A。
13. B 【点拨】根据后文的“but it was still giving a bird a...”可知，这棵老树给了小鸟一个家，由此可推知，这棵老树还是有用的，useful有用的。故选B。
14. C 【点拨】根据前文的“It was a robin(知更鸟)...building a nest in the topmost branches.”可知，这棵树给了小鸟一个家。故选C。
15. B 【点拨】根据“we are young and strong or...and sick”可知，此处应填入young的反义词，old符合语境。故选B。
解析：
【分析】
做完形填空首先要先通读全文，理清故事主线：作者女儿上小学时带回四根老师给的嫩枝，作者种下后几经波折只剩一棵长势不好的树，作者本来想砍掉它，却发现它成了知更鸟筑巢的地方，由此感悟无论生命是年轻强壮还是年老体弱，都有自身的价值。解题时每一个空都要紧扣前后文的线索、逻辑关系、固定搭配来推导：1. 第一空后文直接出现作者种下嫩枝的表述，直接对应动作；2. 第二空前文说嫩枝都不强壮，用but转折，对应带着对未来的希望种植；3. 第三空表示种在后院内部，符合后续进院子看树的语境；4. 第四空最初有4根嫩枝，最后只剩1根，可算出死掉的数量；5. 第五空这株植物本来是树苗，现在长得像灌木，不像原本的树；6. 第六空后文提到下部树枝变秃，对应树开始出现死亡的迹象；7. 第七空前文说下部树枝秃了，对应只有顶部还留着绿叶；8. 第八空作者给树施肥，目的是拯救这棵长势不好的树；9. 第九空是固定语法结构，用it作形式主语指代后面的真正主语“砍掉它”；10. 第十空表示“我走近仔细查看的时候”，动作同步发生，选对应的时间连词；11. 第十一空修饰知更鸟筑巢的状态，搭配合理的副词；12. 第十二空作者看到知更鸟筑巢的场景后露出微笑，对应动作；13. 第十三空树能给鸟儿提供栖息地，说明它仍然是有用的；14. 第十四空知更鸟在树上筑巢，树就成了鸟儿的家；15. 第十五空和前文的young and strong形成反义对应，选合适的形容词。
【解析】
1. 选A。根据后文作者提到的“I planted them”，可知老师给嫩枝是让学生种植，plant符合语境，sell售卖、raise饲养、get得到均不符合。
2. 选A。前文提到所有嫩枝看起来都不太强壮，用but转折，说明作者是怀着对未来的希望种下它们，hope希望符合语境，fear恐惧、trouble麻烦、surprise惊喜均不符合转折逻辑。
3. 选B。根据后文作者进到院子里看树的表述，可知是把嫩枝种在后院里面，in our backyard是常用搭配表示在后院内部，near在附近、out在外、behind在后面均不符合语境。
4. 选C。前文提到一开始带回4根嫩枝，后文说“Only one was left”只剩1根，可算出死掉了3根，three符合数量逻辑。
5. 选A。这株植物原本是树苗，现在长得弯曲、不高，看起来更像矮胖的灌木而不是树，tree符合语境，grass草、vegetable蔬菜、flower花均不符合。
6. 选C。后文提到下部的树枝变得光秃秃的，说明这棵树开始走向死亡，die符合语境，leave离开、stay停留、shake摇晃均不符合树的状态变化。
7. 选D。前文提到下部的树枝已经变秃，对应只有树的顶部还是绿色的，top符合语境，middle中间、side侧边、foot根部均和前文的下部秃的表述矛盾。
8. 选B。作者给树施很多肥料，目的是尽最大努力拯救这棵树，save拯救符合语境，paint粉刷、complete完成、describe描述均不符合动作目的。
9. 选A。该句是固定结构，用it作形式主语，指代后面的真正主语“to just cut it down”，其他代词不能作形式主语。
10. 选C。此处表示“当我走过去凑近看的时候，我注意到树叶里有东西在动”，as引导时间状语从句，表两个动作同时发生，符合语境，until直到、before在…之前、since自从/因为均不符合逻辑。
11. 选D。修饰知更鸟筑巢的状态，patiently耐心地符合常识，easily容易地、possibly可能地、politely礼貌地均不能合理搭配筑巢的动作。
12. 选A。作者看到知更鸟筑巢的场景时露出了微笑，looked at看符合语境，looked for寻找、looked after照顾、looked through浏览均不符合。
13. 选B。后文提到这棵树还能给鸟儿提供栖息的地方，说明这棵老树仍然是有用的，useful有用的符合语境，correct正确的、active活跃的、interesting有趣的均不符合上下文逻辑。
14. 选C。知更鸟在树上筑巢，说明这棵树给了鸟儿一个家，home符合语境，block街区、factory工厂、room房间均不符合筑巢的意义。
15. 选B。此处和前文的young and strong（年轻强壮）形成反义并列，对应old and sick（年老体弱），old符合语境，new新的、big大的、narrow狭窄的均不能和young形成反义对应。
【答案】
1-5 AABCA 6-10 CDBAC 11-15 DABCB
【知识点】
语境逻辑推理，it作形式主语，连词词义辨析
【点评】
本篇是典型的初中叙事感悟类完形填空，整体故事线索清晰，大部分题目都可以通过前后文的直接线索推导得出，考点侧重词义辨析和语境理解，没有偏难怪的知识点，同时故事传递的生命价值的主旨也能让学生在解题后获得正向引导，适合用来锻炼学生完形填空的上下文线索抓取能力。
【难度系数】
0.7
做完形填空首先要先通读全文，理清故事主线：作者女儿上小学时带回四根老师给的嫩枝，作者种下后几经波折只剩一棵长势不好的树，作者本来想砍掉它，却发现它成了知更鸟筑巢的地方，由此感悟无论生命是年轻强壮还是年老体弱，都有自身的价值。解题时每一个空都要紧扣前后文的线索、逻辑关系、固定搭配来推导：1. 第一空后文直接出现作者种下嫩枝的表述，直接对应动作；2. 第二空前文说嫩枝都不强壮，用but转折，对应带着对未来的希望种植；3. 第三空表示种在后院内部，符合后续进院子看树的语境；4. 第四空最初有4根嫩枝，最后只剩1根，可算出死掉的数量；5. 第五空这株植物本来是树苗，现在长得像灌木，不像原本的树；6. 第六空后文提到下部树枝变秃，对应树开始出现死亡的迹象；7. 第七空前文说下部树枝秃了，对应只有顶部还留着绿叶；8. 第八空作者给树施肥，目的是拯救这棵长势不好的树；9. 第九空是固定语法结构，用it作形式主语指代后面的真正主语“砍掉它”；10. 第十空表示“我走近仔细查看的时候”，动作同步发生，选对应的时间连词；11. 第十一空修饰知更鸟筑巢的状态，搭配合理的副词；12. 第十二空作者看到知更鸟筑巢的场景后露出微笑，对应动作；13. 第十三空树能给鸟儿提供栖息地，说明它仍然是有用的；14. 第十四空知更鸟在树上筑巢，树就成了鸟儿的家；15. 第十五空和前文的young and strong形成反义对应，选合适的形容词。
【解析】
1. 选A。根据后文作者提到的“I planted them”，可知老师给嫩枝是让学生种植，plant符合语境，sell售卖、raise饲养、get得到均不符合。
2. 选A。前文提到所有嫩枝看起来都不太强壮，用but转折，说明作者是怀着对未来的希望种下它们，hope希望符合语境，fear恐惧、trouble麻烦、surprise惊喜均不符合转折逻辑。
3. 选B。根据后文作者进到院子里看树的表述，可知是把嫩枝种在后院里面，in our backyard是常用搭配表示在后院内部，near在附近、out在外、behind在后面均不符合语境。
4. 选C。前文提到一开始带回4根嫩枝，后文说“Only one was left”只剩1根，可算出死掉了3根，three符合数量逻辑。
5. 选A。这株植物原本是树苗，现在长得弯曲、不高，看起来更像矮胖的灌木而不是树，tree符合语境，grass草、vegetable蔬菜、flower花均不符合。
6. 选C。后文提到下部的树枝变得光秃秃的，说明这棵树开始走向死亡，die符合语境，leave离开、stay停留、shake摇晃均不符合树的状态变化。
7. 选D。前文提到下部的树枝已经变秃，对应只有树的顶部还是绿色的，top符合语境，middle中间、side侧边、foot根部均和前文的下部秃的表述矛盾。
8. 选B。作者给树施很多肥料，目的是尽最大努力拯救这棵树，save拯救符合语境，paint粉刷、complete完成、describe描述均不符合动作目的。
9. 选A。该句是固定结构，用it作形式主语，指代后面的真正主语“to just cut it down”，其他代词不能作形式主语。
10. 选C。此处表示“当我走过去凑近看的时候，我注意到树叶里有东西在动”，as引导时间状语从句，表两个动作同时发生，符合语境，until直到、before在…之前、since自从/因为均不符合逻辑。
11. 选D。修饰知更鸟筑巢的状态，patiently耐心地符合常识，easily容易地、possibly可能地、politely礼貌地均不能合理搭配筑巢的动作。
12. 选A。作者看到知更鸟筑巢的场景时露出了微笑，looked at看符合语境，looked for寻找、looked after照顾、looked through浏览均不符合。
13. 选B。后文提到这棵树还能给鸟儿提供栖息的地方，说明这棵老树仍然是有用的，useful有用的符合语境，correct正确的、active活跃的、interesting有趣的均不符合上下文逻辑。
14. 选C。知更鸟在树上筑巢，说明这棵树给了鸟儿一个家，home符合语境，block街区、factory工厂、room房间均不符合筑巢的意义。
15. 选B。此处和前文的young and strong（年轻强壮）形成反义并列，对应old and sick（年老体弱），old符合语境，new新的、big大的、narrow狭窄的均不能和young形成反义对应。
【答案】
1-5 AABCA 6-10 CDBAC 11-15 DABCB
【知识点】
语境逻辑推理，it作形式主语，连词词义辨析
【点评】
本篇是典型的初中叙事感悟类完形填空，整体故事线索清晰，大部分题目都可以通过前后文的直接线索推导得出，考点侧重词义辨析和语境理解，没有偏难怪的知识点，同时故事传递的生命价值的主旨也能让学生在解题后获得正向引导，适合用来锻炼学生完形填空的上下文线索抓取能力。
【难度系数】
0.7