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题目:变得强大 体裁:记叙文 难度:★★★ 建议用时:7分钟 正确率: /15
(2025·南通期末)One day a little boy asks his father, "What does the word 'great' mean? Who are great people and 1 do they become great?"
The father asks his son to bring 2 plants and then tells him to plant one of them inside the house and the other outside the house. The boy does it as his father says.
The father asks his son, "Which one of the two plants do you think will be 3 and bigger?" The boy answers, "The plant inside the house will be safer(更安全的), 4 it will grow bigger. But the plant outside the house is not safe. Animals may 5 it. And also no one will be there to 6 it." The father smiles, "Let's wait and see. We will know the 7."
Then the boy leaves his hometown to study abroad and after four years he 8. He looks at the plant inside his house and finds 9 happens to it and it's safe. But when the boy goes outside, he is very 10 to see a big tree. The boy cannot believe his eyes. He can't understand(理解) how the plant outside can grow much 11 than the plant inside the house.
"The plant outside the house faces four 12 and more difficulties!" The father tells his son why the plant 13 the house is bigger. The plant inside is safer, but it doesn't face weather changes, and it doesn't get enough 14, so it becomes smaller.
Here is the secret of being great: To 15 a great person, one must experience(经历) many difficulties and get over them. After that, he is able to become great.
()1. A. how B. when C. where D. what
()2. A. some B. many C. two D. three
()3. A. safer B. taller C. worse D. weaker
()4. A. but B. or C. so D. because
()5. A. know B. like C. help D. eat
()6. A. look for B. look at C. look like D. look after
()7. A. question B. answer C. way D. race
()8. A. comes back B. comes down C. comes in D. comes out
()9. A. nothing B. something C. everything D. anything
()10. A. excited B. afraid C. surprised D. interested
()11. A. greater B. smaller C. thinner D. worse
()12. A. days B. weeks C. months D. seasons
()13. A. inside B. outside C. beside D. behind
()14. A. food B. water C. dish D. sunlight
()15. A. choose B. change C. become D. find

【语篇解读】本文是一篇记叙文,通过一个父亲和儿子的对话,以及他们对屋内和屋外两株植物生长情况的观察,阐述了成为强大的人的秘诀:要经历失败和困难,并克服它们,才能变得强大。
1. A 根据"... do they become great"可知,此处是问如何变得伟大,故选A。
2. C 根据"plant one of them inside the house and the other outside the house"可知,是拿来两株植物,故选C。
3. A 根据"The plant inside the house will be safer"可知,这里是问哪一株会更安全和更大,故选A。
4. C 通过分析句子结构可知,前后句存在因果关系,后句表示结果,应用so连接。故选C。
5. D 根据"But the plant outside the house is not safe."可知,这里指动物可能吃它,故选D。
6. D look for寻找;look at看;look like看起来像;look after照顾。根据"no one will be there to ... it"可知,这里指没有人会照顾它,故选D。
7. B 根据"Let's wait and see."可知,这里指我们会知道答案,故选B,
8. A comes back回来;comes down下来;comes in进来;comes out出来。根据"the boy leaves his hometown to study abroad"可知,这里指四年后回来了,故选A。
9. A 根据"it's safe"可知,应是没有什么发生,故选A。
10. C 根据转折连词"But"和"see a big tree"可知,这里指惊讶地看到了一棵大树,故选C。
11. A 根据上文"see a big tree"可知,他不能理解外面的植物是如何比屋里的植物长得大得多的,故选A。
12. D 根据"The plant outside the house faces four ..."可知,这里指经历了四季,故选D。
13. B 根据前文"when the boy goes outside, he is very ... to see a big tree"可知,应是室外的植物长得更大,故选B。
14. D 根据"The plant inside is safer, but it doesn't face weather changes"可知,这里指没有得到足够的阳光,故选D。
15. C 根据"a great person"可知,这里指要想成为一个伟大的人,故选C。