What's all this tree- - planting for? " I was asked when I began writing about ___16___ a piece of land I had bought in Somerset. The truth is, I just love trees. And I am not ___17___ AsI get older, all I really ___18___ is to plant trees , Prince Charles says in a BBC documentary in which he is ___19___ in the wood he planted on the day Prince George was born.
There are ___20___ and wonderful trees in our cities and villages. They were planted, or self- sown, years, even centuries ago. We take them for granted, ___21___ the creatures living among them, remain in ignorance of the ___22___ trees are doing us(cleaning the air, for instance) and cut them down for new ___23___. Yet we keep a feeling of ___24___ for them. This may account for the ___25___ the government faced in 2010 when it sought to sell off publicly owned woods, and for the wide support that the Woodland Trust (a tree-protecting charity) ___26___.
Trees need ___27___, which is why I, a city-resident, bought my Somerset woodland in 1999. At that time, climate change was already well proved, ___28___ my hopes of planting long-lived oaks and pines gradually developed into anxiety about their ___29___. Tree diseases new to the UK, wind, drought and flood were all ___30___ against them.
But I did not ___31___ things to move so fast. The woodland is still good, the new trees are growing like mad, but the creatures are ___32___. The rabbits have disappeared and the owl has moved. The bees and butterflies are ___33___ there but in smaller numbers. How can this happen on land ___34___ pesticides (杀虫剂)？Surely, it indicates we need to give nature the chance to restore its own ___35___. Meanwhile, I love my wood, and so do many of its visitors. And tree-planting has done wonders for restoring my balance town and country.
16. A. replacing B. restoring C. recycling D. returning
17. A. rich B. weak C. alone D. social
18. A. apply for B. wait for C. make for D. long for
19. A. filmed B. tracked C. reflected D. discovered
20. A. holy B. young C. mature D. mysterious
21. A. raise B. watch C. ignore D. abuse
22. A. honor B. good C. credit D. justice
23. A. use B. spirit C. life D. hope
24. A. trust B. sadness C. betrayal D. affection
25. A. approval B. opposition C. option D. dilemma
26. A. wins B. rejects C. requires D. withdraws
27. A. space B. time C. company D. nutrition
28. A. since B. for C. yet D. so
29. A. benefits B. chances C. location D. appearance
30. A. piling up B. speeding up C. keeping up D. mixing up
31. A. wish B. intend C. allow D. expect
32. A. in place B. in order C. in decline D. in question
33. A. even B. still C. ever D. once
34. A. short of B. sick of C. free of D. full of
35. A. glory B. function C. impact D. balance
【答案】16. B 17. C 18. D 19. A 20. C 21. C 22. B 23. A 24. D 25. B 26. A 27. A 28. D 29. B 30. A 31. D 32. C 33. B 34. C 35. D
【解析】
这是一篇议论文。作者写树木给人带来的好处，和自己买下一块萨默塞特林地种树，种树的目的就是维持人与自然的平衡。
【16题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：当我写我在恢复萨默塞特购买的那片土地时，我被问道：种这些树是为了什么？A. replacing替代；B. restoring恢复；C. recycling回收利用；D. returning归还。根据最后一句And tree-planting has done wonders for restoring my balance town and country，得知作者种树是为了恢复土地，故选B。
【17题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：不是只有我一个人有这种想法。A. rich富有的；B. weak虚弱的；C. alone独自的；D. social社会的。空格后引用了 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。
【18题详解】
考查动词短语辨析。句意：随着年龄增长，我唯一渴望的就是种树。A. apply for申请；B. wait for等待；C. make for有助于；D. long for渴望。作者唯一渴望的就是种树，故选D。
【19题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：Prince Charles在他参演的BBC纪录片里面说到“我开始变老。我所想的就是种树”。A. filmed拍摄；B. tracked追踪；C. reflected反射；D. discovered发现。根据 documentary(纪录片)可知选 filmed。故选A。
【20题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：这有成熟美丽的大树。A. holy神圣的；B. young年轻的；C. mature成熟的；D. mysterious神秘的。空格后面一句写到这些树被种或者自己成长在几年以前或者是几个世纪前，因而推测出我们村庄的这些树是成熟的(mature)，故选C。
【21题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：我们认为这些树是理所当然的，忽视了生活在其中的其他生物，忽视了树给我们带来的净化空气等等的好处砍下树木另作他用。A. raise上升；B. watch看；C. ignore忽略；D. abuse滥用。空格后有 Ignorance,所以这里选择 Ignore。故选C。
【22题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：忽视了树给我们带来的净化空气等等的好处砍下树木另作他用。A. honor荣誉；B. good好处；C. credit信用；D. justice正义。空格后有 clean the air(净化空气)等好处,所以选择good赞扬树木。故选B。
【23题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：忽视了生活在其中的其他生物，忽视了树给我们带来的净化空气等等的好处砍下树木另作他用。A. use用途；B. spirit精神；C. life生活；D. hope希望。人们忽视树木的好处，为了新的用途而砍树，故选A。
【24题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：我们对树木有喜爱之情。A. trust信任；B. sadness悲伤；C. betrayal背叛；D. affection喜爱。根据上文yet表示转折，上文写我们忽视了树木给我们带来的好处，砍伐他们，然而我们内心对树木还是有喜爱之情的。故选D。
【25题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：这可以解释政府在2010年试图卖掉公有树木时遭遇了反对，因为获得了广泛的支持，。A. approval支持；B. opposition反对；C. option选择；D. dilemma困境。 Woodland Trust(树木保护组织)获胜了。上文是公众喜爱树木,所以应该是反对政府卖树的。故选B。
【26题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：树木保护组织赢了。A. wins赢；B. rejects拒绝；C. requires要求；D. withdraws撤退。因为获得了 wide support所以 Woodland Trust(树木保护组织)赢了。故选A。
【27题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：树木生长需要空间。A. space空间；B. time 时间；C. company公司；D. nutrition营养。,我在1999年买下萨默塞特林地的原因是树木需要空间。故选A。
【28题详解】
考查连接词辨析。句意：当时，气候变化已经得到了很好的证明，所以我种植长寿橡树和松树的希望逐渐变成了焦虑。。A. since自从；B. for因为；C. yet但是；D. so因此。前后是因果关系。故选D。
【29题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：当时，气候变化已经得到了很好的证明，所以我种植长寿橡树和松树的希望逐渐变成了焦虑。。A. benefits益处；B. chances机会；C. location位置；D. appearance外表。气候变化已被证实,所以我对树木是否有生长机会的忧虑。故选B。
【30题详解】
考查动词短语辨析。句意：狂风、干旱、洪水共同抵抗他们。。A. piling up堆积；B. speeding up加速；C. keeping up 保持；D. mixing up混合。这里讲到影响树木生长的阻碍。故选A。
【31题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：但是我没预料到事态发展的如此之快。A. wish祈求；B. intend打算；C. allow允许；D. expect期待；预料。因为林地目前很好，但新树苗在疯长。故选D。
【32题详解】
考查介词短语辨析。句意：生物的数量在减少。A. in place适当的；B. in order整齐；C. in decline下降；D. in question考虑中的。上文提到树木在疯长，用but转折可知 creatures的数量应该在减少(in decline)。故选C。
【33题详解】
考查副词辨析。句意：蚂蚁和蝴蝶仍然有，但是数量减少了。A. even甚至；B. still仍然；C. ever曾经；D. once一旦。,根据减少得知前面是虽然still存在。故选B。
【34题详解】
考查形容词短语辨析。句意：我们如何让这片土地上的生物摆脱杀虫剂呢？。A. short of缺乏；B. sick of厌恶；C. free of摆脱；D. full of充满。杀虫剂阻碍生物生长，要摆脱它们。故选C。
【35题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：我们要给自然机会去维持自身的均衡。A. glory荣誉；B. function功能；C. impact影响；D. balance平衡。我们要给自然机会去维持自身的均衡,和最后一句 restore my balance呼应。故选D。
