Question

【題目】 I’m about to begin my fifth season of tree planting. Each year, around this time, I have mixed feelings about the job. Never have I loved a job so much while hating it with equal measure. I mainly plant trees on the coast of British Columbia and get paid about 35 cents a tree. The job can be profitable. It gives planters the opportunity to lead a roaming (漫游的) lifestyle, with a temporary duty to spend a few months filling their bank accounts. But there are many challenges.

In the early hours of the morning, we join our teams and travel along rough roads deep into the woodlands. When stepping out of the trucks, often in the pouring rain, we’re faced with a steep chunk of land that’s just been logged (砍伐). I step into the rain and fill my bags with hundreds of tiny trees. Experienced tree-planters treat this more like a sport than a job, thus lighting up the mood.

Once our bags are full, we immediately charge up that hillside before feeling reluctant to go. We jump from log to log, and if they roll out from under our feet, we grab onto whatever within reach and swing around like monkeys. We push through stinging bushes. We stumble and fall constantly, always pushing ourselves to go faster among groups of insects that we often breathe in.

While tree planting, I come across someone else, a self I thought I knew. It is a person I try to come to peace with on those hillsides, during those strange days of isolation (隔絕) and deep thinking.

Tree planting is a lab of self-examination and growth, where you face the worst and the best in your nature and push yourself as hard as you can. And, a new version of yourself awaits at the end of the experience.

【1】Which of the following is true about the writer’s job?

A.It is a bittersweet job to some degree.

B.He works 12 months a year.

C.He can make a fortune with this job.

D.He is stuck in a place all year round.

【2】What challenges will they meet when planting trees?

A.They feel reluctant to collect tiny trees.

B.Workers’ mood needs to be lighted up on the truck.

C.They will have to help each other when planting trees.

D.The conditions are really tough on the hillside.

【3】In what way has the writer benefited most by planting trees?

A.He has smoothed away many difficulties.

B.He has discovered a whole new himself.

C.He has developed tree-planting skills.

D.He has gained lifelong friendship.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】D

【3】B

【解析】

這是一篇夾敘夾議的文章。文章主要講述了作者每年都會(huì)參與植樹，這份工作給他帶來了收益，可過程中又有不少挑戰(zhàn)。這一經(jīng)歷更帶給了他寶貴的精神財(cái)富，發(fā)現(xiàn)了一個(gè)不一樣的自己。

【1】

細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第一段內(nèi)容“Never have I loved a job so much while hating it with equal measure.”可知，在作者看來，他從來沒有像現(xiàn)在這樣熱愛一份工作，同時(shí)又對它深惡痛絕過。且后文提及“The job can be profitable”和“But there are many challenges.”可知，植樹雖然能獲取收益，但是也有不少的挑戰(zhàn)，所以是一份苦樂參半的工作。故選A項(xiàng)。

【2】

細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第二段內(nèi)容“In the early hours of the morning, we join our teams and travel along rough roads deep into the woodlands. When stepping out of the trucks, often in the pouring rain, we’re faced with a steep chunk of land that’s just been logged.( 在清晨的幾個(gè)小時(shí)，我們加入我們的隊(duì)伍，沿著崎嶇的道路進(jìn)入森林深處。當(dāng)我們在傾盆大雨中走出卡車時(shí)，我們面對的是一片剛剛被砍伐的陡峭土地。)”以及文章第三段內(nèi)容“We push through stinging bushes. We stumble and fall constantly, always pushing ourselves to go faster among groups of insects that we often breathe in.( 我們穿過刺痛的灌木叢。我們不斷地跌倒，在我們經(jīng)常吸入的昆蟲群中，我們總是迫使自己走得更快。)”可知，從早起乘車沿著崎嶇不平的路趕往林地，下車之后常常遭遇傾盆大雨，到帶刺的灌木叢以及會(huì)被吸入鼻中的昆蟲，都說明了條件的艱苦。故選D項(xiàng)。

【3】

細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章最后一段內(nèi)容“Tree planting is a lab of self-examination and growth, where you face the worst and the best in your nature and push yourself as hard as you can. And, a new version of yourself awaits at the end of the experience.( 植樹是自我反省和成長的實(shí)驗(yàn)室，在這里，你要面對自己本性中最壞的和最好的，并盡你所能推動(dòng)自己。而且，在體驗(yàn)結(jié)束時(shí)，等待你的是一個(gè)全新的自己。)”可知，作者認(rèn)為植樹最佳益處在于可以探索新的自我。故選B項(xiàng)。

英語閱讀判斷正誤技巧

由于判斷題的特殊性，很多時(shí)候不能定位到某一段，只能從選項(xiàng)出發(fā)，需要將各個(gè)選項(xiàng)定位到句，然后對比原文，進(jìn)行判斷。比如文章第1小題：

1. Which of the following is true about the writer’s job?

A. It is a bittersweet job to some degree.

B. He works 12 months a year.

C. He can make a fortune with this job.

D. He is stuck in a place all year round.

解讀題干關(guān)鍵詞“true”，屬于正誤判斷題。因此將各個(gè)選項(xiàng)定位到句，然后對比原文，進(jìn)行判斷。

根據(jù)第一段提及“The job can be profitable”和“But there are many challenges.”可知，植樹雖然能獲取收益，但是也有不少的挑戰(zhàn)，所以是一份苦樂參半的工作。A項(xiàng)“It is a bittersweet job to some degree.( 在某種程度上，這是一份苦樂參半的工作。)”描述正確。

根據(jù)第一段“with a temporary duty to spend a few months filling their bank accounts.”可知，種樹工作要花幾個(gè)月的時(shí)間，而非一年的時(shí)間，選項(xiàng)B“He works 12 months a year.( 他一年工作12個(gè)月。)”與原文表達(dá)信息不一致，所以B項(xiàng)錯(cuò)誤。

根據(jù)第一段“I mainly plant trees on the coast of British Columbiaand get paid between 25 and 45 cents a tree.”可知砍樹雖然能獲取收益，但是收入并不高，C項(xiàng)“He can make a fortune with this job.( 他可以靠這份工作發(fā)財(cái)。)”中make a fortune意為“發(fā)財(cái)（make a large amount of money）”與原文信息不符，所以C項(xiàng)錯(cuò)誤。

根據(jù)第一段“I mainly plant trees on the coast of British Columbia and get paid about 35 cents a tree.”可知，作者主要在不列顛哥倫比亞省海岸種樹，并非駐扎在一個(gè)地方。選項(xiàng)D“He is stuck in a place all year round.( 他一年到頭都被困在一個(gè)地方。)”與原文表達(dá)不一致，D項(xiàng)錯(cuò)誤。