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A man，a woman and a child are telling a tree their troubles.
“How can I do what others say，” asked the child，“and 1 be me？”“Look at me，” said the tree.“I 2 in the wind，move downwards in the rain，yet I always 3 myself，a tree.”
The man said，“I can't 4 my life.”“Look at me，” said the tree.“I change every 5 from green to brown to green again，from shoots to flowers to 6 leaves.Yet I always remain myself，a tree.”
“I can't love any more，” said the woman.“With my love，I have 7 all that I have.”“Look at me，” said the tree.“There are birds in my 8 ，moss(苔藓)and ladybugs 9 on my bark(树皮)．They may take what I 10 ，but not what I am.”
Whether we know it or not，we are like the tree.Only our pride hangs on to a 11 sense of self，wanting to keep everything，refusing to 12 advice or spiritual direction.
What we do doesn't matter；how we do it is what 13 .Change and growth is as 14 as the sun coming up every morning and sinking every night. 15 what is inside you and listen to what your 16 tells you.Why not just for today， 17 once more to a place that exists outside yourself without your own or others' 18 ？
We can easily 19 a child who is afraid of the dark；but the real tragedy (悲剧)of life is that men are afraid of the 20 .
【语篇解读】 本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。一个男人、一个女人和一个孩子分别向一棵大树述说自己的疑难，大树以自己的经验一一作答，教他们怎么做人、怎样生活。
1．A.already B．thus
C．still D．instead
C [根据下文大树对小孩问题的回答，即保留自己的本色可知，此处小孩向大树提问的是“我怎样才能既听从别人的话，又仍然还是我自己”，故still在此符合语境。]
2．A.tremble B．bend
C．wave D．fight
B [“我”在风中折腰(bend)，在雨里低垂，但是“我”一直还是自己，“我”仍旧是一棵树。]
3．A.remain B．polish
C．change D．determine
A [参见上题解析。另外，第三段中的“Yet I always remain myself”也是提示。remain“依然”符合语境。polish“润色，擦亮”；change“改变”；determine“决定”。]
4．A.promote B．advance
C．improve D．transform
D [根据下文中的change可知，此处应选择与之含义相近的transform，此处表示这个男人向大树述说自己不能改变生活。]
5．A.time B．season
C．day D．term
B [根据下文中的“from green to brown to green again，from shoots to flowers to leaves”可知，植物会随季节变化而变化，体现了一种自然的变化规律，故选season。]
6．A.rotten B．golden
C．broken D．fallen
D [树随季节变化而变化，主要体现在树叶上——由青葱，变得枯黄，再回到青葱，从发芽到开花再到落叶。fallen leaves“落叶”。rotten“腐烂的”；golden“金黄色的”；broken“损坏的”。]
7. A．given away B．given out
C．taken away D．got through
A [“我”已倾尽所有，不能再爱了。give away“赠送，赠给”，符合语境。give out“分发，公布，发表”；take away“拿走”；get through“通过，度过，完成工作”。]
8．A.roots B．branches
C．spirit D．world
B [根据下文中的“on my bark(树皮)”可知，这里指的是树的具体部位，并根据语境可知，此处指鸟落在树枝上(branches)。]
9．A.relying B．focusing
C．living D．placing
C [苔藓和瓢虫附在树皮上，以树皮为养料。live on“靠吃……维持生命，靠……生活”。]
10．A.bear B．produce
C．have D．desert
C [根据上文提到的鸟在这棵树上栖息，苔藓和瓢虫附在树皮上并以树皮为养料可知，此处想要表达的是它们带走了树所拥有(have)的。故选C项。]
11．A.transparent B．special
C．false D．authentic
C [根据下文提到的想留下所有的东西可知，此处应是指一种错误的(false)自我意识。]
12．A.understand B．evaluate
C．provide D．follow
D [想留下所有的东西，拒绝听从别人的意见或者精神上的指引。follow“遵循，听从”符合语境。]
13．A.cares B．counts
C．helps D．distinguishes
B [我们做什么并不重要，我们怎样去做才是重要的。根据上文中的matter“要紧”可知，count“重要，有价值”符合语境。]
14．A.natural B．fun
C．splendid D．fantastic
A [根据下文中的“as the sun coming up every morning and sinking every night”可知，这里指的是改变与成长对我们来说就像太阳每天都朝升夕落一样正常(natural)。splendid“辉煌的”；fantastic“不可思议的”。]
15．A.Go with B．Go over
C．Look after D．Look up
A [跟着自己的内心走，倾听心灵深处的忠告。go with“陪同；和……一道去”符合语境。go over“复习，检查”；look after“照顾”；look up“向上看，查阅”。]
16．A.dream B．future
C．past D．heart
D [参见上题解析。]
17．A.set out B．put out
C．hold up D．put off
A [根据空后的“to a place”可知，set out“出发，开始”符合语境。put out“熄灭”；hold up“举起，支撑”；put off“推迟，脱掉”。]
18．A.criticism B．test
C．judgement D．applause
C [根据上文中的“ 15 what is inside you...tells you”可知，此处指不用在乎自己或别人的评价(judgement)。]
19．A.forget B．encourage
C．rescue D．forgive
D [我们能轻易地原谅(forgive)一个害怕黑暗的孩子，但人生真正的悲剧却是成人害怕光明。]
20．A.dark B．truth
C．growth D．light
D [根据but可知前后句之间存在转折关系，且根据上文中的“is afraid of the dark”可知，此处应选dark的反义词light。]
