二、完形填空(共15小题;每小题1分,满分15分)(2025·江苏宿迁宿豫中学调研)
阅读短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选择最佳选项。
A man was walking through the woods with his axe(斧头) when a small tree called to him. It said, "Hello, friend. Can you 1 those bigger trees? They're stopping the sun. It is so 2 here that I have no room to spread my roots(根). I can't 3 the wind." The little tree held out its tiny leaves. It looked so sad. It 4, "If those trees were gone, I'd be 5 to grow. A year from now, I would be the biggest tree here."

The man thought for a while and then 6. He walked over to the big trees and started cutting them down. Soon he cleared lots of 7 around the small tree. Now it would grow bigger and become the biggest tree in that area.
8, something else happened. The sun's heat came first, burning the small tree, which wasn't used to so much 9. Heavy wind and rain came—10 the bigger trees to protect it, the small tree was hit by the storm. Soon, the tree was 11 dead.
"You've been quite foolish," said a snake that saw 12 happened. "You brought this on yourself. If you'd left the bigger trees 13, the sun and storm wouldn't hurt you so badly. 14, they protected you. If you had just waited longer, you would have grown to be just as 15 as them. You'd be strong. But now, you're dying."
(
B
)1. A. cut in B. cut down C. cut short D. cut out
(
D
)2. A. clean B. noisy C. dark D. crowded
(
A
)3. A. feel B. smell C. taste D. sound
(
C
)4. A. called B. repeated C. continued D. replied
(
C
)5. A. willing B. used C. able D. similar
(
A
)6. A. agreed B. doubted C. shouted D. whispered
(
C
)7. A. air B. water C. space D. soil
(
A
)8. A. However B. Moreover C. Anyway D. Otherwise
(
B
)9. A. moonlight B. sunlight C. rainbow D. fire
(
C
)10. A. with B. except C. without D. opposite
(
B
)11. A. quickly B. nearly C. slowly D. hardly
(
D
)12. A. how B. why C. when D. what
(
B
)13. A. asleep B. alone C. awake D. absent
(
D
)14. A. In all B. In place C. In need D. In fact
(
B
)15. A. thick B. big C. small D. straight