Question

【題目】 Gardening is an activity where you have to get your hands dirty. I know how to do this_________ my grandparents. My grandfather loved gardening. After his arrival in Canada before World War II, Ya Ya opened a small restaurant while my _____________, Yang Yang, didn’t speak any English.

My grandfather took great pride in growing peas, carrots, which he used in home cooking. The entire backyard was devoted to his plants. I would walk in the garden, looking _______________ to the bean stalks (竿) high above my 7-year-old body.

A few years later, my grandfather grew ill. When he died, I was _______________ to see my grandmother pulled up most of the remaining plants. Still only a child, I asked my cousin _________Grandma had dug up Grandpa’s plants. She told me that the garden reminded her of my grandfather.

Years passed, and soon my grandmother was bent-over with age. My father moved her to be closer to our family, which meant taking her away from her home and from the remains of the garden. Shortly after the move, she telephoned my father, and I could hear her _________ shouting in Chinese, asking why he had moved her so far away from her life.

One evening, Grandma told me to _______ her to the backyard. There, in a small patch (塊)of soil beside the garage, was a row of Chinese spinach (菠菜). She was gardening at 92.

I now have a house and family of my own. Last _______________ my tomato plant gave us some grape sized fruits by August’s end. I often think back to my grandfather’s garden. And I think about how my grandmother started gardening over again in a new city, far from her first home in Canada, and even further from _____________ .

We all must start somewhere, and sometimes we must start again. And sometimes, starting again ______________ means allowing new roots to grow.

【1】A.instead ofB.because ofC.according ofD.belong to

【2】A.motherB.fatherC.grandmotherD.grandfather

【3】A.upB.downC.backD.out

【4】A.worriedB.excitedC.surprisedD.tired

【5】A.whatB.howC.whereD.why

【6】A.sadlyB.happilyC.peacefullyD.proudly

【7】A.inviteB.followC.carryD.show

【8】A.springB.summerC.autumnD.winter

【9】A.AmericaB.EnglandC.ChinaD.Japan

【10】A.nearlyB.hardlyC.speciallyD.simply

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】A

【4】C

【5】D

【6】A

【7】B

【8】B

【9】C

【10】D

【解析】

這是一篇記敘文，文章講述祖父母的花園給作者的回憶和對(duì)他的影響。祖父在花園種植植物，他去世之后，祖母因?yàn)榛▓@會(huì)讓她想起祖父，把花園里的祖父的植物都拔起來了。祖母年紀(jì)大的時(shí)候，父親將她搬到離她自己的家更遠(yuǎn)的地方，她很傷心沖父親大叫。后來作者發(fā)現(xiàn)她在后院里又種起了菠菜。作者現(xiàn)在有了自己的房子和家庭，他也開始種植物。

【1】

句意：由于我的祖父母，我知道怎樣做這件事。

instead of而不是；because of因?yàn)椋?/span>according of根據(jù)；belong to屬于。此處表示原因，用短語because of。故選B。

【2】

句意：當(dāng)他在二戰(zhàn)前到達(dá)加拿大，祖父開了一個(gè)小餐館，而我的祖母，不會(huì)說英語。

mother母親；father父親；grandmother祖母；grandfather祖父。根據(jù)“my grandparents”可知前一句講述祖父，此處講述祖母grandmother。故選C。

【3】

句意：我在花園里走路，向上看高過七歲男孩身體的豆竿。

up向上；down向下；back回來；out外面。根據(jù)“high above my 7-year-old body”可知此處是向上看。故選A。

【4】

句意：當(dāng)他去世時(shí)，我吃驚的看到我祖母把剩下的植物大多數(shù)都拔起來了。

worried擔(dān)心的；excited興奮的；surprised吃驚的；tired疲勞的。根據(jù)“see my grandmother pulled up most of the remaining plants”我看到祖母把剩下的植物大多數(shù)都拔起來了感到很吃驚，用形容詞surprised。故選C。

【5】

句意：仍然只是一個(gè)孩子，我問我表姐為什么祖母把祖父的植物挖出來。

what什么；how怎樣；where哪兒；why為什么。根據(jù)“She told me that the garden reminded her of my grandfather”可知此處用why表示“為什么”。故選D。

【6】

句意：她打電話給我父親，我能聽到她用漢語傷心地大叫，問為什么父親把她移到離她生活這么遠(yuǎn)的地方。

sadly傷心地；happily開心地；peacefully和平地；proudly自豪地。根據(jù)“taking her away from her home and from the remains of the garden”可知父親把她移到離她的家和花園較遠(yuǎn)的地方，根據(jù)“shouting in Chinese”可知祖母很傷心。故選A。

【7】

句意：一天傍晚，祖母叫我跟著她去后院。

invite邀請(qǐng)；follow跟隨；carry搬運(yùn)；show展示。此處指的是叫我隨著她去后院，用動(dòng)詞follow。故選B。

【8】

句意：去年夏天，我的西紅柿植物在八月底的時(shí)候給我們一些葡萄大小的水果。

spring春天；summer夏天；autumn秋天；winter冬天。根據(jù)“tomato”及 “by August’s end”可知此處指的是西紅柿夏天結(jié)果實(shí)。故選B。

【9】

句意：我想起我的祖母怎樣開始在一個(gè)新的城市又一次開始打理花園，那個(gè)城市遠(yuǎn)離她的加拿大的第一個(gè)家，而且甚至離中國更遠(yuǎn)。

America美國；England英國；China中國；Japan日本。根據(jù)“shouting in Chinese”可知祖母是從中國去的加拿大。故選C。

【10】

句意：有時(shí)候，重新開始僅僅意味著允許新的根開始生長。

nearly接近；hardly幾乎不；specially特別地；simply簡(jiǎn)單地，僅僅。根據(jù)“We all must start somewhere, and sometimes we must start again”我們必須在某處開始，有時(shí)必須重新開始；以及“allowing new roots to grow”允許新的根開始成長；此處用副詞simply做修飾，表示“只是，僅僅”。故選D。