Question

【題目】 I became a gardener when I was twelve. My early desire of gardening was not because of my love for nature. It was to make my parents rather angry.

At that time. we had a big yard in which a beautiful maple tree stood. But my mother often looked at this work of natural art _____. Those golden leaves seemed like tons of rubbish to her, "Something else to clean up!" Seeing the neighbours busy with gardening, my father even though it a waste of time.

At that age, I always did something ____ to whatever my parents did! If gardening was something they found boring, I would plant a garden!

I planted some lily seeds in the yard. But they ____ to come up. I continued to plant sunflower seeds and roses. To my joy, I found the first rose bloom. One by one, the flowers bloomed their heads off. Finally, I was touched by this land of wonder.

_____, my parents showed no interest in my garden. My father even shouted at me because he found it was troublesome to move around my garden to the driveway. To my mother's displeasure, I put in her vase my real roses which, in her eyes, were simply weeds rather than flowers.

Although they disliked the garden, I kept on planting my garden and continued to enjoy the pleasure of gardening. Plants make such good ____: they breathe, they bloom, they respond to care and love.

It has been many years since I made my garden out of my desire to challenge my parent. Today I become known as Ms. Green Thumbs, teaching gardening and hosting a gardening show, which makes my parents feel very ____. And now I could say it is my love for nature that makes me a real gardener.

【1】A. excitedlyB. politelyC. correctlyD. unhappily

【2】A. oppositeB. similarC. equalD. super

【3】A. beganB. failedC. rememberedD. pretended

【4】A. BesidesB. ThereforeC. HoweverD. Instead

【5】A. findsB. teachersC. soldiersD. workers

【6】A. disappointedB. comfortableC. strangeD. proud

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】A

【3】B

【4】C

【5】A

【6】D

【解析】

文章大意：作者小時候出于反叛心理，在院子里種花，結(jié)果最終喜歡了園藝，后來作者在這方面做出了成績，成為一名真正的園藝師，使當初持反對意見的父母為之倍感自豪。

【1】句意：但我母親經(jīng)常不高興地看著這件自然藝術(shù)作品。A.激動地；B.禮貌地；C.正確地；D.不愉快地。根據(jù)句意可知，根據(jù)句首but可知，此空應(yīng)填unhappily。故選D。

【2】句意：在那個年齡，我總是做一些與我父母做的相反的事情！A.對立面的；B.相似的；C平.等的；D.超級的。根據(jù)句意可知，此空是對立的意思，此空故填opposite，故選A。

【3】句意：我在院子里種了些百合種子。但他們沒能上來。A.開始；B.失�。�C.記得；D.假裝。根據(jù)句意可知，此空是失敗的意思，此空故填failed，故選B。

【4】句意：然而，我的父母對我的花園不感興趣。A.除了；B.所以；C.但是；D.相反。根據(jù)句意可知，此空是表示轉(zhuǎn)折，然而; 可是的意思，此空故填However，故選C。

【5】句意：植物能做出如此好的發(fā)現(xiàn)：它們呼吸，開花，它們對關(guān)心和愛做出反應(yīng)。A.找到；B.教師；C.士兵；D.工人。根據(jù)句意可知，此空是發(fā)現(xiàn)的意思，此空故填finds故選A。

【6】句意：今天我成了格林大拇指女士，教園藝，主持一個園藝表演，這讓我的父母感到非常自豪。根據(jù)句意可知，此空應(yīng)填形容詞作表語，此空是自豪的意思，此空故填proud,故選D。

完型填空，考查學(xué)生們在具體語境中運用語言的能力，綜合性較強。做題時，應(yīng)先通讀短文，了解大意；然后根據(jù)上下文語境的提示做題，先易后難，注意辨析選項中的單詞的意思和用法，并注意空前后的搭配；最后應(yīng)再讀一遍短文，檢查答案。