Question

【題目】 There is always something unexpected in our life. I find it humorous sometimes that even the most ordinary thing can have an _______ on us.

My wife, daughter, and I moved into our home nine years ago and we _______ a lot of time and energy working in the yard to get it look like what it does today. We called this area our "rock garden" because there were so many rocks. We did the best we could to make the yard _______. Then, we started to grow plants and flowers and _______ them carefully.

Last summer I walked to the end of the rock garden and found a tiny little plant that I could not immediately tell what it was. I knew I didn't plant it and Denise said that she didn't _______. We decided to let it continue growing until we could _______ what it was.

Weeks passed and as I made my way back to the mystery (神秘的) plant, I found it grow taller. It appeared to be a Sunflower. As I pulled rocks from the area, I noticed something _______. The Sunflower didn't start where I saw the stalk (莖) begin. It actually began under a big rock and grew under and around it to _______ the sun.

Suddenly I realized something. "_______ a tiny little Sunflower has the ability of overcoming a big rock standing in its way of developing, we also have the ability of doing the same thing. "Like the Sunflower, it knew it had the ability to overcome difficulties.

Stand tall like the Sunflower and take ________in who and what you are and the environment will begin to support you. You will find a way to go under or around big difficulties in order to achieve your goal.

【1】A.ideaB.opinionC.experienceD.influence

【2】A.spentB.paidC.tookD.cost

【3】A.uncleanB.tidyC.messyD.dirty

【4】A.looked forB.looked afterC.looked throughD.looked over

【5】A.tooB.alsoC.eitherD.so

【6】A.find outB.look outC.put outD.try out

【7】A.interestingB.enjoyableC.ordinaryD.unusual

【8】A.holdB.reachC.catchD.have

【9】A.BecauseB.AlthoughC.IfD.But

【10】A.praiseB.prideC.attentionD.advice

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】A

【3】B

【4】B

【5】C

【6】A

【7】D

【8】B

【9】C

【10】B

【解析】

本文講述了作者通過觀察一株小小向日葵的生長經(jīng)歷感悟到：我們要像向日葵一樣，雖然渺小，但是站得高，不斷努力，最終才能獲得成功。

【1】

句意：有時我覺得很幽默，即使是最普通的事情也能對我們產(chǎn)生影響。

考查名詞辨析。idea主意；opinion觀點；experience經(jīng)驗，經(jīng)歷；influence影響。根據(jù)句意和空前后的搭配可知，這里用“對……有影響”have an influence on…，故選D。

【2】

句意：九年前，我和妻子、女兒搬進(jìn)我們現(xiàn)在的家。我們花了很多時間和精力在院子里打理，讓它看起來像今天這樣。

考查動詞辨析。spent花費，常用搭配spend … on sth/(in) doing sth；paid支付，常用搭配pay for；took花費，常用句型“做某事花費某人多長時間”It takes sb some time to do sth；cost花費，物作主語。根據(jù)句意和空后working可知，這里用spend … doing sth，故選A。

【3】

句意：我們盡了最大的努力使院子整潔。

考查形容詞辨析。unclean不干凈的；tidy整潔的；messy凌亂的；dirty臟的。根據(jù)句意和空前“We did the best we could…”可知，我們盡力讓院子整潔，故選B。

【4】

句意：然后，我們開始栽培植物和花，并仔細(xì)地照顧它們。

考查動詞短語辨析。looked for尋找；looked after照顧；looked through瀏覽；looked over仔細(xì)檢查。根據(jù)句意和常識可知，種植好花草后，接下來就是照顧花草了，故選B。

【5】

句意：我知道我沒有種，丹尼斯說她也沒有。

考查副詞辨析。too也，肯定句句末；also也，肯定句句中；either也，用于否定句；so如此，這么（副詞）。根據(jù)句意可知，這里用“也”；這句話是否定句，所以用either，故選C。

【6】

句意：我們決定讓它繼續(xù)生長，直到我們可以弄清楚它是什么。

考查動詞短語辨析。find out查明；look out向外看，小心；put out撲滅；try out嘗試。根據(jù)句意，結(jié)合語境可知，作者和他妻子都不知道這株植物是什么，所以決定讓其生長，直到能夠弄明白是什么，故選A。

【7】

句意：我注意到一些不尋常的事情。

考查形容詞辨析。interesting有趣的；enjoyable令人愉快的；ordinary普通的；unusual不尋常的。根據(jù)下一句“The Sunflower didn't start where I saw the stalk (莖) begin.”可知這株向日葵不是從作者看到的莖開始的地方生長的，所以顯得不同尋常，故選D。

【8】

句意：實際上，它是從一塊大石頭下面開始，然后在石頭下面和周圍生長，以獲得陽光。

考查動詞辨析。hold持有；reach達(dá)到；catch抓�。�have擁有。根據(jù)常識可知，這株植物是向日葵，所以朝著太陽生長，reach the sun是指朝著太陽的方向從而能獲取陽光，故選B。

【9】

句意：如果一棵小小的向日葵有能力克服阻礙它發(fā)展的大石頭，那我們也有能力做同樣的事。

考查連詞辨析。Because因為；Although盡管；If如果；But但是。根據(jù)句意，結(jié)合語境可知，這里用連詞if“如果”來引導(dǎo)條件狀語從句，故選C。

【10】

句意：像向日葵一樣昂首挺胸，為自己感到自豪，這樣環(huán)境都會開始支持你。

考查名詞辨析。praise贊揚；pride自豪；attention注意力；advice建議。根據(jù)句意和空前后的搭配可知，這里用短語“以……為自豪”take pride in，故選B。