Question

A mother planted many kinds of vegetables in her garden. One day, she said to her 31________, “Betty, come here. Look at all these little yellow marks on the 32________ of the cabbages. They are eggs of a kind of insect(虫子). They are very beautiful but very bad for cabbages. This afternoon you must 33________ all the eggs on the leaves and kill them. In this way, you will help us have 34________, greener and bigger cabbages.”

   Betty didn’t think she could do it 35________ and in the end she forgot all about it. The mother fell ill for a few days and 36________ work in her garden. When she was well, she took Betty with her to the garden to see the cabbages. To 37________ surprise, the insects had eaten every leaf. When Betty saw this, she began to 38________. Then her mother said to her, “We should never put off what we have to do today till 39________. And you must learn to deal with the bad things while they are small, 40________ it will turn into a big problem.

1. A son  B. mother   C daughter 

2.A tress   B. leaves   C. grass

3. A find   B. eat   C. fly

4. A worse   B better   C thinner

5.A at most   B at last   C at once

6.A must   B couldn’t   C need

7.A my   B their   C his

8. A cry   B wait   C run

9.A yesterday   B today   C tomorrow

10.A. but       B. or      C. and

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.A

4.B

5.C

6.B

7.B

8.A

9.C

10.B

【解析】【主旨大意】本文叙述了一位母亲让她的女儿消灭菜园里害虫，但是这个女孩却忘记了，结构害虫把菜叶都吃光了。这位母亲便教育她的女儿，今天事情不能推到明天，小问题不早处理，将来会成为大麻烦的。

1.通过mother和Betty可以推测二者是母女关系，故答案为C。

2.通过下文中的“all the eggs on the leaves”可知这些虫卵在叶子上。

3.根据下文中的kill them，可知应该是先发现它们，再杀死，故答案为A。

4.根据句意“通过这种方法，你就能帮助我们拥有更好、更绿、更大的蔬菜。”可知答案为B。

5.从句意理解可知她并没有立刻去做这件事，而后来把这件事给忘记了。

6.从前面句子可以推知，母亲病了，没能到她的花园里干活，故答案为B。

7.固定短语to one’s surprise“使某人惊讶的是”。

8.有短文可知，Betty看到自己犯错误的这种情况，是哭了，而不是等待或逃跑。故答案为A。

9.句意：我们永远不要把今天该做的事情推到明天。故答案为C。

10.句意：在它们还是小事时，你必须学会出来好这些不利的东西，否则它们会成为大麻烦的。or在此句中翻译为“否则”。