Question

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For years I wanted a flower garden. I would spend hours_ _1___ of different things I could plant that would look nice together.

But then we had children, five children! I was too busy  _2____ care of them to grow a garden.

Money was always_3____ . When my children were _4____, one of them would want something that cost too much, and I’d get annoyed and say, “ Do you see a money tree outside? Money doesn’t grow on__5___, you know.”

Finally, all five got through college and were off on their own. I started thinking again about having a __6_____.

I wasn’t sure, though. I mean, gardens do cost money.

Then, one spring morning, _7____ Mother’s Day, I was working in my kitchen. __8____, I heard a car come. I looked out of the window and there was a new tree, planted right _9____ the yard.

There was a money tree in my yard! There were dollar bills, one hundred of them, all over that tree.

That was three years ago. My garden is now very pretty, just the way I wanted. I __10___ what my children did for me, and then I get tears in my eyes every time.

1. A. to think       B. think             C. thought            D. thinking

2. A. taking       B. to take            C. taken               D. took

3. A. short          B. long             C. enough             D. large

4. A. few          B. a few             C. little              D. a little

5. A. houses         B. trees            C. lands               D. fields

6. A. tree           B. garden             C. window            D. kitchen

7. A. in             B. for               C. on                 D. at

8. A. Luckily         B. Unluckily         C. Certainly        D. Suddenly

9. A. in            B. in front of         C. behind               D. near

10. A. think of      B. think about        C. think up          D. think over

Answer

1. D

2. A

3. A

4. C

5. B

6. B

7. C

8. D

9. A

10. B

【解析】

1.spend 的用法。spend+v.ing

2.busy的用法。be busy doing

3.short可表示“短缺”。根据文章内容。

4.little表示“小”。根据文章内容。

5.tree表示“树木”。根据文章内容。

6.garden 表示“花园”。根据文章内容。

7.考查介词。节日前用on.

8.suddenly 表示“突然”。根据上下文。

9.考查介词。“在……里面”用in.

10.考查动词短语的辨析。根据句意应理解为“当我想起孩子们为我所做的事情时”，think about“想起（过去发生的事）” ,think of “想起，认为”,think up“想出”, think over“仔细考虑”。