Question

“What’s the matter, mum?” As soon as I enter the door, I find that my mother is   26  . It’s unusual, she usually    27  the door and welcomes me with a smile!

“She’s dying,” mum says sadly. I   28  what she says. The tulip (郁金香), mother’s   29 is dying.

A month ago, we moved   30  our new house and mum bought a very beautiful tulip. Mum liked it very much.   31  she was free, she would sit   32  her armchair beside the tulip and enjoys its beautiful colour   33  inviting smell.

She treated it like a baby and looked after it   34 . She put the tulip by window and moved it from one place to   35 to give the tulip enough sunshine. The first thing she did when she   36  every morning was   37 the tulip, Mum also fertilized (施肥) it many times.

She hoped that with great care, the tulip would become more and more beautiful and   38  . But the tulip was dying   39  too much sunshine, water and fertilizer.

It’s true that mother loved the tulip. But this kind of love can be ___40___.Love can sometimes kill what you love.

1.A. happy      B. unhappy          C. pleased          D. pleasure

2.A. closes     B. opens            C. keeps            D. takes

3.A. know       B. love             C. think            D. find

4.A. favourite  B. hate             C. unlike           D. like

5.A. into       B. around           C. across           D. with

6.A. Though     B. Because          C. After            D. Whenever

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

8.A. but            B. and              C. for              D. or

9.A. happily        B. brightly         C. carefully        D. usually

10.A. other     B. place            C. two places       D. another

11.A. got up        B. made the bed     C. played piano     D. washed her face

12.A. to take       B. to cut           C. to water         D. to pull

13.A. dry           B. strong           C. wet              D. old

14.A. because       B. for              C. since            D. because of

15.A. helpful    B.useful           C. harmful           D.hopeful

Answer

1.B

2.B

3.A

4.A

5.A

6.D

7.B

8.B

9.C

10.D

11.A

12.C

13.B

14.D

15.C

【解析】

1.此题考查形容词，根据语境可知选择B,表示母亲不开心。

2.此题考查动词短语open the door表示开门欢迎。

3.此题考查动词，know表示知道母亲所说的话。

4.此题考查名词，favorite表示最爱。

5.此题考查动词短语move into表示搬进。

6.此题考查副词whenever，表示一有时间，她就去欣赏郁金香。

7.此题考查介词，in表示在座椅里面。

8.此题考查连词，and表示并列。

9.此题考查副词副词，表示细心地，故用carefully。

10.此题考查不定代词，another表示另一个。固定短语from one to another

11.此题考查动词短语get up表示一起床就照顾花。

12.此题考查动词不定式做表语，to water表示浇水。

13.此题考查形容词，根据语境可知选择strong，表示越来越漂亮和强壮。

14.此题考查介词短语，because of引导名词或名词短语，表示因太多的水分，阳光，和养料让郁金香很快的死掉。

15.此题考查形容词，根据语境可知爱有时也是有害的。