Question

    I have five children, so our house is always noisy. Luckily, I love gardening and my garden helps me _______. For a long time, I _________ the garden of peace and quiet. When the children followed me into the garden, I would _________ them to be out of sight. And I would hand out tasks.

“Here: you water the onions, you dig the holes, and ...” Soon they would be hot or their arms would be sore, and they would leave me to myself.

But during a recent spring, _______ I was working in the garden, my 13-year-old son, Josiah noticed me. He ___________ a tool and began helping working as a team, we finished the job in no time at all. I thanked Josiah, realizing that I’d enjoyed working with him.

The same thing happened — one or two of the _______ would appear and join in the gardening from time to time. Each time, I would feel surprised that the work was _______because of their help.

One day, when I was picking the peas(豌豆) and having a taste _______, Abby saw me and ran over. I put several peas into her mouth. She just loved _______ delicious they were.

“Mama, I want the others to try them too.”

Suddenly, I realized I had been wrong for long. I tried to keep the ________ of gardening to myself, and here was a child who couldn’t wait to share with others. “Sure, honey, let’s pick some.”

Now I enjoy all of the garden’s beauty with the children. We bring the fruits back home, preparing and cooking the produce(农产品) together, because we know that everything is better when shared.

根据短文内容选择最佳答案

1.A.relaxed B.relaxing C.relax

2.A.protected B.refused C.described

3.A.hope B.expect C.think

4.A.if B.unless C.while

5.A.picked up B.pointed at C.looked after

6.A.neighbors B.friends C.children

7.A.heavier B.easy C.lighter

8.A.lonely B.alone C.hardly

9.A.what B.that C.how

10.A.tradition B.happiness C.standard

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.C

5.A

6.C

7.C

8.B

9.C

10.B

【解析】

短文讲述的是一个爱园艺的母亲总是一个人享受，后来被自己孩子想要与其他人分享而启发，应该一起享受种地和农产品。

1.句意：幸运的是，我喜欢园艺，我的花园帮助我放松。

考查动词，relaxed放松的，形容词；relaxing令人放松的，形容词；relax放松，动词；再联系句子，这里应该是help sb. do sth.帮助某人做某事，这里应该是帮助我放松，应该用动词，故选C。

2.句意：长久以来，我保护着宁静祥和的花园。

考查动词，protected保护；refused拒绝；described描述；根据上文，这个花园使我能够放松，所以我保护着这片宁静，故选A。

3.句意：当孩子们进入花园，我想让他们离开我的视线。

考查动词，hope希望；expect期望；think思考；联系上下文，作者一直想要守护花园的宁静，每次孩子跟着她进入花园，她就给孩子们安排任务，所以应该是期望他们离开作者的视线，故选B。

4.句意：但是在最近的一个春天，当我在花园干活的时候，我的13岁的儿子Jasiah注意到我了。

考查连接词，if如果；unless除非；while当……时候；根据前后的逻辑关系，从句中的进行时态was working，可知表示当……时候，故选C。

5.句意：他拾起一个工具开始帮忙。就像一个团队一样，我们很快就把活干完了。

考查动词，picked up拾起；pointed at指着；looked after照看；根据“tool工具”，可知这里的动作应该是拾起工具，故选A。

6.句意：同样的事情发生了，有一两个孩子会时不时地会加入园艺工作。

考查名词，neighbors邻居；friends朋友；children孩子；根据前文叙述可知Jasiah的行为带动了其他孩子也来帮忙，故选C。

7.句意：每一次我都会感到惊讶，因为他们的帮忙而变得很轻松。

考查形容词，heavier沉重的；easy简单的；lighter明亮的，更轻的；联系句子，我会感到惊讶，应该是因为他们帮忙，这些活能很快就干完，所以应该是变得更轻松，故选C。

8.句意：一天，当我正在摘豌豆，正一个人品尝的时候，艾比看见了，跑了过来。

考查副词， lonely孤独的，形容词；alone独自，副词；hardly几乎不；联系上下文，可知是作者一个人在摘豌豆，并且品尝，再观察句子，这里应该用副词修饰动词，故选B。

9.句意：她正好喜欢它们的美味。

考查感叹句，what什么；that那个；how怎样；观察句子，这里应该是一个感叹句，这里应该是how+形容词+主语+谓语，另一种是what+a/an+形容词+名词+主语+谓语，故选C。

10.句意：我努力把园艺的快乐留给自己，但是这里有一个迫不及待想和别人分享的孩子。

考查名词，tradition传统；happiness快乐，幸福；standard标准；联系上下文，花园给她带来了幸福与快乐，在花园她很享受。故选B。