Question

    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 (茎) 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.idea B.opinion C.experience D.influence

2.A.spent B.paid C.took D.cost

3.A.unclean B.tidy C.messy D.dirty

4.A.looked for B.looked after C.looked through D.looked over

5.A.too B.also C.either D.so

6.A.find out B.look out C.put out D.try out

7.A.interesting B.enjoyable C.ordinary D.unusual

8.A.hold B.reach C.catch D.have

9.A.Because B.Although C.If D.But

10.A.praise B.pride C.attention D.advice

Answer

1.D

2.A

3.B

4.B

5.C

6.A

7.D

8.B

9.C

10.B

【解析】

本文讲述了作者通过观察一株小小向日葵的生长经历感悟到：我们要像向日葵一样，虽然渺小，但是站得高，不断努力，最终才能获得成功。

1.

句意：有时我觉得很幽默，即使是最普通的事情也能对我们产生影响。

考查名词辨析。idea主意；opinion观点；experience经验，经历；influence影响。根据句意和空前后的搭配可知，这里用“对……有影响”have an influence on…，故选D。

2.

句意：九年前，我和妻子、女儿搬进我们现在的家。我们花了很多时间和精力在院子里打理，让它看起来像今天这样。

考查动词辨析。spent花费，常用搭配spend … on sth/(in) doing sth；paid支付，常用搭配pay for；took花费，常用句型“做某事花费某人多长时间”It takes sb some time to do sth；cost花费，物作主语。根据句意和空后working可知，这里用spend … doing sth，故选A。

3.

句意：我们尽了最大的努力使院子整洁。

考查形容词辨析。unclean不干净的；tidy整洁的；messy凌乱的；dirty脏的。根据句意和空前“We did the best we could…”可知，我们尽力让院子整洁，故选B。

4.

句意：然后，我们开始栽培植物和花，并仔细地照顾它们。

考查动词短语辨析。looked for寻找；looked after照顾；looked through浏览；looked over仔细检查。根据句意和常识可知，种植好花草后，接下来就是照顾花草了，故选B。

5.

句意：我知道我没有种，丹尼斯说她也没有。

考查副词辨析。too也，肯定句句末；also也，肯定句句中；either也，用于否定句；so如此，这么（副词）。根据句意可知，这里用“也”；这句话是否定句，所以用either，故选C。

6.

句意：我们决定让它继续生长，直到我们可以弄清楚它是什么。

考查动词短语辨析。find out查明；look out向外看，小心；put out扑灭；try out尝试。根据句意，结合语境可知，作者和他妻子都不知道这株植物是什么，所以决定让其生长，直到能够弄明白是什么，故选A。

7.

句意：我注意到一些不寻常的事情。

考查形容词辨析。interesting有趣的；enjoyable令人愉快的；ordinary普通的；unusual不寻常的。根据下一句“The Sunflower didn't start where I saw the stalk (茎) begin.”可知这株向日葵不是从作者看到的茎开始的地方生长的，所以显得不同寻常，故选D。

8.

句意：实际上，它是从一块大石头下面开始，然后在石头下面和周围生长，以获得阳光。

考查动词辨析。hold持有；reach达到；catch抓住；have拥有。根据常识可知，这株植物是向日葵，所以朝着太阳生长，reach the sun是指朝着太阳的方向从而能获取阳光，故选B。

9.

句意：如果一棵小小的向日葵有能力克服阻碍它发展的大石头，那我们也有能力做同样的事。

考查连词辨析。Because因为；Although尽管；If如果；But但是。根据句意，结合语境可知，这里用连词if“如果”来引导条件状语从句，故选C。

10.

句意：像向日葵一样昂首挺胸，为自己感到自豪，这样环境都会开始支持你。

考查名词辨析。praise赞扬；pride自豪；attention注意力；advice建议。根据句意和空前后的搭配可知，这里用短语“以……为自豪”take pride in，故选B。