Question

    Gardening is an activity where you have to get your hands dirty. I know how to do this_________  my grandparents. My grandfather loved gardening. After his arrival in Canada before World War II, Ya Ya opened a small restaurant while my  _____________, Yang Yang, didn’t speak any English.

My grandfather took great pride in growing peas, carrots, which he used in home cooking. The entire backyard was devoted to his plants. I would walk in the garden, looking  _______________  to the bean stalks (竿) high above my 7-year-old body.

A few years later, my grandfather grew ill. When he died, I was  _______________  to see my grandmother pulled up most of the remaining plants. Still only a child, I asked my cousin  _________Grandma had dug up Grandpa’s plants. She told me that the garden reminded her of my grandfather.

Years passed, and soon my grandmother was bent-over with age. My father moved her to be closer to our family, which meant taking her away from her home and from the remains of the garden. Shortly after the move, she telephoned my father, and I could hear her  _________ shouting in Chinese, asking why he had moved her so far away from her life.

One evening, Grandma told me to  _______ her to the backyard. There, in a small patch (块)of soil beside the garage, was a row of Chinese spinach (菠菜). She was gardening at 92.

I now have a house and family of my own. Last  _______________  my tomato plant gave us some grape sized fruits by August’s end. I often think back to my grandfather’s garden. And I think about how my grandmother started gardening over again in a new city, far from her first home in Canada, and even further from  _____________ .

We all must start somewhere, and sometimes we must start again. And sometimes, starting again  ______________  means allowing new roots to grow.

1.A.instead of B.because of C.according of D.belong to

2.A.mother B.father C.grandmother D.grandfather

3.A.up B.down C.back D.out

4.A.worried B.excited C.surprised D.tired

5.A.what B.how C.where D.why

6.A.sadly B.happily C.peacefully D.proudly

7.A.invite B.follow C.carry D.show

8.A.spring B.summer C.autumn D.winter

9.A.America B.England C.China D.Japan

10.A.nearly B.hardly C.specially D.simply

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.C

5.D

6.A

7.B

8.B

9.C

10.D

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文，文章讲述祖父母的花园给作者的回忆和对他的影响。祖父在花园种植植物，他去世之后，祖母因为花园会让她想起祖父，把花园里的祖父的植物都拔起来了。祖母年纪大的时候，父亲将她搬到离她自己的家更远的地方，她很伤心冲父亲大叫。后来作者发现她在后院里又种起了菠菜。作者现在有了自己的房子和家庭，他也开始种植物。

1.

句意：由于我的祖父母，我知道怎样做这件事。

instead of而不是；because of因为；according of根据；belong to属于。此处表示原因，用短语because of。故选B。

2.

句意：当他在二战前到达加拿大，祖父开了一个小餐馆，而我的祖母，不会说英语。

mother母亲；father父亲；grandmother祖母；grandfather祖父。根据“my grandparents”可知前一句讲述祖父，此处讲述祖母grandmother。故选C。

3.

句意：我在花园里走路，向上看高过七岁男孩身体的豆竿。

up向上；down向下；back回来；out外面。根据“high above my 7-year-old body”可知此处是向上看。故选A。

4.

句意：当他去世时，我吃惊的看到我祖母把剩下的植物大多数都拔起来了。

worried担心的；excited兴奋的；surprised吃惊的；tired疲劳的。根据“see my grandmother pulled up most of the remaining plants”我看到祖母把剩下的植物大多数都拔起来了感到很吃惊，用形容词surprised。故选C。

5.

句意：仍然只是一个孩子，我问我表姐为什么祖母把祖父的植物挖出来。

what什么；how怎样；where哪儿；why为什么。根据“She told me that the garden reminded her of my grandfather”可知此处用why表示“为什么”。故选D。

6.

句意：她打电话给我父亲，我能听到她用汉语伤心地大叫，问为什么父亲把她移到离她生活这么远的地方。

sadly伤心地；happily开心地；peacefully和平地；proudly自豪地。根据“taking her away from her home and from the remains of the garden”可知父亲把她移到离她的家和花园较远的地方，根据“shouting in Chinese”可知祖母很伤心。故选A。

7.

句意：一天傍晚，祖母叫我跟着她去后院。

invite邀请；follow跟随；carry搬运；show展示。此处指的是叫我随着她去后院，用动词follow。故选B。

8.

句意：去年夏天，我的西红柿植物在八月底的时候给我们一些葡萄大小的水果。

spring春天；summer夏天；autumn秋天；winter冬天。根据“tomato”及 “by August’s end”可知此处指的是西红柿夏天结果实。故选B。

9.

句意：我想起我的祖母怎样开始在一个新的城市又一次开始打理花园，那个城市远离她的加拿大的第一个家，而且甚至离中国更远。

America美国；England英国；China中国；Japan日本。根据“shouting in Chinese”可知祖母是从中国去的加拿大。故选C。

10.

句意：有时候，重新开始仅仅意味着允许新的根开始生长。

nearly接近；hardly几乎不；specially特别地；simply简单地，仅仅。根据“We all must start somewhere, and sometimes we must start again”我们必须在某处开始，有时必须重新开始；以及“allowing new roots to grow”允许新的根开始成长；此处用副词simply做修饰，表示“只是，仅仅”。故选D。