Question

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从16-35各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

My grandma is good at gardening. She could make anything bloom(开花). __ __ me. In my eyes, she was inspiring and __ __. For most of her life, she lived on a farm, where she brought up four children, and buried my grandpa.

I visited her on weekends. After the gardening work, I was _ __ to climb the mountain, singing songs and gathering flowers. Sometimes the plants scratched me. She would say, "Beauty has a __ __. I hope it was worth it."

"Yes, ma' ma," I'd say. "__ _ was."

I loved gathering flowers on my own. But what I loved best was gathering them with her. Even then, as a child, I knew what I wanted most from my grandma was not her flowers, but her __ __. She's been gone for years, but sometimes, when I __ _down to pick a flower or pull a weed, I see her ___, not mine.

I thought I'd grow up to be a gardener too. I told myself, someday my children had children, I'd be a gardening grandma. Then the grandbabies started showing up, and I discovered 1'd much rather run after them __ __ go digging. Actually I'm no gardener. I'm a ____, not a planter. I differ from my grandma in lots of ways, but this: I will always carry ____ me a heart she made from her own.

I needn’t plant a garden. My children are my flowers. They delight and complete me with a beauty that is worth any price. All I need to do is ____ them with time, water them with love, and hope that someday, when they hold their first grandchild, they might see my hand.

1.A. Not         B. Even          C. Only         D. Often

2.A. famous      B. humorous      C. caring       D. amusing

3.A. determined  B. anxious       C. curious      D. free

4.A. standard    B. range         C. price        D. quality

5.A. It          B. I             C. She          D. That

6.A. possession  B. promise       C. beauty       D. time

7.A. climb       B. reach        C. look         D. sit

8.A. smile       B. spirit        C. soul         D. hand

9.A. than        B. until         C. unless       D. since

10.A. worker     B. teacher       C. picker       D. farmer

11.A.to          B. within        C. beyond       D. for

12.A. attend     B. miss          C. promote      D. influence

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.D

4.C

5.A

6.D

7.B

8.D

9.A

10.C

11.B

12.A

【解析】

1.考查副词辨析A. Not不；B. Even甚至；C. Only只有；D. Often经常；句意：她会让一切东西开花，甚至是我；根据语境可知也包括让我，故选B项。

2.考查形容词产床的A. famous有名的；B. humorous幽默的；C. caring关心的；D. amusing令人愉快的；句意：在我的眼里，她是令人鼓舞的和关心的。根据inspiring可知选C项。

3.考查形容词辨析；A. determined有决心的；B. anxious焦虑的；C. curious好奇的；D. free自由的；句意：经过劳动之后，我非常悠闲地去爬山，唱歌和采花；根据After the gardening work可知悠闲去玩，故选D项。

4.考查名词辨析A. standard标准；B. range范围；C. price价格；D. quality品质；句意：她会说美丽也是有代价的，我希望这一切值得。根据上文提到Sometimes the plants scratched me有时这些植物会碰到我，故这是外婆对此的解释，故选C项。

5.考查代词辨析及语境理解；句意：是的，我会说，是这样的。It代指的是一切是值得的，故选A项。

6.考查名词辨析 A. possession财产；B. promise承诺；C. beauty美丽；D. time时间；句意：在当时，作为一个小孩，我知道我想从外婆那得到的不是她的花而是她的时光。根据上文But what I loved best was gathering them with her我最喜欢的与她呆在一起，故选D项。

7.考查动词辨析A. climb爬；B. reach到达；C. look看；D. sit坐；句意：当我摘花或扔下种子时，我看到的是她的手而不是我的。根据She's been gone for years,她已经去世多年，可知我能看到她在做这些事，故选B项。

8.考查名词辨析A. smile微笑；B. spirit精神；C. soul灵魂；D. hand手；句意：当我摘花或扔下种子时，我看到的是她的手而不是我的，根据文章最后一句话提到they might see my hand.故选D项。

9.考查连词辨析 A. than比；B. until直到；C. unless除非；D. since自从；句意：当孙子开始出现时，我发现我宁愿跑在他们后面也不愿意去挖掘。Would rather do than do 与其。。也不愿意做某事在，故选A项。

10.考查名词辨析A. worker工人；B. teacher老师；C. picker采摘者；D. farmer农民；句意：我是一个采摘者不是个种植者。根据句意可知选C项。

11.考查介词辨析及语境理解；句意：我会带着她从那得到的爱。根据句意选B项。

12.考查动词辨析A. attend参加；B. miss错过；C. promote提升；D. influence影响；句意：我所需要的是与他们一块度过，用爱呵护他们，希望某天当他们有了孙辈时，也能看到我的手。