Question

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. NotB. EvenC. OnlyD. Often

2.A. famousB. humorousC. caringD. amusing

3.A. determinedB. anxiousC. curiousD. free

4.A. standardB. rangeC. priceD. quality

5.A. ItB. IC. SheD. That

6.A. possessionB. promiseC. beautyD. time

7.A. climbB. reachC. lookD. sit

8.A. smileB. spiritC. soulD. hand

9.A. thanB. untilC. unlessD. since

10.A. workerB. teacherC. pickerD. farmer

11.A.toB. withinC. beyondD. for

12.A. attendB. missC. promoteD. 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.本空考查副词基本含义的辨析。even甚至；only仅仅；often经常。根据前文的anything，说明作者的祖母的智慧，她能让任何东西开花，甚至包括我在内。故选B。

2.本空考查形容词基本含义的辨析。famous著名的；humorous幽默的；caring关心人的；amusing逗乐的。根据前文作者对祖母的夸奖，应是即激励人又关心人。故选C。

3.本空考查形容词基本含义的辨析。determined决心的；anxious焦急的；curious好奇的；free自由的，免费的。根据空后作者做的那几件事，应是自由做的。be free to do sth自由地做某事。故选D。

4.本空考查名词基本含义的辨析。standard水平；range范围；price价格；quality质量。与下文的worth对应，应是“美丽有价”。故选C。

5.本空考查上下文关联及代词用法。station驻扎；place放置；distribute分发；treat对待，处理。根据前文的a young boy判断。It代替前文beauty is price这种思想。故选A。

6.本空考查名词基本含义的辨析。possession拥有；promise诺言；beauty美丽，美貌；time时间。根据下文的years，此时作者表达小时候自己需要祖母的有时间陪护。故选D。

7.本空考查动词基本含义的辨析。climb爬；reach到达；look看；sit坐。reach down to pick flowers伸下手去摘花。故选B。

8.本空考查名词基本含义的辨析。smile微笑；spirit精神；soul灵魂；hand手。此处表达作者思念祖母的心情，误认为自己的手就是祖母的手。故选D。

9.本空考查连词基本含义的辨析。than比；until直到；unless除非；since自从，既然。与前文的rather对应。故选A。

10.本空考查名词基本含义的辨析。worker工人；teacher教师；picker摘花人；farmer农民。与前文的gardener对应，不是栽花人，而是摘花人。故选C。

11.本空考查介词基本含义的辨析。to到；within在……之内；beyond在……之外，在……的那边；for为了，因为。题干中carry的宾语是a heart，heart后是定语从句。within me在我内心深处。故选B。

12.本空考查动词基本含义的辨析。attend加入；miss错过；promote促进；influence影响。与下文的water them with love判断，是陪护、和他们一起。故选A。