Question

阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

There were two men living next to each other, both 1. large gardens. One of them was a retired teacher and the other was a baker. The teacher 2. (rare) cared for the plants in his garden, but the baker was very careful with his plants. Therefore, the teacher’s plants were small, while the baker’s plants were3. bigger and greener.

One night, 4. heavy storm hit the village. The next morning, both of the neighbors came out to check on their gardens. The baker saw that his plants 5. (destroy). However, the teacher’s plants were not damaged at all and stood firm.

6. (surprise), the baker asked the teacher, “We both grew the same plants and I cared for my plants better 7. you did. How are your plants still OK?”

The teacher smiled and said, “You gave your plants too much attention, so you made 8. too easy for them to grow. I gave my plants just a little bit of water, so their roots had to grow deeper 9. (find) more by themselves. That’s 10. my plants survived.”

Answer

1.living

2.rarely

3.much

4.a

5.were destroyed

6.surprised

7.than

8.it

9.to find

10.why

【解析】

本文是记叙文。讲述了两个邻居对待花园植物的不同态度，虽然退休教师不像面包师那样经常浇灌植物，但是暴风雨来临时，他的植物一点也没有受损。

1.考查非谓语动词。句意：有两个邻居都住在大花园中。句中已有谓语动词were，前后句不是并列句，所以填非谓语动词。both是逻辑主语，和动词“住”是主动关系，此处用现在分词。故填living 。

2.考查副词。句意：这位老师很少照看花园中的植物。修饰动词cared用副词。故填rarely 。

3.考查副词。句意：然而面包师的植物更大更绿。修饰比较级用much表程度，故填 much 。

4.考查冠词。句意：一天，一场大暴雨袭击了这个村子。“一场”用冠词a，故填a 。

5.考查动词语态。句意：这个面包师看到他的植物被破坏了。“植物”是主语，和谓语动词是被动关系。句中所给动词saw是过去式，因此用一般过去时的被动语态。故填were destroyed 。

6.考查形容词。句意：面包师感到很奇怪，他问老师。人感到惊讶用ed形式的形容词，故填surprised 。

7.考查比较级。句意：我比你更好的照顾植物，比较级后面+than。故填than。

8.考查形式宾语。句意：所以你让植物生长的太容易。固定句式make+it+adj+for somebody to do“使得某人做某事感到…”。不定式 to grow作真正宾语，用it作形式宾语，故填 it 。

9.考查非谓语动词。句意：为了寻找更多的水所以植物的根部不得不长得更深。表示目的用不定式，故填to find。

10.考查表语从句连接词。句意：这是为什么我的植物能存活的原因。be动词后是表语从句，表示原因用why。故填why。