Question

    Both my parents were born to help plants grow well. Our family ______ the food we grew in our huge vegetable garden. My mother canned much of the produce for winter, and my father sold vegetables to the stores and high schools. Our garden was the ______ of the neighborhood. But one summer, we had a ______. Someone was stealing some of our vegetables.

Then one of the neighbors tipped us off that an old bachelor (单身汉), who lived a short distance from us, was seen ______ some vegetables in a nearby town. Benny didn’t have a garden, so he was ______ getting his vegetables from someone else’s garden. Actually, Benny wasn’t a(n) ______ fellow. My dad often ______ him for part-time jobs just to help him out. My parents figured he was taking our vegetables just to earn a few extra dollars. ______ stealing is stealing. My father decided to ______ this situation his own way: hiring Benny to guard the garden. But the others in my family were all ______ it.

When my father asked him about the job, Benny was obviously a bit ______, but he finally agreed. Needless to say, there were no vegetables missing the next day. Whether or not Benny slept most of the night wasn’t ______. The fact was that Dad’s plan was working, ______ better than my father had planned. You see, each morning, after Benny got done sleeping, guarding the garden, he’d ______ long enough for breakfast with us.

Now, Benny got to like this garden business. By the following spring, Benny had his own garden with my father’s help. Of course… for some ______, we don’t need a garden guard anymore.

1.A.stuck to B.referred to C.depended on D.gave away

2.A.pride B.prize C.price D.project

3.A.fear B.problem C.point D.thought

4.A.buying B.growing C.getting D.selling

5.A.exactly B.obviously C.extremely D.eventually

6.A.strange B.good C.honest D.bad

7.A.asked B.offered C.hired D.invited

8.A.But B.And C.So D.Instead

9.A.charge B.risk C.discuss D.handle

10.A.with B.for C.against D.beyond

11.A.shocked B.disappointed C.relieved D.annoyed

12.A.right B.true C.important D.necessary

13.A.even B.ever C.so D.any

14.A.stay around B.search about C.leave off D.start out

15.A.degree B.benefit C.sense D.reason

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.D

5.B

6.D

7.C

8.A

9.D

10.C

11.A

12.C

13.A

14.A

15.D

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。主要记叙了作者一家有很好的花园，但是有一年夏天，一个名叫Benny的流浪汉偷窃作者家花园的菜出去卖，对此父亲提出了让Benny看守花园的计划，结果Benny不再偷菜，在第二年春天在作者父亲的帮助下也有了自己的花园的故事。

1.考查动词短语辨析。句意：我们的家庭依赖于我们在巨大的菜园里种植的食物。A. stuck to坚持；B. referred to涉及；C. depended on取决于；D. gave away分发。根据后文My mother canned much of the produce for winter, and my father sold vegetables to the stores and high schools.可知作者一家依赖于来自家菜园里种植的食物。故选C。

2.考查名词词义辨析。句意：我们的花园是街坊的骄傲。A. pride自豪；B. prize奖品；C. price价格；D. project项目。结合后文街坊告诉作者Benny在附近卖菜的事情，可知作者一家的花园深受街坊的喜欢，是街坊的骄傲。故选A。

3.考查名词词义辨析。句意：但是有一年夏天，我们遇到了一个问题。A. fear恐惧；B. problem问题；C. point要点；D. thought想法。结合后文Someone was stealing some of our vegetables.可知一年夏天，作者他们遇到了有人偷菜的问题。故选B。

4.考查动词词义辨析。句意：然后，一位邻居向我们通风报信，说有人看见一位住在离我们不远的老单身汉在附近的一个镇上卖菜。A. buying购买；B. growing生长；C. getting得到；D. selling出售。根据后文My parents figured he was taking our vegetables just to earn a few extra dollars可知Benny偷菜是为了拿去卖钱。故选D。

5.考查副词词义辨析。句意：Benny没有花园，所以他显然是从别人的花园里摘的蔬菜。A. exactly恰好地；B. obviously显然，明显地；C. extremely非常；D. eventually终于。结合上下文语境，Benny没有花园，所以他显然（obviously）是从别人的花园里摘的蔬菜。故选B。

6.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：事实上，Benny不是个坏家伙。A. strange奇怪的；B. good好的；C. honest诚实的；D. bad坏的。结合后文讲述作者的父亲经常雇用Benny做兼职，可知作者一家都知道Benny不是个坏人。故选D。

7.考查动词词义辨析。句意：我爸爸经常雇他做兼职只是为了帮助他。A. asked询问；B. offered提议；C. hired雇用；D. invited邀请。根据后文him for part-time jobs可知作者的爸爸经常雇他做兼职只是为了帮助他。后文hiring Benny to guard the garden也是提示。故选C。

8.考查连词辨析。句意：但是偷窃就是偷窃。A. But但是；B. And而且；C. So所以；D. Instead相反。结合上下文语境可知为转折关系，故用连词but。故选A。

9.考查动词词义辨析。句意：我父亲决定用他自己的方式来处理这种情况：雇佣Benny来看守花园。A. charge指责；B. risk冒险；C. discuss讨论；D. handle处理。结合后文hiring Benny to guard the garden. 可知父亲决定用他自己的方式来处理这种情况。故选D。

10.考查介词辨析。句意：但我家里的其他人都反对。A. with和；B. for为了；C. against反对；D. beyond超过。but表示转折，说明家里人都反对父亲要雇用Benny的做法。故选C。

11.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：当我父亲问他关于工作的事时，Benny显然有点震惊，但他最终还是同意了。A. shocked震惊的；B. disappointed失望的；C. relieved放心的；D. annoyed恼怒的。Benny偷了作者家的菜拿去卖，结果作者的父亲还要雇用Benny，对此Benny肯定是很震惊的。故选A。

12.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：Benny晚上是否大部分时间都在睡觉并不重要。A. right正确的；B. true真实的；C. important重要的；D. necessary必要的。根据后文The fact was that Dad’s plan was working可知Benny晚上是否大部分时间都在睡觉并不重要，因为作者父亲的计划正在奏效。故选C。

13.考查副词词义辨析。句意：事实上，父亲的计划正在奏效，甚至比我父亲原本的计划还要好。A. even甚至；B. ever曾经；C. so所以；D. any任何。结合后文提到You see, each morning, after Benny got done sleeping, guarding the garden，可知父亲雇用Benny，想让他不要再偷菜的计划起作用了，而且效果甚至比原计划得还要好。故选A。

14.考查动词短语辨析。句意：你看，每天早上，Benny守着花园，睡够了，就会留下来和我们吃早饭。A. stay around停留在；B. search about查寻；C. leave off停止；D. start out出发。根据后文long enough for breakfast with us.可知Benny守了一晚上花园，第二天早上还要留下来和作者他们吃早饭。故选A。

15.考查名词词义辨析。句意：当然，出于某些原因，我们不再需要守卫了。A. degree程度；B. benefit利益；C. sense感觉；D. reason理由。Benny有了自己的花园，不再偷菜了，所以出于某些原因，作者他们也不再需要守卫了。短语for some reason表示“出于某些原因”。故选D。