Question

【題目】

Plant Anything

A good friend of mine, Miriam, was going away on a long trip during the autumn. I called her the day before she would leave for the trip to wish her have a good trip. She was completely behind on everything she needed to do. She was a little worried. “I bought some wonderful corms to plant for next spring. But now I have no time to deal with them,” she said.

I always plant many seeds（種子）in March and by June enjoy the sweet smell everywhere. I just can’t bear the thought of a plant not getting a chance to grow. “I’ll plant them for you,” I told her.

“Oh, would you?” Miriam was excited. She promised to put them out on the porch（走廊）for me.

I arrived several days later and found a paper bag on the porch. After a lot of work, I planted all the corms in the perfect place.

When Miriam got back a few months later, she and I went out for dinner to celebrate her return. While eating, she said, “You know, I still can’t believe I forgot to put those corms out on the porch!”

I looked at her in surprise. “What do you mean? Of course, you put them out. They were sitting on the porch in a paper bag.”

“No,” she said, “They’re still sitting on the desk where I left them.”

“So, what did I plant that morning?” I asked.

She stopped as if to prepare me for her news. Then she slowly said, “That was cat poop（貓屎）. You planted cat poop.”

Miriam looked at my face and did the best to keep from laughing. But I was too busy replaying the pictures of me picking these cat poop from a paper bag and planting them.

Years have passed since then, and both our gardens and our friendship have continued to grow. I guess, I really will try to plant just about anything.

【1】What did Miriam worried about?

A.She had no time to plant her corms.B.She would spend too much time on the trip.

C.She had too many seeds to plant in spring.D.There was no place for her corms in her garden.

【2】Why did the writer go out for dinner with Miriam?

A.To make friends with her.B.To plant seeds with her.

C.To listen to her news.D.To celebrate her return.

【3】What did the writer know after Miriam got back?

A.The corms grew very well.B.Miriam’s garden was sweet.

C.The writer planted cat poop.D.Miriam had a very good trip.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】D

【3】C

【解析】

短文大意：本文是記敘文，作者講述了本想幫朋友種植球莖卻誤種了貓糞的故事，表現(xiàn)了她們之間的友誼。

【1】題意：Miriam在擔心什么？考查細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)Miriam的話“I bought some wonderful corms to plant for next spring. But now I have no time to deal with them我買了一些很棒的球莖，準備來年春天種植。但是現(xiàn)在我沒有時間處理它們”，可知她在擔心沒有時間種植新買的球莖，She had no time to plant her corms符合題意，故選A。

【2】題意：為什么作者要和米里亞姆出去吃飯？考查細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)“she and I went out for dinner to celebrate her return她和我一起出去吃晚飯，慶祝她的歸來”，可知是為了慶祝她的回歸，To celebrate her return符合題意，故選D。

【3】題意：米里亞姆回來后，作者知道了什么？考查細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)Miriam告訴作者的話“That was cat poop. You planted cat poop那是貓屎。你種了貓屎”，作者才知道種植的是貓的糞便，可知The writer planted cat poop符合題意，故選C。

本文講述了作者本想幫朋友種植球莖卻誤種了貓糞的故事，篇幅較長，難度適中。題目主要是細節(jié)理解，考生認真閱讀原文，注意細節(jié)對照，即可選出正確答案。例如小題2，問作者和米里亞姆出去吃飯的原因，考查細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)“she and I went out for dinner to celebrate her return”，可知她們出去吃飯是為了慶祝米里亞姆的回歸，To celebrate her return符合題意，故選D。