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【題目】My grandma is good at gardening. She could make anything bloom(開花). _ __ 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

【答案】

【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】本空考查副詞基本含義的辨析。even甚至；only僅僅；often經(jīng)常。根據(jù)前文的anything，說明作者的祖母的智慧，她能讓任何東西開花，甚至包括我在內(nèi)。故選B。

【2】本空考查形容詞基本含義的辨析。famous著名的；humorous幽默的；caring關(guān)心人的；amusing逗樂的。根據(jù)前文作者對祖母的夸獎(jiǎng)，應(yīng)是即激勵(lì)人又關(guān)心人。故選C。

【3】本空考查形容詞基本含義的辨析。determined決心的；anxious焦急的；curious好奇的；free自由的，免費(fèi)的。根據(jù)空后作者做的那幾件事，應(yīng)是自由做的。be free to do sth自由地做某事。故選D。

【4】本空考查名詞基本含義的辨析。standard水平；range范圍；price價(jià)格；quality質(zhì)量。與下文的worth對應(yīng)，應(yīng)是“美麗有價(jià)”。故選C。

【5】本空考查上下文關(guān)聯(lián)及代詞用法。station駐扎；place放置；distribute分發(fā)；treat對待，處理。根據(jù)前文的a young boy判斷。It代替前文beauty is price這種思想。故選A。

【6】本空考查名詞基本含義的辨析。possession擁有；promise諾言；beauty美麗，美貌；time時(shí)間。根據(jù)下文的years，此時(shí)作者表達(dá)小時(shí)候自己需要祖母的有時(shí)間陪護(hù)。故選D。

【7】本空考查動(dòng)詞基本含義的辨析。climb爬；reach到達(dá)；look看；sit坐。reach down to pick flowers伸下手去摘花。故選B。

【8】本空考查名詞基本含義的辨析。smile微笑；spirit精神；soul靈魂；hand手。此處表達(dá)作者思念祖母的心情，誤認(rèn)為自己的手就是祖母的手。故選D。

【9】本空考查連詞基本含義的辨析。than比；until直到；unless除非；since自從，既然。與前文的rather對應(yīng)。故選A。

【10】本空考查名詞基本含義的辨析。worker工人；teacher教師；picker摘花人；farmer農(nóng)民。與前文的gardener對應(yīng)，不是栽花人，而是摘花人。故選C。

【11】本空考查介詞基本含義的辨析。to到；within在……之內(nèi)；beyond在……之外，在……的那邊；for為了，因?yàn)�。題干中carry的賓語是a heart，heart后是定語從句。within me在我內(nèi)心深處。故選B。

【12】本空考查動(dòng)詞基本含義的辨析。attend加入；miss錯(cuò)過；promote促進(jìn)；influence影響。與下文的water them with love判斷，是陪護(hù)、和他們一起。故選A。