题目内容
【题目】完形填空
阅读下面的短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
My wife and I moved into our home two years ago. We had a with a lot of rocks. Very often when we have flowers, Denise or I would plant some between the rocks,just to some color to the area.
Last summer, I found a tiny little plant in the yard that I could not immediately . I knew I didn’t plant it and Denise said she didn’t either. We decided to let it continue until we could find out what it was.
Weeks passed and as I made my way back to the strange , it appeared to be a sunflower. I decided to the weeds around it. As I pulled rocks from the area to get to the weeds, I noticed something . The sunflower had not started where I saw it begin. It had begun under a big and grown under and around it to reach the .
That’s when I that if a tiny little sunflower didn’t let a big rock stand in its of developing,we too have the to do the same thing. If we believe in ourselves like that little sunflower, we can reach where we to go and get what we need for growth.
We need to ourselves knowing we have the ability to achieve our goals. Like the , it knew it had the ability to get over the rocks because it had in itself that it would succeed. Stand tall like the sunflower and be of who and what we are, then the environment will begin to us. We will find a way to go under or around any "rocks" in order to our goals.
【1】 A. field B. farm C. yard D. pool
【2】 A. limit B. add C. devote D. prefer
【3】 A. use B. replace C. identify D. consume
【4】A. growing B. standing C. improving D. increasing
【5】 A. house B. plant C. seed D. tree
【6】 A. watch B. tend C. remove D. collect
【7】A. wonderful B. valuable C. terrible D. unusual
【8】A. actually B. completely C. eventually D. gradually
【9】A. tree B. table C. rock D. wall
【10】A. air B. top C. water D. sun
【11】A. acknowledged B. realized C. recognized D. hoped
【12】 A. place B. process C. course D. way
【13】 A. idea B. dream C. chance D. ability
【14】A. forget B. aim C. hate D. wait
【15】 A. believe in B. care for C. nod to D. equip with
【16】A. sunflower B. weed C. home D. summer
【17】A. energy B. love C. courage D. faith
【18】A. aware B.
【19】A. affect B. support C. like D. praise
【20】 A. reach B. set C. shoot D. kick
【答案】
【1】C
【2】B
【3】C
【4】A
【5】B
【6】C
【7】D
【8】A
【9】C
【10】D
【11】B
【12】D
【13】D
【14】B
【15】A
【16】A
【17】D
【18】D
【19】B
【20】A
【解析】
【文章大意】作者在院子里面种花时,发现了一株在岩石下顽强生长出来的向日葵。由此作者意识到我们也应该向向日葵学习,要相信自己,不断努力,最终达到我们的目标。
【1】C考查名词。A. field 田地;B. farm农场;C. yard庭院;D. pool池塘。从第二段首句可知作者的院子里有很多石头,故选C。
【2】B考查动词。A. limit限制;B. add 增添;C. devote 致力于;D. prefer更喜欢,偏爱。从上文可知作者在岩石的缝隙间种花是为了给这个地方增添一些色彩,故选B。
【3】C考查动词。A.use使用;B. replace代替;C. identify识别,辨认;D. consume消费。根据下句"We decided to let it continue 44 until we could find out what it was."可知作者开始的时候没有辨认出这种植物,故选C。
【4】A考查动词。A. growing种植,生长;B. standing站立;C. improving改进;D. increasing增加。根据下文可知作者没有拔掉这株植物,而是让它继续生长,故选A。
【5】B考查名词。A. house房子;B. plant植物;C. seed种子;D. tree树木。根据上文可知作者没有辨认出这是哪种植物,故选B。
【6】C考查动词。 A. watch观看,注视;B. tend照料;C. remove移除,拿开;D. collect收集。根据后句可知作者认出这是一棵向日葵后,决定把周围的野草拔掉,故选C。
【7】D考查形容词。 A. wonderful 美好的;B. valuable 有价值的;C. terrible可怕的;D. unusual不寻常的。从后句内容可知作者发现向日葵的根没有长在被发现的地方,作者认为这是不同寻常的,故选D。
【8】A考查副词。A. actually实际上; B. completely完全地;C. eventually 最终地;D. gradually逐渐地。最后作者发现了事实,故选A。
【9】C考查名词。A. tree树;B. table桌子;C. rock岩石;D. wall墙。根据第三段第三、四句可以判断这棵向日葵的根长在一块大石头的下面,故选C。
【10】D考查名词。A. air空气;B. top顶部;C. water水;D. sun太阳。从常识可知向日葵是朝着太阳的方向生长,故选D。
【11】B考查动词。A. acknowledged承认;B. realized意识到;C. recognized认出;D. hoped希望。后句内容是作者从这个发现意识到、感悟到了一些东西,故选B。
【12】D考查名词。A. place地方;B. process步骤,过程;C. course课程,过程;D. way道路,方法,stand in one’s way意为"阻碍,挡道"。根据第三段末句可知向日葵长在大石头下,但是它突破重重阻力,伸向了有太阳的地方,可知这里是说:就算再小的向日葵也不会让一块大石头压住自己,阻挡自己生长。故选D。
【13】D考查名词。A. idea想法;B. dream梦想;C. chance机会;D. ability能力。根据末段的首句可知此处指我们也有这种能力,故选D。本句比较长,含有51—53三空。句意:就算再小的向日葵也不会让一块大石头压住自己,阻挡自己生长。当我意识到这一点的时候,我发现我们也可以像向日葵那样做到这一点。
【14】B考查动词。A. forget 忘记;B. aim 力求达到,力争做到;C. hate憎恨;D. wait等待。根据语境可知作者认为人们也可以力争实现自己的目标,故选B。
【15】A考查动词短语。A. believe in信任;B. care for 照顾;C. nod to点头;D. equip with装备。根据第三段末句可知我们应该相信自己,相信自己有能力实现自己的目标,故选A。
【16】A考查名词。A. sunflower向日葵;B. weed野草;C. home家;D. summer夏天。根据文章内容可知此处指那棵向日葵,故选A。
【17】D考查名词。A. energy精力; B. love爱;C. courage勇气;D. faith信念。根据上文出现的believe in以及上下文语境可知作者认为向日葵相信自己,have faith in"相信,对……信任",故选D。
【18】D考查形容词。A. aware意识到的;B. afraid害怕的;C. tired劳累的;D. proud骄傲的,自豪的。作者认为人们要像向日葵一样站直身体,以自己为荣,故选D。
【19】B考查动词。A. affect影响;B. support 支持;C. like喜欢;D. praise表扬。根据语境可知此处表示只要我们有自信,相信我们能够成功,那样周围的环境也会支持我们,故选B。
【20】A考查动词。A. reach实现,达到;B. set设定;C. shoot射击;D. kick踢。根据语境可知此处表示我们可以在困境中找到方法去实现自己的目标,故选A。