Question

【题目】阅读理解。

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

Soon, you’ re going to have to move out!” cried my neighbor upon seeing the largest tomato plant known to mankind, or at least known in my neighborhood.

One tiny 9-inch plant, bought for $1. 25 in the spring, has already taken over much of my rose bed, covering much of other plants, and is well on its way to the front door.

Roses require a good deal of care, and if it weren’t for the pleasure they give, it wouldn’ t be worth the work. As it is, I have a garden full of sweet-smelling roses for most of the year. Bushes must be pruned(剪枝)in early spring, leaving ugly woody branches until the new growth appears a few weeks later. It was the space available in the garden that led me into planting just one little tomato plant. A big mistake.

Soil conditions made just perfect for roses turn out to be even more perfect for tomatoes. The daily watering coupled with full sun and regular fertilizing(施肥)have turned the little plant into a tall bush. The cage I placed around it as the plant grew has long disappeared under the thick leaves.

Now the task I face in harvesting the fruit is twofold. First, I have to find the red ones among the leaves, which means I almost have to stand on my head, and once found I have to reach down and under, pick the tomatoes and withdraw(缩回)my full fist without dropping the prize so dearly won. Ifound two full-blown white roses completely hidden as I picked tomatoes in June. But they were weak and the leaves already yellow for lack of light.

Here I am faced with a painful small decision: To tear up a wonderful and productive tomato plant that offers up between ten and twenty ripe sweet tomatoes each day or say goodbye to several expensive and treasured roses. Like Scarlett in Gone With the Wind, I’ ll think about that tomorrow.

【1】What are the requirements for the healthy growth of rose?

A. Frequent pruning and fertilizing.

B. A lot of care and the right soil.

C. Tomato plants grown alongside.

D. Cages placed around the roots.

【2】The writer planted the tomato plant because .

A. there was room for it in the garden

B. the soil was just right for it

C. it cost only $1. 25

D. the roses’ branches needed to be covered

【3】This year the writer’ s roses were.

A. removed from the rose bed

B. largely hidden under the tomato plant

C. mostly damaged by too much sunlight

D. picked along with the tomatoes

【4】By saying “the prize so dearly won” in Paragraph 5, the writer wants to .

A. express her liking for the roses

B. show the hardship of growing the roses

C. show the difficulty in picking the tomatoes

D. express her care for the tomatoes

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】B

【4】C

【解析】面对花园里的一起生长的西红柿与玫瑰花, 我该如何抉择? 要“花”还是要“果”?

【1】B 细节理解题。从第三段的第三句Bushes must be pruned in early spring和第四段第二句……regular fertilizing have turned the little plant into a tall bush. 知A项错误; 从文章中可知西红柿其实生长起来所占空间非常大, 故C项错误; 从第四段末句The cage I placed around it as the plant grew has long disappeared under the thick leaves. 知D项错误; 综合三、四两段内容知B项正确。

【2】A推理判断题。从第三段倒数第二句It was the space available in the garden that led me into planting just one little tomato plant. 即花园里有空地让我栽上了只是一棵小小的西红柿推知栽西红柿是因为有空间。故选A。

【3】 B细节理解题。从第五段第三句I found two full-blown white roses completely hidden as I picked tomatoes in June. 可知玫瑰花被那棵西红柿严严实实地遮盖住, B项符合文意。

【4】C推理判断题。由本段倒数第二句…… as I picked tomatoes in June可推知作者的意思是“采摘西红柿有困难”, 故选C。