Question

  "What's the matter,Mom?" As soon as I entered the room,I found that my mother was 1       . It was unusual―she usually 2        the door and welcomed me with a smile!

  "She's dying," Mom said sadly. I 3       what she said The tulip (郁金香) ，Mom's 4       was dying.

  A month ago,we moved 5        our new house and Mom bought a very beautiful tulip. Mom liked it very much. 6       she was free,she would sit 7        her armchair beside the tulip and enjoy its beautiful color 8        sweet smell.

  She treated it like a baby and looked after it 9       . She put the tulip by the window and moved it from one place to 10        to give the tulip enough sunshine. The first thing she did when she 11        every morning was 12        the tulip. Mom also fertilized (施肥) it many times. She hoped that with great care the tulip would become 13        and more and more beautiful. But the tulip was dying 14        too much sunshine,water and fertilizer.

  It's true that Mom loved the tulip. But this kind of love 15        be harmful. Love can sometimes kill what you love.

(   ) 1. A. happy   B. unhappy   C. pleased   D. excited

(   ) 2. A. closed   B. opened   C. kept   D. took

(   ) 3. A. knew   B. loved   C. thought   D. found

(   ) 4. A. favorite   B. hate   C. unlike   D. like

(   ) 5. A. into   B. around   C. across   D. with

(   ) 6. A. Though   B. Because   C. After   D. When

(   ) 7. A. at   B. in   C. on   D. under

(   ) 8. A. but   B. and   C. for   D. or

(   ) 9. A. happily   B. brightly   C. carefully   D. usually

(   ) 10. A. other   B. one place   C. two places   D. another

(   ) 11. A. got up  B. made the bed  C. played the piano  D. washed her face

(   ) 12. A. to take   B. to cut   C. to water   D. to pull

(   ) 13. A. drier   B. stronger   C. wetter   D. older

(   ) 14. A. because   B. for   C. since   D. because of

(   ) 15. A. must   B. should   C. may   D. need

Answer 1

1. B跳读下文可知.此时作者发现她的妈妈不高兴。

2. B根据后半句可知，妈妈通常为作者开门并微笑着迎接她回家。

3. A理解句意,作者知道妈妈说的是什么。

4. A跳读下文所述可知，郁金香是妈妈的最爱。

5. A理解句意，一个月前，作者一家搬进新房子里。move into意为”搬进"。

6. D理解句意.分析与后句的逻辑关系可知，此处是由when引导的时间状语从句。

7. B坐在扶手椅里用介词in。

8. B "sweet smell"与前面的"beautiful colour"并列.故用连词and。

9. C理解前半句可推断,作者的妈妈照看郁金香很细心。

10. D理解句意，作者的妈妈刚开始把郁金香放在窗台旁，后来把它从一个地方搬到另一个地方，让郁金香享受阳光。

11. A理解句意,作者的妈妈每天早晨起床第一件事就是为郁金香浇水。

12. C照看郁金香应为它浇水，其余选项不符合文意。

13. B理解句意，妈妈希望通过她的精心照料，郁金香会越来越强壮、越来越美丽。

14. D后面所接的是短语而不是句子，只能由because of引导，表示原因。 

15. C联系前后句可知，这种爱也许是有害的。