Question

【题目】 I became a gardener when I was twelve. My early desire of gardening was not because of my love for nature. It was to make my parents rather angry.

At that time. we had a big yard in which a beautiful maple tree stood. But my mother often looked at this work of natural art _____. Those golden leaves seemed like tons of rubbish to her, "Something else to clean up!" Seeing the neighbours busy with gardening, my father even though it a waste of time.

At that age, I always did something ____ to whatever my parents did! If gardening was something they found boring, I would plant a garden!

I planted some lily seeds in the yard. But they ____ to come up. I continued to plant sunflower seeds and roses. To my joy, I found the first rose bloom. One by one, the flowers bloomed their heads off. Finally, I was touched by this land of wonder.

_____, my parents showed no interest in my garden. My father even shouted at me because he found it was troublesome to move around my garden to the driveway. To my mother's displeasure, I put in her vase my real roses which, in her eyes, were simply weeds rather than flowers.

Although they disliked the garden, I kept on planting my garden and continued to enjoy the pleasure of gardening. Plants make such good ____: they breathe, they bloom, they respond to care and love.

It has been many years since I made my garden out of my desire to challenge my parent. Today I become known as Ms. Green Thumbs, teaching gardening and hosting a gardening show, which makes my parents feel very ____. And now I could say it is my love for nature that makes me a real gardener.

【1】A. excitedlyB. politelyC. correctlyD. unhappily

【2】A. oppositeB. similarC. equalD. super

【3】A. beganB. failedC. rememberedD. pretended

【4】A. BesidesB. ThereforeC. HoweverD. Instead

【5】A. findsB. teachersC. soldiersD. workers

【6】A. disappointedB. comfortableC. strangeD. proud

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】A

【3】B

【4】C

【5】A

【6】D

【解析】

文章大意：作者小时候出于反叛心理，在院子里种花，结果最终喜欢了园艺，后来作者在这方面做出了成绩，成为一名真正的园艺师，使当初持反对意见的父母为之倍感自豪。

【1】句意：但我母亲经常不高兴地看着这件自然艺术作品。A.激动地；B.礼貌地；C.正确地；D.不愉快地。根据句意可知，根据句首but可知，此空应填unhappily。故选D。

【2】句意：在那个年龄，我总是做一些与我父母做的相反的事情！A.对立面的；B.相似的；C平.等的；D.超级的。根据句意可知，此空是对立的意思，此空故填opposite，故选A。

【3】句意：我在院子里种了些百合种子。但他们没能上来。A.开始；B.失败；C.记得；D.假装。根据句意可知，此空是失败的意思，此空故填failed，故选B。

【4】句意：然而，我的父母对我的花园不感兴趣。A.除了；B.所以；C.但是；D.相反。根据句意可知，此空是表示转折，然而; 可是的意思，此空故填However，故选C。

【5】句意：植物能做出如此好的发现：它们呼吸，开花，它们对关心和爱做出反应。A.找到；B.教师；C.士兵；D.工人。根据句意可知，此空是发现的意思，此空故填finds故选A。

【6】句意：今天我成了格林大拇指女士，教园艺，主持一个园艺表演，这让我的父母感到非常自豪。根据句意可知，此空应填形容词作表语，此空是自豪的意思，此空故填proud,故选D。

完型填空，考查学生们在具体语境中运用语言的能力，综合性较强。做题时，应先通读短文，了解大意；然后根据上下文语境的提示做题，先易后难，注意辨析选项中的单词的意思和用法，并注意空前后的搭配；最后应再读一遍短文，检查答案。