Question

   There was once a teacher who gave his pupils some seeds. So they could 1 and look after their very own sunflowers. One boy in the class,who loved sunflower seeds,was so 2 that he planted the seed and looked after it with great care for many days.

   When the first shoot (嫩芽) 3 appeared,the boy went to see his teacher. “Can I uproot (拔起) it yet?” he asked. The teacher answered that he would still have to take care of the plant for quite some time 4 he would be able to collect many seeds from just one sunflower. The boy was unhappy,but he 5 looking after his sunflower.

   Some days later,the boy saw the sunflower's first 6,and he cut the plant so he could eat them. But the plant was still green,and of course the seeds couldn’t be 7.

   The boy had put so much effort into caring for the sunflower,but in the end he had 8 it all for his impatience (不耐烦) .And he was even angrier when he saw his 9 sunflowers grow so well. Luckily,his friends were 10 enough to share their delicious sunflower seeds with him.

1. A. refuse   B. leave   C. stay   D. plant

2. A. excited   B. tired   C. naughty   D. active

3. A. recently   B. finally   C. carefully   D. quietly

4. A. before   B. after   C. if   D. though

5. A. was afraid   B. couldn’t help   C. gave up   D. kept on

6. A. flowers   B. leaves   C. shoots   D. seeds

7. A. sold   B. eaten   C. picked   D. washed

8. A. polluted   B. protected   C. wasted   D. disliked

9. A. teacher's   B. classmates’   C. parents’   D. pupils’

10. A. crazy   B. poor   C. strong   D. good

Answer 1

1. D 2. A 3. B 4. A 5. D 6. D 7. B 8. C 9. B 10. D

   老师给学生们一些向日葵种子，学生们很髙兴把种子种下并细心照顾它们。可是有一个小男孩，因为急切想吃向曰葵的种子，没等向日葵的种子成熟就砍了下来，结果前功尽弃。

1. D老师给学生一些种子，因此学生种下并照料它们。plant意为“种植”，故选D.

2. A 由“One boy in the class,who loved sunflower seeds.可知，小男孩种下种子非常兴奋。A项符合语境。

3. B小男孩细心地照顾种子很多天,种子“终于”发芽了，故选B.

4. A根据老师的话可知，在小男孩能收集向日葵种子“之前”仍需要照顾一些时间，因此小男孩不能拔起它。故 选A.

5. D由but可知，虽然小男孩不高兴，但他仍听取老师的意见，继续照顾向日葵。keep on意为“继续”，故选D.

6. D 根据“and he cut the plant so he could eat them. ”可知，几天后，向日葵长出了种子，于是小男孩砍下向日葵想 吃它们。故选D.

7. B 由“But the plant was still green."可知，向日葵的种子还不能吃。故选B.

8. C小男孩细心照顾向日葵，但最终因为他没有耐心继续等待而急切砍下向日葵，导致这棵向日葵被浪费了。 故选C.

9. B 由第一句“There was once a teacher who gave his pupils some seeds ”可知，老师给学生们一些种子，所以此处指 小男孩看着同学们的向日葵长得很好。故选   B.

10. D小男孩的朋友们非常善良，和他一起分享美味的向曰葵种子.be good to do sth.意为“能做好某事”，D项符 合句意。

seed n.种 effort n.努力

impatience n.不耐烦

障碍句分析

   The teacher answered that he would still have to take care of the plant for quite some time before he would be able to collect many seeds from just one sunflower.老师回答说，在他能够从一株向日葵就收集许多种子之前，他仍然要照顾向日 葵很长一段时间。

   本句较长，The teacher answered是主句，that引导宾语从 句，宾语从句中含有before引导的时间状语从句。