【题目】完形填空
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
My wife and I moved into our home nine years ago. We 1 a lot of time and 2 in the yard to get it looking the way it does today. We live on a corner, and the entire side of the yard is surrounded by a professionally built rock wall.
We did the best to cultivate(耕作) it and called this area our rock garden. 3 we found flowers and plants, Denise or I would plant them, just to bring some 4 to the area.
Last summer I found a tiny plant that I could not immediately 5 . I was sure that we didn’t plant it. We decided to let it 6 to grow until we could 7 what it was.
Weeks passed, and as I made my way back to the 8 plant, it appeared to be a sunflower. I 9 to nurture(培养) it and weed around it. As I picked up rocks from the area to get to the 10 , I noticed something 11 . The sunflower had not started to grow from where I first saw the stalks(茎)appear. 12 , it had begun under a big rock and grown under and around it to 13 the sun.
That’s when I realized that if a tiny sunflower wouldn’t let a big rock stand in its way when growing up, then we have the 14 to do the same. 15 we believe in ourselves, like that tiny sunflower, we can 16 the nourishment(营养)and grow. We need to believe in 17 , knowing that we have the ability to 18 our desires. If you stand all like the tiny sunflower and are 19 of who and what you are, then the environment will begin to 20 you. You will find a way to go under or around your obstacles(障碍)in order to reach your goals.
1.A.took B. spent C. cost D. paid
2.A.strength B. energy C. power D. force
3.A.However B. When C. Whenever D. Whatever
4.A.weed B. color C. water D. soil
5.A.classify B. accept C. clarify D. identify
6.A.remain B. prevent C. continue D. leave
7.A.figure out B. hold out C. stand out D. try out
8.A.endangered B. convenient C. mysterious D. green
9.A.refused B. decided C. adapted D. remembered
10.A.seeds B. talks C. rocks D. weeds
11.A.unusual B. common C. fantastic D. unnatural
12.A.Finally B. Basically C. Actually D. Suddenly
13.A.enlarge B. expand C. reach D. spread
14.A.chance B. choice C. benefit D. ability
15.A.What if B.As far as C. Only if D.As long as
16.A.inspire B. get C. lose D. refuse
17.A.ourselves B. yourselves C. themselves D. myself
18.A.keep B. adjust C. achieve D. make
19.A.ashamed B. pride C. proud D. ambitious
20.A.ensure B. support C. satisfy D. protect