Question

【題目】 The Other Side of the Wall

There was a young woman who took great pride in her flower garden. She was raised by her grandmother who taught her to love and _______for flowers. So her flower garden was the best.

One day, while she was looking through a flower list she often order from, a picture of a plant _______ her eyes. She had never _______ blooms on flower like that before. "I have to have it,"she said to herself, and she_______ ordered it.

When it arrived, she already had a _______to plant it. She planted it at the back of her yard.It grew very well, with beautiful green leaves all over it, _______there were no blooms. Day after day she_______ to water it and feed it, and she even talked to it trying to make it bloom.However, It was _______

One morning weeks later, when standing before the vine, she felt very _______ that her plant had not bloomed. She was considering ________it down and planting something else in its place.

It was at this moment that her neighbor, whose yard joined hers, said to her, "Thank you so much! You can't imagine how much I have ________ the blooms of that vine you planted. "The young woman walked________ the gate into her neighbor's yard, and sure enough, she saw that on the other side of the wall the vine was ________of blooms.

They were indeed the most beautiful blooms she has ________ seen. The vine had grown through the crevices and it had not flowered on ________ side of the wall, but it had flowered on the other side.

Sometimes one may not see the good result of his effort, but that doesn't mean it isn't successful.

Word bank

bloom開花 vine 藤本植物Crevice縫隙

【1】A.lookB.careC.searchD.pay

【2】A.kept.B.borrowed.C.caughtD.learnt

【3】A.seenB.smeltC.sold.D.picked

【4】A.finally.B.carefully.C.suddenly.D.quickly

【5】A.placeB.boxC.cupD.room

【6】A.andB.soC.orD.but

【7】A.preparedB.continuedC.refusedD.preferred

【8】A.endlessB.uselessC.successfulD.hopeful

【9】A.excitedB.nervousC.sadD.frightened

【10】A.puttingB.takingC.turningD.cutting

【11】A.enjoyedB.dreamedC.expectedD.hated

【12】A.throughB.arossC.aboveD.below

【13】A.satisfiedB.worthC.fullD.pleased

【14】A.neverB.everC.seldomD.usually

【15】A.itsB.hisC.herD.their

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】A

【4】D

【5】A

【6】D

【7】B

【8】B

【9】C

【10】D

【11】A

【12】A

【13】C

【14】B

【15】C

【解析】

文章大意：文章講述了一位年輕女士種了一棵植物，一直等著它開花，但它一直沒開花，當女士準備將它砍掉并種新的植物時，她發(fā)現(xiàn)那顆植物在鄰居的院子里開了花，原來是藤蔓從縫隙里伸到了鄰居的院子里，在墻的另一面開了花。

【1】句意：她由祖母撫養(yǎng)長大，祖母教會她愛花和照顧花。

look看；care照顧；search尋找；pay付錢，根據(jù)固定搭配care for意為“照顧”，故選B。

【2】句意：一張植物的照片吸引了她的目光。

kept保存；borrowed借；caught抓住，吸引；learnt學(xué)會，根據(jù)后文“her eyes”可知，應(yīng)該是吸引了她的目光，故選C。

【3】句意：她以前從未見過那樣的花。

seen看見；smelt聞到；sold賣；picked采，摘，根據(jù)后文blooms on flower like that before可知，應(yīng)該是看見，故選A。

【4】句意：“我必須要，”她自言自語道，立刻就買了它。

finally最后地；carefully認真地；suddenly突然地；quickly快速地，根據(jù)前文“I have to have it”可知，應(yīng)該是立刻就買了它，故選D。

【5】句意：當拿到它時，她已經(jīng)有地方種它了。

place地方；box盒子；cup杯子；room房間，根據(jù)后文“to plant it”可知，應(yīng)該是地方，故選A。

【6】句意：它長得很好，到處都是美麗的綠葉，但沒有開花。

and并且；so所以；or或者；but但是，根據(jù)前文“It grew very well, with beautiful green leaves all over it”和后文“there were no blooms”可知，應(yīng)該是轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，故選D。

【7】句意：她日復(fù)一日地繼續(xù)給它澆水。

prepared準備；continued繼續(xù)；refused拒絕；preferred更喜歡，根據(jù)前文“Day after day”可知，應(yīng)該是繼續(xù)，故選B。

【8】句意：但是，沒有用。

endless無止境的；useless沒有用的；successful成功的；hopeful有希望的，根據(jù)前文“she even talked to it trying to make it bloom.However,”可知，應(yīng)該是沒有用的，故選B。

【9】句意：她的植物沒有開花，她感到很難過。

excited興奮的；nervous緊張的；sad難過的；frightened害怕的，根據(jù)后文“that her plant had not bloomed”可知，是難過的，故選C。

【10】句意：她正在考慮把它砍下來，在它的地方種些別的東西。

putting放置；taking拿走；turning轉(zhuǎn)動；cutting砍，切，根據(jù)固定搭配cut down意為“砍倒”，故選D。

【11】句意：你想象不出我有多么喜歡你種下的藤蔓植物。

enjoyed喜歡；dreamed夢想；expected期盼；hated討厭，根據(jù)前文“You can't imagine how much”可知，應(yīng)該是喜歡，故選A。

【12】句意：這個年輕的女人穿過大門走進鄰居的院子。

through穿過（從內(nèi)部穿過）；across穿過（從表面穿過）；above在……上；below在……下，根據(jù)后文“the gate into her neighbor's yard”可知，應(yīng)該是從內(nèi)部穿過，故選A。

【13】句意：她看見墻那邊的藤蔓上開滿了花。

satisfied滿意的；worth值得的；full滿的；pleased高興的，根據(jù)固定搭配be full of意為“裝滿，滿是”，故選C。

【14】句意：它們的確是她見過的最美麗的花朵。

never從不；ever曾經(jīng)；seldom很少；usually通常，根據(jù)前文“They were indeed the most beautiful blooms”可知，應(yīng)該是曾經(jīng)，故選B。

【15】句意：藤蔓從縫隙里長出來，還沒有在她那面墻上開花。

its它的；his他的；her她的；their她們的，根據(jù)前文“There was a young woman who took great pride in her flower garden”可知，應(yīng)該是她的，故選C。

做完型填空時，首先要通讀課文，明白主旨大意，然后再做題。做完型時要記住“瞻前顧后想結(jié)果”這一原則，根據(jù)上下文以及語境做題，切忌主觀臆斷。另外，平時還要多多積累詞匯。完型填空�？济�詞、動詞、形容詞和副詞等辨析。做詞義辨析題時，首先要確認四個選項的含義，然后分析語境和邏輯關(guān)系，確定答案。

例如題目8中，首先確定四個選項含義，endless無止境的；useless沒有用的；successful成功的；hopeful有希望的，根據(jù)前文“she even talked to it trying to make it bloom.However,”可知，應(yīng)該是沒有用的，故選B。