Question

【題目】 There were two men who lived next to each other. One of them was a retired (退休的) teacher and the other was an insurance agent (保險(xiǎn)代理人) . ______ of them planted many different plants in their gardens. The retired teacher ______ watered his plants and didn't pay a lot of attention to them. But his neighbor was very ______ with his plants and watered them often.

The retired teacher's plants were small, but still looked okay, ______ the insurance agent's plants were much bigger and greener. One night, there was heavy rain and wind because of a minor (較小的) ______ . The next morning, both of the neighbors came out to ______ the plants on their gardens were okay. The insurance agent saw that his plants were pulled out (拔出) from the ground and were completely in a mess. But the retired teacher's plants were still the same as they used to be.

The insurance agent was ______ . He went to ask the retired teacher for ______ . "We both grew the same plants and I ______ for my plants better than you did. How could your plants still be okay?"

The retired teacher smiled and said, "Because you gave your plants too much attention. You made it too ______ for them to grow. I gave my plants just a little water, so their roots (根) had to grow deeper to take in more water. That is why my plants kept alive."

【1】A.NeitherB.BothC.Either

【2】A.alwaysB.neverC.hardly

【3】A.carefulB.carelessC.strict

【4】A.asB.sinceC.while

【5】A.weatherB.stormC.accident

【6】A.look forB.talk aboutC.make sure

【7】A.silentB.happyC.surprised

【8】A.moneyB.adviceC.land

【9】A.caredB.collectedC.searched

【10】A.hardB.easyC.interesting

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】A

【4】C

【5】B

【6】C

【7】C

【8】B

【9】A

【10】B

【解析】

本文為一篇記敘文，兩個(gè)鄰居，一個(gè)退休的教師，一個(gè)保險(xiǎn)代理人。兩人都在花園里種了不同種類的植物，保險(xiǎn)代理人比教師更加關(guān)心植物，結(jié)果，一場(chǎng)風(fēng)暴使保險(xiǎn)代理人的植物一團(tuán)糟。有時(shí)，太多的關(guān)心反而對(duì)植物不好。

【1】句意：他們二人都在花園里種了很多不同種類的植物。

Neither兩者都不；Both兩者都；Either兩者其一。根據(jù)下文“We both grew the same plants”可知，兩人都種了很多植物，故選B。

【2】句意：退休的教師幾乎不澆他的植物也不過(guò)多的關(guān)注它們。

always一直；never從不；hardly幾乎不。根據(jù)下文“I gave my plants just a little water”可知，退休的教師給植物澆水但是不是太多，故選C。

【3】句意：但是他的鄰居非常關(guān)心他的植物，經(jīng)常給它們澆水。

careful小心的；careless粗心的；strict嚴(yán)格的。根據(jù)下文“you gave your plants too much attention”可知，鄰居太關(guān)心他的植物了，故選A。

【4】句意：退休教師的植物比較小，但是也還好。但是保險(xiǎn)代理人的植物又大又綠。

as當(dāng)……時(shí)候；since自從；while然而�？崭裉幈硎厩罢吆秃笳咧�間的對(duì)比，故選C。

【5】句意：一天晚上，由于一場(chǎng)較小的風(fēng)暴下了大雨刮了大風(fēng)。

weather天氣；storm風(fēng)暴；accident事故。根據(jù)“there was heavy rain and wind”大雨和大風(fēng)是由風(fēng)暴引起的，故選B。

【6】句意：第二天早上，這兩個(gè)鄰居都出來(lái)確認(rèn)他們的花園的植物是否還好。

look for尋找；talk about談?wù)摚?/span>make sure確認(rèn)。根據(jù)“the plants on their gardens were okay”可知，是要確認(rèn)植物是否還好，故選C。

【7】句意：保險(xiǎn)代理人非常吃驚。

silent沉默的；happy開(kāi)心的；surprised吃驚的。根據(jù)“The insurance agent saw that his plants were pulled out (拔出) from the ground and were completely in a mess. But the retired teacher's plants were still the same as they used to be.”可知，他看到自己的植物都?jí)牧�，但是教師的還挺好，所以很吃驚，故選C。

【8】句意：他去教師那里尋求建議。

money錢(qián)；advice建議；land土地。根據(jù)“How could your plants still be okay?”可知，他去問(wèn)問(wèn)教師為什么，故選B。

【9】句意：我們都種了同樣的植物，我比你關(guān)心的更多。

cared關(guān)心；collected收集；searched搜尋。根據(jù)上文“his neighbor was very ___3___ with his plants and watered them often.”可知，保險(xiǎn)代理人更關(guān)心他的植物，故選A。

【10】句意：你使植物成長(zhǎng)太容易了。

hard艱難的；easy容易的；interesting有趣的。保險(xiǎn)代理人太關(guān)心他的植物，經(jīng)常澆水，植物非常容易生長(zhǎng)，故選B。