Question

【題目】 It's a cold, grey Sunday afternoon in March. The British are all working in their _______ . They're digging, cutting leaves and planting new seeds (種子). By summer，their gardens will be _______ bright colors.

The British love their gardens. A British newspaper recently asked people for _______ opinions about them. Around 70% of the people felt it was _______ to spend time in the garden, and over 50% of these _______ gardening as the most enjoyable thing they ever did.

Only one in ten houses in Britain do not have a garden. People who live in houses _______ gardens often rent (租用) land from the government.

At first, only very rich people had gardens. Now you can _______ see the gardens around houses with a long history, such as Chatsworth House or Castle Howard. They are well protected as good memories. In the early twentieth century, however, gardening became a _______ . People enjoyed doing it in their spare time and they bought different kinds of seeds and plants for their gardens. _______ roses, sunflowers and tomatoes are often grown in British gardens, they originally (起初) grew wild in other countries.

Every year, there are competitions for the __________ vegetables, but don't expect to win: Britain's biggest carrot is almost six metres long.

【1】A.fieldsB.gardensC.factoriesD.parks

【2】A.full ofB.busy withC.good atD.similar to

【3】A.itsB.hisC.herD.their

【4】A.boringB.possibleC.difficultD.important

【5】A.followedB.canceledC.describedD.completed

【6】A.nearB.withoutC.aroundD.in

【7】A.seldomB.alreadyC.stillD.never

【8】A.hobbyB.taskC.courseD.dream

【9】A.SoB.BecauseC.ButD.Although

【10】A.smallestB.cheapestC.largestD.richest

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】D

【4】D

【5】C

【6】B

【7】C

【8】A

【9】D

【10】C

【解析】

短文大意：短文介紹了英國人喜歡在花園里種花的原因和園藝的演變。

【1】句意：英國人都在花園里干活。

fields田地；gardens花園；factories工廠；parks公園。根據(jù)下文“The British love their gardens英國人喜歡他們的花園”可知選B。

【2】句意：到了夏天，他們的花園將會充滿鮮艷的色彩。

full of充滿；busy with忙于；good at擅長；similar to相似。根據(jù)上文“They're digging, cutting leaves and planting new seeds他們在挖土，剪樹葉，種下新的種子”，可知夏天的花園將會色彩鮮艷，be full of bright colors符合句意，故選A。

【3】句意：一家英國報紙最近詢問了人們對它們的看法。

its它的；his他的；her她的；their它們的。根據(jù)上文“The British love their gardens英國人喜歡他們的花園”，可知選D。

【4】句意：大約70%的人認(rèn)為花時間在花園里是很重要的。

boring無聊的；possible可能的；difficult困難的；important重要的。根據(jù)下文“as the most enjoyable thing they ever did當(dāng)作他們做過的最愉快的事情”，可知ABC三項不合句意，故選D。

【5】句意：超過50%的人認(rèn)為園藝是他們做過的最愉快的事情。

followed跟隨；canceled取消；described描述；completed完整的。根據(jù)上文“Around 70% of the people felt it was important…大約70%的人認(rèn)為……是很重要的”，可知describe符合句意，故選C。

【6】句意：住在沒有花園的房子里的人經(jīng)常從政府租地。

near在附近；without沒有；around大約；in在里面。根據(jù)上文“Only one in ten houses in Britain do not have a garden在英國只有十分之一的房子沒有花園”，可知本句談的是沒有花園的房子，故選B。

【7】句意：現(xiàn)在你仍然可以看到歷史悠久的房子周圍的花園。

seldom很少，表否定；already已經(jīng)；still仍然；never從不，表否定。can表能夠，根據(jù)“can see the gardens around houses with a long history能夠看到歷史悠久的房子周圍的花園”，可知花園依然可見，故選C。

【8】句意：然而，在二十世紀(jì)早期，園藝變成了一種愛好。

hobby愛好；task任務(wù)；course課程；dream夢想。enjoy享受，根據(jù)“People enjoyed doing it in their spare time人們喜歡在他們的業(yè)余時間做”，可知人們把園藝當(dāng)做了業(yè)余愛好，故選A。

【9】句意：雖然玫瑰、向日葵和西紅柿經(jīng)常生長在英國的花園里，但它們最初是在其他國家野生生長的。

So所以，表結(jié)果（前因后果）；Because因為，表原因（前果后因）；But但是，表轉(zhuǎn)折；Although盡管，表讓步。根據(jù)句意結(jié)構(gòu)，可知本句是讓步狀語從句，故選D。

【10】句意：每年都有幾次最大蔬菜比賽。

smallest最小的；cheapest最便宜的；largest最大的；richest最富裕的。根據(jù)下文“Britain's biggest carrot is almost six metres long英國最大的胡蘿卜幾乎有6米長”，可知是最大蔬菜比賽，故選C。

完形填空。主要題型有（1）考查詞義辨析：名詞辨析，形容詞副詞辨析，冠詞辨析，介詞連詞辨析等；（2）考查句子時態(tài)，語態(tài)，要根據(jù)語境，選擇正確的時態(tài)和語態(tài)的選項；（3）考查從句（賓語從句，定語從句，主語從句等）；（4）根據(jù)固定句型或短語結(jié)合語境選擇正確的選項。本題主要考查單詞或短語辨析，做此類型題時，要知道每一個詞的意義，然后結(jié)合上下文背景語境，選擇適合語境的選項。例如小題1，四個選項都是名詞：fields田地；gardens花園；factories工廠；parks公園。根據(jù)下文“The British love their gardens英國人喜歡他們的花園”可知選B。