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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 take care of flowers. So her flower garden was the______ .

One day, while she was looking through a flower list she often ______ the flowers from, suddenly a picture of a plant caught her eyes. She had never ______ blooms(花) on a flower like that before. “I have to have it,” she said to ______ , and she ordered it at once.

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

One morning, a few weeks later, when standing before the vine(藤), she felt very ______ that her plant had not bloomed. She was giving thought to______ it down and planting something else in its place.

It was at this point that her neighbor, whose ______ joined hers, called over 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 she saw that on the other side of the wall the vine was ______ with blooms.

They were indeed the most beautiful blooms she had ______ seen. The vine had grown through the crevices (縫隙) 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 (努力), but that doesn’t mean it isn’t successful.

【1】A. worst B. bad C. best D. fine

【2】A. learned B. heard C. ordered D. borrowed

【3】A. seen B. smelt C. sold D. picked

【4】A. her B. himself C. him D. herself

【5】A. place B. bag C. wall D. vine

【6】A. and B. so C. or D. but

【7】A. endless B. useless C. successful D. hopeful

【8】A. excited B. nervous C. sad D. frightened

【9】A. putting B. cutting C. turning D. taking

【10】A. balcony B. kitchen C. bedroom D. yard

【11】A. enjoyed B. dreamed C. expected D. hated

【12】A. through B. across C. above D. below

【13】A. satisfied B. connected C. filled D. pleased

【14】A. never B. ever C. yet D. just

【15】A. its B. his C. her D. their

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】C

【3】A

【4】D

【5】A

【6】D

【7】B

【8】C

【9】B

【10】D

【11】A

【12】A

【13】C

【14】B

【15】C

【解析】

試題分析：本文敘述了一位年輕的婦女，在植物的訂貨單上看見一張植物的畫，看見這種植物花開的很好，于是決定自己也訂購了這種植物，可是等她在精心護(hù)理了一段時間后，發(fā)現(xiàn)這種花不開花，于是就想不要這種植物了，就在這時，她的鄰居來了告訴她她的植物在她家的墻上開花了，并且花很漂亮。有時我們看事物不能只看到不好的一面。

【1】C考查形容詞最高級及語境理解。句意：因此，他的花園是最好的。A. worst 最糟的；B. bad 壞的；C. best 最好的；D. fine好的。文章開頭提出一位年輕的婦女以自己的花園而驕傲。故答案為C。

【2】C考查動詞及語境的理解。句意：一天當(dāng)她瀏覽她經(jīng)常訂貨的單時，一張植物的照片引起了她的注意。A. learned from向……學(xué)習(xí)； B. heard from收到來信； C. ordered訂購； D. borrowed借。根據(jù)she ordered it. 可知這是她預(yù)定的，故選 C。

【3】A考查動詞及語境的理解。句意：她以前從來沒有看見過這種花。A. seen看見；B. smelt聞到；C. sold 賣；D. picked挑選。See強(qiáng)調(diào)看的結(jié)果，根據(jù)語境故選A。

【4】D考查代詞及語境理解。句意：“我必須擁有它”，她自言自語道。A. her 她；B. himself他自己；C. him 他；D. herself她自己。say to oneself自言自語。oneself應(yīng)該與主語保持一致。故答案為D。

【5】A考查名詞及語境的理解。句意：當(dāng)花到了的時候，她已經(jīng)給這種植物安排好種植它的地方。 A. place地方；B. bag書包；C. wall 墻；D. vine滕樹。根據(jù)She planted it at the back of her yard.可知這里已經(jīng)給安排好了地方，故選A。

【6】D考查連詞及語境的理解。 A. and和，表示前后是并列關(guān)系；B. so 因此，表示前后是因果關(guān)系；C. or或者，表示前后是選擇關(guān)系；D. but但是，表示前后是轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系。這種花長勢很好葉子很綠，但是就是不開花。因為她認(rèn)為這種花應(yīng)該開花。這里表示前后是轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，故選D。

【7】B考查形容詞及語境的理解。A. endless無止境的； B. useless沒有用的；C. successful成功的； D. hopeful有希望的。她甚至對花說話，試圖讓它開花，可是沒有用的。根據(jù)She was giving thought to it down and planting something else in its place. 可知她對這種植物不報有開花的希望了，故選B。

【8】C考查形容詞及語境的理解。 A. excited高興； B. nervous緊張的； C. sad 傷心的；D. frightened害怕的。她感覺很傷心，她的這種植物不會開花了。根據(jù)she even talked to it trying to make it bloom. 可知她努力了，可是植物還是不開花，所以她很傷心，故選C。

【9】B考查非謂語動詞及語境的理解。 A. putting 放；B. cutting砍下；C. turning轉(zhuǎn)向；D. taking拿走。這里cut down砍掉，砍到。根據(jù)planting something else in its place. 可知她想把這種植物砍了，而種上其他的植物，故選B。

【10】D考查名詞及語境的理解。 A. balcony陽臺；B. kitchen 廚房；C. bedroom 臥室；D. yard院子。就在那時她的鄰居也就是他們兩家的院子是連著的。根據(jù)she saw that on the other side of the wall the vine was with blooms. 可知是兩家的院子是連著的，故選D。

【11】A考查動詞及語境的理解。 A. enjoyed欣賞；B. dreamed 夢想；C. expected盼望；D. hated恨。你想象不到你種植的植物我能欣賞它的花。根據(jù)she saw that on the other side of the wall the vine was with blooms. 可知她種植的植物在鄰居的家里開了花，所以鄰居能夠欣賞到美麗的花，故選A。

【12】A考查介詞及語境的理解。A. through通過，指從某個空間的內(nèi)部過去；B. across橫過，指從表面過去；C. above在上方；D. below在下方。這位年輕的婦女就從大門穿過進(jìn)入了鄰居家的院子。根據(jù)這里指的是門或窗子的空間穿過用介詞through，故選A。

【13】C考查形容詞及語境的理解。A. satisfied 滿意的；B. connected 連接的；C. filled 滿的；D. pleased 高興的。她看到在墻的另一面墻上爬滿了花。這里是短語be filled with sth充滿；故選C。

【14】B考查副詞及語境的理解。 A. never從不；B. ever曾經(jīng)；C. seldom很少；D. usually通常。這里有她曾見過的最漂亮的花。根據(jù)句意用ever曾經(jīng)，故選B。

【15】C考查代詞及語境的理解。A. its 它的；B. his他的；C. her她的；D. their他們的。這種植物在她的這邊墻上沒有開花，但是它卻在另一邊墻上開得很好。根據(jù)上文可知她種植的花開在了鄰居家的墻上，故選 C。