Question

An old man lived in a nice house with a large garden. He took care of his  1 all the time, watering and fertilizing(施肥)them.  

One day a young man went by the garden. He looked at the beautiful flowers, imagining how happy he could be  2 he lived in such a beautiful place. Then, suddenly he found the old gardener was  3 . He was very surprised about this and asked, “You can’t see these flowers.  4 are you busy taking care of them every day?”  

The old man smiled and said “I can tell you four reasons. First, I was a gardener when I was young, and I really like this job. Second,  5 I can’t see these flowers, I can touch them.   6 , I can smell the sweetness of them. As to the last one, that’s you.”

“Me? But you don’t know me,” said the young man.

“Yeah, it’s  7 that I don’t know you. But I know that flowers are angels(天使) that everybody  8 . We enjoy the happiness these flowers have brought us.”

The blind man’s work opened our eyes and  9 our hearts, which also made his life  10 . It was just like Beethoven, who became deaf in his later life and wrote many great musical works. Beethoven himself couldn’t  11 his wonderful music, but his music has  12 millions of people to face their difficulties bravely. Isn’t it one kind of happiness?

1.                A．flowers         B．trees           C．vegetables D．grass

 

2.                A．after           B．as             C．before   D．if

 

3.                A．deaf           B．blind           C．smart D．strange

 

4.                A．What          B．Who           C．Why D．Which

 

5.                A．although        B．since           C．because  D．unless

 

6.                A．First           B．Second         C．Third D．Fourth

 

7.                A．true           B．hard           C．cool D．fair

 

8.                A．greets          B．knows          C．meets    D．doubts

 

9.                A．broke          B．hurt           C．pleased   D．treated

 

10.               A．emptier        B．busier          C．luckier    D．happier

 

11.               A．write          B．hear           C．play D．believe

 

12.               A．changed        B．directed        C．discovered D．encouraged

 

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.A

2.D

3.B

4.C

5.A

6.C

7.A

8.B

9.C

10.D

11.B

12.D

【解析】

試題分析：本文是一篇情感性記敘文，作者借助一個盲人精心護理花朵原因的敘述，揭示出殘疾人通過自己的努力既可以讓自己享受到工作的樂趣，又可以給周圍的人帶來快樂。

1.由第2空后面的the beautiful flowers可以推出該空應填flowers。 所以本題選A。

2.根據題干，該空表示"如果"，因此應填if。 本句的意思是“想象一下，如果他住在這么漂亮的地方，會多么高興”所以本題選D。

3.根據“You can’t see these flowers可知，老人是一位盲人。所以本題選B。

4.根據You can't see these flowers.和后句的關系可以推出該空表示"為什么"，因此應填Why。所以本題選C。

5.根據前后句的關系可知該空表示"盡管"，因此應用although引導讓步狀語從句。 本句的意思是“盡管我看不到這些花，但是我能摸到它們。”。所以本題選A。

6.由上文的First, Second可以推出該空表示'第三"，因此應填Third。 所以本題選C。

7.由語境邏輯可知，老人不認識年輕人是一個事實，因此該空應填true。 所以本題選A。

8.根據常識可知花是天使是人人都知道的事實，因此該空應填knows。 太所以本題選B。

9.老人精心護理花的工作開闊了我們的眼界，愉悅了我們的心。 Please表示“使高興”。所以本題選C。

10.根據文意，老人喜歡這項工作。老人的工作也使自己的生活更愉快。 故用happier。所以本題選D。

11.由第13空后面的deaf可以推出該空表示"聽"，因此應填hear。 所以本題選B。

12.根據題干，本句的意思是“但是他的音樂已經鼓勵了數百萬人勇敢地面對困難”。“鼓勵”是encourage。 所以本題選D。

考點：本題考查人生百味類文章

點評：本文是一篇情感性記敘文，文章第1空的flowers、第3空的blind、第5空的although、第9空的pleased、第10空的happier、第11空的hear、第12空的encouraged均是直接體現主題的答案，可見讀懂情感性記敘文，弄清其教育意義對推斷文章未知信息很有好處。