Question

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 from, 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 herself, and she ordered it.

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 weeks later, when standing before the vine, 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 sure enough, she saw that on the other side of the wall the vine was with blooms.

There 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, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t successful.

1.A. look B. care C. search D. pay

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

3.A. seen B. smelt C. sold D. picked

4.A. finally B. carefully C. suddenly D. immediately

5.A. place B. box C. cup D. room

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. seldom D. usually

15.A. its B. his C. her D. their

 

Answer 1

1.B

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.考查動詞短語及語境的理解。 A. look for尋找； B. care for關(guān)心，照顧； C. search for尋找； D. pay for支付。她有她的祖母撫養(yǎng)，祖母教她要愛護(hù)和關(guān)心花的成長。根據(jù)下文she already had a prepared to plant it.可知她在照管這些花，故選B。

2.2】考查動詞及語境的理解。 A. learned from向……學(xué)習(xí)； B. heard from收到來信； C. ordered訂購； D. borrowed借。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。根據(jù)she ordered it. 可知這是她預(yù)定的，故選 C。

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

4.4】考查副詞及語境的理解。 A. finally最終，最后； B. carefully 仔細(xì)地； C. suddenly突然；D. immediately立刻。她立刻定了這種花。根據(jù)a picture of a plant caught her eyes. She had never blooms(花) on a flower like that before.可知她以前沒有見過這種花想要了解一下，所以立刻定了這種花，故選D。

5.5】考查名詞及語境的理解。 A. place地方； B. box盒子； C. cup 杯子； D. room房間。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。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。

6.6】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。

7.7】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。

8.8】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。

9.9】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。

10.0】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。

11.1】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。

12.2】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。

13.3】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。

14.4】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。

15.5】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。

考點：故事類短文。