【文章內容簡介】 old. Some experts in the college doubted it, but in order not to let her down, those seeds finally took root （根）in the earth. The miracle appeared after one year。 the field was covered by pure white marigold. Therefore, the old woman who was always unknown to the public became a new focus. The old woman was a flowerlover. When she read the announcement 20 years ago, she got very excited like others. But her eight children were totally against her decision. After all, a woman who never knew the seed genetics（遺傳學） couldn39。t plete what the experts could never do, so her thought was only a day dream. Still, the old woman didn39。t change her mind and went on working. She planted some of the most mon seeds and took good care of them. A year later, when the marigold came out, she chose one faintest（最暗淡的） from those golden and brown flowers and got the best seed. The next year, she again grew them and chose...Day after day, year after year, through many seasons, the old woman39。s husband died, her children flew far, a lot of things happened in her life, but only the wish to grow the pure white marigold took root in her heart. Finally, after 20 years on the day we all know, in the garden she saw a marigold, which was nearly white, but as white as silver or snow. A problem even experts couldn39。t deal with was solved by an old woman who didn39。t understand genetics. Was it a miracle （奇跡）?To take root in the heart, even the most mon seed, can grow into a miracle!（1）According to the passage, _____ marigold is unusual.A.whiteB.purpleC.brownD.golden（2）It can be learned from the passage that___________.A.the children didn39。t agree on their mother39。s decisionB.the woman needed the great reward for her big familyC.the experts also succeeded in growing the white marigoldD.the woman took good care of the flowers instead of her family（3）The woman successfully grew the white marigold at last because she______A.was luckier than expertsB.put her heart into flowersC.got support from her familyD.studied the seed genetics well（4）The passage mainly talks about_______.A.the difficulties of getting the white marigoldB.the possibility of going beyond expertsC.the unforgettable development of marigoldD.the importance of holding on to dreams【答案】 （1）A（2）A（3）B（4）D 【解析】【分析】這篇短文主要介紹了關于金盞花的故事。介紹了老婦人堅持夢想的重要性。（1）A細節(jié)理解題。根據One year, a college in the United States announced that it would offer a lot of money for the pure white marigold（金盞花）.可知白色的金盞花是不尋常的，故選A。（2）A細節(jié)理解題。根據But her eight children were totally against her 。根據句意，故選A。（3）B 細節(jié)理解題。根據Finally, after 20 years on the day we all know, in the garden she saw a marigold, which was nearly white, but as white as silver or ，20年后的一天我們都知道，在花園里，她看到了一個金盞花，這幾乎是白色的，但白色或雪。因為她用心地種植這些種子，故選B。（4）D綜合理解題。此篇文章主要是為了說明堅持夢想的重要性。故選D。5．閱讀理解 Two friends and I moved into a house off campus when I was a junior at Iowa State University.We were all a bit afraid of our landlord, a rude middle aged man who was all business when we signed the lease. He gave us a lecture about paying the rent on time and maintaining the house and appliances. We weren39。t really supposed to, but during the fall semester, my housemates and I threw a party.We sent invitations to many friends and told everyone that we knew to e to our house on Friday night. We drew a large crowd and everyone had a great time. The last guests left in the wee hours of the morning. Exhausted, we decided to sleep in and clean the house and yard the next morning. Well, you guessed it! We were awakened about 7:00 . by our landlord, who was knocking on the door. Sheepishly, we let him in, expecting to incur his wrath. Instead, he picked up a party invitation that had been laying on the sidewalk and asked, Why didn39。t you girls invite me? He came into the house, made a minor repair, and spent a few minutes helping us pick up trash from the yard. We weren39。t quite sure what to make of our unexpected luck. I figured that he viewed my housemates and I as irresponsible after the party incident and this would prove him right. But I was wrong. He said, I have a daughter about your age, and the same thing happened to her once. He also taught me an important lesson about not judging a book by its cover.（1）Why did the writer feel a little afraid of her landlord? A.The landlord said nothing to us.B.He was a rude middle aged man who was all business when they signed the lease.C.He didn39。t play a joke on us.D.He was always angry with us .（2）Which of the following words can take the place of the underlined word “incur his wrath”?A.get stressed out.B.get angry .C.be scolded.D.be praised.（3）What did the landlord do after enering the house? A.He asked us why we didn39。t invite her .B.He blamed us because we didn39。t clean the house and yard.C.He didn39。t say anything.D.He thought we were irresponsible.（4）What do you think of the landlord?A.He is really serious and unkind.B.He is so rude and politeless .C.He is so kind and understanding.D.He is really strict and cruel.（5）What did the writer want to tell us? A.Never judge from appearancesB.A friend without faults will never be found. C.Accidents will happen.D.A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit.【答案】 （1）B（2）C（3）A（4）C（5）A 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文，主要講述了作者在大三時和朋友在校外租房住，遇到了一個看起來粗魯的中年男房東，有點害怕他。因為和朋友們一起辦了一個聚會，意外認識到這位房東其實是一個非常友