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of the mountain. I39。ll stay for lunch, but I39。m 2 back home straight after that, I announced when I arrived. But I need you to drive me to the garage to 3 my car, Carolyn said. Could we 4 do that? How far is it? I asked. About three minutes, she said. I39。ll drive—I39。m 5 it. After ten minutes on the mountain road, I looked at her 6 . I thought you said three minutes. She laughed. This is a detour(繞道). Turning down a narrow path, we parked the car and got out. To my 7 , the views before my eyes were 8 words. From the 9 of the mountain, several acres(英畝) across hills and valleys, were rivers of daffodils(水仙花). Plenty of 10 —from the palest ivory(象牙白) to the deepest lemon and then to the most vivid pink—shone like a carpet before us. It looked 11 the sun had tipped(翻倒) over and spilled(灑落) gold down the mountainside. A series of questions 12 my mind. Who 13 such beauty? When? How? As we approached(接近) the house that 14 in the center of the land, we saw a sign that 15 : Answers to the Questions。 I Know You Are 16 . The first answer was: One Woman—Two Hands, Two Feet, and Very Little Brain. The second was: One at a Time. The third: 17 in 1958. The 18 of it would not let me go. Imagine, I said, if I39。d had a 19 and worked at it, just a little bit every day, what might I have 20 ? Carolyn looked at me, smiling. Start tomorrow, she said. Better yet, start today.1. A. persuadedB. advisedC. insistedD. manded2. A. headingB. cyclingC. settlingD. hiding3. A. e upB. pack upC. pick upD. add up4. A. at bestB. at leastC. at mostD. at last5. A. used toB. concerned aboutC. upset aboutD. tired of6. A. calmlyB. gratefullyC. peacefullyD. anxiously7. A. disappointmentB. amazementC. agreementD. encouragement8. A. beyondB. out ofC. far fromD. away from9. A. bottomB. middleC. topD. half10. A. plantsB. flowersC. grassesD. colours11. A. as ifB. even ifC. in thatD. now that12. A. coveredB. includedC. filledD. trapped13. A. discoveredB. inventedC. createdD. founded14. A. builtB. layC. remainedD. stayed15. A. saidB. signedC. wroteD. advertised16. A. RequestingB. WonderingC. AskingD. Replying17. A. DiedB. BuriedC. EndedD. Started18. A. lessonB. sightC. wonderD. view19. A. projectB. goalC. careerD. schedule20. A. acpaniedB. achievedC. determinedD. suffered【答案】(1)C;(2)A;(3)C;(4)B;(5)A;(6)D;(7)B;(8)A;(9)C;(10)D;(11)A;(12)C;(13)C;(14)B;(15)A;(16)C;(17)D;(18)C;(19)B;(20)B; 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文,女兒帶作者去山頂,看到了一片各色水仙花像地毯一樣在面前閃閃發(fā)光,作者為之吸引,得知這是一位女士多年努力的結(jié)果。作者捫心自問:如果自己設(shè)定一個(gè)目標(biāo)然后為之努力去做,每天做一點(diǎn),時(shí)間久了會(huì)收獲什么。(1)考查動(dòng)詞。A. persuaded“說服”;B. advised“建議”;C. insisted“堅(jiān)持”;D. manded“命令”。根據(jù)“I had no desire to drive up for two hours along the winding mountain road to my daughter Carolyn39。s house.”可知作者不想在雨天走山路開車去女兒家,但是女兒堅(jiān)持讓去山頂看什么東西,故選C。(2)考查動(dòng)詞。A. heading“前進(jìn)”;B. cycling“騎車”;C. settling“解決”;D. hiding“藏”。作者告訴女兒午飯后就直接回家,表示“直接回家”,故選A。(3)考查動(dòng)詞短語。A. e up“出現(xiàn)”;B. pack up“打包”;C. pick up“接,撿起”;D. add up“增加”。女兒要求作者載她去修理廠把車接回來,指取車,故選C。(4)考查介詞短語。A. at best“最多”;B. at least“最少”;C. at most“至多”;D. at last“最后”。此處指女兒要求父親至少幫她做這件事,表示“至少”,故選B。(5)考查固定短語。A. used to“過去常?!保籅. concerned about“關(guān)心”;C. upset about“對(duì)……失望”;D. tired of“厭煩”。女兒說她開車,她習(xí)慣于開山路。be used to ,“習(xí)慣于某事”,故選A。(6)考查副詞。A. calmly“鎮(zhèn)靜地”;B. gratefully“感激地”;C. peacefully“和平地”;D. anxiously“焦急地”。根據(jù)上文“About three minutes,” she ten minutes on the mountain road,可知女兒說去修車廠只有3分鐘路程,現(xiàn)在過了10分鐘還沒到目的地,所以作者很焦急。故選D。(7)考查名詞。A. disappointment“失望”;B. amazement“驚異,吃驚”;C. agreement“協(xié)議”;D. encouragement“鼓勵(lì)”。根據(jù)下文“the views before my eyes were ___8___ acres(英畝) across hills and valleys, were rivers of daffodils(水仙花).”本來說去修車廠,而現(xiàn)在看到的景象讓作者感到吃驚,故選B。(8)考查介詞。A. beyond“超過”;B. out of“缺少”;C. far from“遠(yuǎn)離”;D. away from“遠(yuǎn)離”。作者眼前看到的景象無法用語言表達(dá),指超出了語言表達(dá)的范圍,故選A。(9)考查名詞。A. bottom“底部”;B. middle“中間”;C. top“頂部”;D. half“一半”。與上文“But she had ___1___ that I e see something at the top of the ten minutes on the mountain road,”呼應(yīng),可知這是在山頂上看到的景象,故選C。(10)考查名詞。A. plants“植物”;B. flowers“花”;C. grasses“草”;D. colours“顏色”。根據(jù)“from the palest ivory(象牙白) to the deepest lemon and then to the most vivid pink”可知水仙花有許多顏色,故選D。(11)考查連詞。A. as if“好像”;B. even if“即使”;C. in that“因?yàn)椤?;D. now that“既然”。各種顏色的水仙花像地毯一樣在我們面前閃閃發(fā)光,看起來好像太陽翻倒了,把金子灑下了山坡。此處是比喻,故選A。(12)考查動(dòng)詞。A. covered“覆蓋”;B. included“包括”;C. filled“裝滿”;D. trapped“誘捕”??吹竭@么美的景象,我腦子里裝滿了疑問。故選C。(13)考查動(dòng)詞。A. discovered“發(fā)現(xiàn)”;B. invented“發(fā)明”;C. created“創(chuàng)造”;D. founded“建立”。作者想知道是誰,什么時(shí)候,怎樣創(chuàng)造了這種美。故選C。(14)考查動(dòng)詞。A. built“建立”;B. lay“位于”;C. remained“保持”;D. stayed“待,停留”。隨著我們接近這片地中央的房子,表示“位于”,故選B。(15)考查動(dòng)詞。A. said“說”;B. signed“示意”;C. wrote“寫”;D. advertised“登廣告”。此處指牌子上寫著,“Answers to the Questions。 I Know You Are ___16___.”是寫的內(nèi)容,故選A。(16)考查動(dòng)詞。A. Requesting“要求”;B. Wondering“想知道”;C. Asking“問”;D. Replying“回復(fù)”。此處指提問的問題的答案,故選C.(17)考查動(dòng)詞。A. Died“死”;B. Buried“埋葬”;C. Ended“結(jié)束”;D. Started“開始”。此處指創(chuàng)造這個(gè)奇跡種水仙花開始于1958年,故選D。(18)考查名詞。A. lesson“課”;B. sight“視力”;C. wonder“奇跡”;D. view“視野”。它的奇妙之處不讓我走,指我被這個(gè)奇跡吸引不想離開。故選C。(19)考查名詞。A. project“計(jì)劃”;B. goal“目標(biāo)”;C. career“事業(yè)”;D. schedule“時(shí)間表”。如果我為自己設(shè)定一個(gè)目標(biāo)然后為之努力去做,每天做一點(diǎn),時(shí)間久了我會(huì)收獲什么。此處指定目標(biāo),故選B。(20)考查動(dòng)詞。A. acpanied“陪伴”;B. achieved“獲得”;C. determined“決定”;D. suffered“遭受”。此處指為一個(gè)目標(biāo)長時(shí)間努力后的收獲,故選B?!军c(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及動(dòng)詞,名詞,形容詞,副詞,介詞,固定短語等多個(gè)知識(shí)點(diǎn)的考查,是一篇故事類閱讀,要求考生在理解細(xì)節(jié)信息的基礎(chǔ)上,進(jìn)一步根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系,進(jìn)行分析推理,從而選出正確答案。4.閱讀下面短文,從短文后各題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)(A、B、C和D)中,選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。 Once upon a time, there was a poor man. His 1 was also very poor — a small and empty house, which was 2 with spider webs (蜘蛛網(wǎng)). People tried to 3 ing into his house as they didn39。t want to e to su