【正文】 1958. As we drove home, I was so 14 by what we had seen. I could 15 speak. She changed the world. I finally said, one bulb (水仙球莖) at a time. She started almost 40 years ago, probably just the beginning of an idea, and she 16 at it. The 17 of it would not let me go. I said: Imagine if I39。d had a 18 and worked on it, just a little bit every day, what might I have 19 ? Carolyn looked at me sideways, smiling. 20 tomorrow, she said. Better yet, start today.1. A. ambitionB. desireC. challengeD. way2. A. invitedB. wishedC. insistedD. hoped3. A. CautiousB. SurprisedC. EagerD. Unwilling4. A. throughB. overC. acrossD. beyond5. A. freshB. brightC. thickD. cloudy6. A. doubtedB. declaredC. hesitatedD. thought7. A. liftsB. cleansC. raisesD. sinks8. A. outB. upC. offD. on9. A. eagerlyB. desperatelyC. anxiouslyD. calmly10. A. shockedB. amazedC. amusedD. concerned11. A. containedB. layC. presentedD. located12. A. filledB. disturbedC. occurredD. confused13. A. signalB. symbolC. noteD. sign14. A. encouragedB. inspiredC. movedD. thrilled15. A. hardlyB. rarelyC. simplyD. totally16. A. broughtB. continuedC. madeD. kept17. A. wonderB. doubtC. mysteryD. idea18. A. viewB. visionC. sightD. scene19. A. predictedB. expectedC. acplishedD. explored20. A. BehaveB. TakeC. SetD. Start【答案】 （1）B；（2）C；（3）D；（4）A；（5）C；（6）D；（7）A；（8）B；（9）C；（10）B；（11）B；（12）A；（13）D；（14）C；（15）A；（16）D；（17）A；（18）B；（19）C；（20）D； 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文，作者應(yīng)女兒之邀,開(kāi)車去找女兒,在女兒的帶領(lǐng)下發(fā)現(xiàn)了滿地的水仙花,并由此產(chǎn)生了感悟。 （1）考查名詞。A. ambition “雄心”；B. desire“欲望”；C. challenge“挑戰(zhàn)”；D. way“道路”。根據(jù)語(yǔ)境可知,天氣很冷,有霧,需要開(kāi)車走兩個(gè)小時(shí)的彎曲的山路,因此作者應(yīng)該是不愿意去女兒家,故選B。 （2）考查動(dòng)詞。A. invited“邀請(qǐng)”；B. wished “希望”；C. insisted“堅(jiān)持”；D. hoped“希望”。根據(jù)上文可知,作者不愿意去女兒那兒,因此,此處是指女兒堅(jiān)持讓她去,故選C。 （3）考查形容詞。A. Cautious“謹(jǐn)慎的”；B. Surprised“吃驚的”；C. Eager“渴望的”；D. Unwilling“不情愿的”。根據(jù)上文可知,此處要表達(dá)盡管不情愿,我還是冒著面紗般的霧走了兩個(gè)小時(shí)的山路,故選D。 （4）考查介詞。A. through“（空間）穿過(guò)”；B. over“越過(guò)”；C. across“（表面）穿過(guò)”；D. beyond“超過(guò)”。此處是指作者從霧中穿過(guò),through,over和across都有穿過(guò)的意思,over是指從上方過(guò)去,across是指從面上穿過(guò),跨過(guò),而through是指從空間穿過(guò),故選A。 （5）考查形容詞。A. fresh“新鮮的”；B. bright“明亮的”；C. thick“濃的”；D. cloudy“多云的”。根據(jù)上文語(yǔ)境可知,此處是指霧非常的濃,故選C。 （6）考查動(dòng)詞。A. doubted “懷疑”；B. declared“聲明”；C. hesitated“猶豫”；D. thought“認(rèn)為”。根據(jù)上文可知,作者的女兒堅(jiān)持讓作者上山,作者不太愿意,天氣也不好,因此,此處是指作者上山時(shí)認(rèn)為此行一點(diǎn)都不值得,故選D。 （7）考查動(dòng)詞。A. lifts “消散,升起”；B. cleans“打掃”；C. raises“ 舉起”；D. sinks“下沉”。根據(jù)上文可知,作者本不太想來(lái),當(dāng)時(shí)霧很大,由此可知,作者對(duì)女兒說(shuō)吃過(guò)午飯霧散了就回去,故選A。 （8）考查動(dòng)詞短語(yǔ)。句意:但是我想讓你開(kāi)車送我去車庫(kù)取我的車。 out“挑出”； up“開(kāi)車接某人”； off“摘掉”； on“挑選”。根據(jù)句意可知,此處要用pick up開(kāi)車接人,故選B。 （9）考查副詞。A. eagerly“渴望地”；B. desperately“絕望地”；C. anxiously“焦急地”；D. calmly“鎮(zhèn)定地”。作者的女兒說(shuō)只有三分鐘的路程,結(jié)果走了十分鐘的山路還沒(méi)有到,因此作者是感到焦急,故選C。 （10）考查形容詞。A. shocked“震驚 的”；B. amazed“驚奇的”；C. amused “有趣的”；D. concerned“關(guān)心的”。根據(jù)下文作者看到滿山的水仙花可知,此處是指作者感到非常驚奇,故選B。 （11）考查動(dòng)詞。句意:從山頂?shù)缴焦蠕仢M了幾英畝的富含多種顏色的水仙花。A. contained “包括”；B. lay“位于,躺”；C. presented “展示”；D. located“位于”。根據(jù)句意可知,此處是指水仙花鋪滿了山谷,故選B。 （12）考查動(dòng)詞。A. filled“裝滿”；B. disturbed“打擾”；C. occurred“發(fā)生”；D. confused“困惑”。根據(jù)下文可知,此處是指我腦子里裝滿了問(wèn)題,故選A。 （13）考查名詞。A. signal“信號(hào)”；B. symbol“象征”；C. note“筆記”；D. sign“指示牌”。根據(jù)下文提到上面寫著……可知,此處是指指示牌,故選D。 （14）考查動(dòng)詞。A. encouraged“鼓勵(lì)”；B. inspired“激勵(lì)”；C. moved“感動(dòng)”；D. thrilled“激動(dòng)”。根據(jù)上文“Who created such beauty? Why? How? As we approached the home that stood in the centre of the property, we saw a that read: Answers to the Questions I know you are asking. The first answer was: One WomanTwo Hands, Two Feet, and Very Little Brain. The second was: One at a Time. The third: Started in 1958.以及下文She changed the world. I finally said, one bulb (水仙球莖) at a time. She started almost 40 years ago, probably just the beginning of an idea, and she at it.”可知,作者應(yīng)該是被種花的人感動(dòng),從1958年開(kāi)始,一個(gè)女人開(kāi)始種植水仙花,終于讓幾英畝的土地上長(zhǎng)滿了美麗的水仙花,故選C。 （15）考查副詞。A. hardly“幾乎不”；B. rarely“罕見(jiàn)地”；C. simply“簡(jiǎn)單地”；D. totally“完全地”。根據(jù)上文可知,此處是指景色美的讓我?guī)缀跽f(shuō)不出話來(lái),故選A。 （16）考查動(dòng)詞。A. brought “帶來(lái)”；B. continued“繼續(xù)”；C. made“做”；D. kept“保持,堅(jiān)持”。根據(jù)上文可知,她堅(jiān)持下去了,一次一個(gè)水仙球莖,從四十年前開(kāi)始。故選D。 （17）考查名詞。句意:這個(gè)驚奇讓我不能忘懷。A. wonder“驚奇”；B. doubt“懷疑”；C. mystery“神秘”；D. idea“主意”。根據(jù)語(yǔ)境可知,作者對(duì)滿山谷的水仙花感到非常驚奇,故選A。 （18）考查名詞。A. view“風(fēng)景”；B. vision“愿景”；C. sight“視野”；D. scene “場(chǎng)景”。根據(jù)上文可知,此處要表達(dá)如果我有一個(gè)愿景并一天天堅(jiān)持下去,我將會(huì)完成什么。故選B。 （19）考查動(dòng)詞。A. predicted“預(yù)測(cè)”；B. expected“期望”；C. acplished“完成”；D. explored“探索”。根據(jù)上文可知，如果我每日都堅(jiān)持一點(diǎn)一點(diǎn)的做下去可知,此處是問(wèn)我會(huì)完成什么呢?,故選C。 （20）考查動(dòng)詞。A. Behave“表現(xiàn)”；B. Take“拿”；C. Set“樹(shù)立”；D. Start“開(kāi)始”。根據(jù)下文Carolyn說(shuō)最好從今天開(kāi)始可知,此處是作者說(shuō)從明天開(kāi)始,故選D。 【點(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(yǔ)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。6．完形填空 I believe that life39。s toughest lessons are best learned through personal experience. Throughout my childhood, my grandmother 1 me with unconditional love but always stressed, You39。re not 2 than anyone else, but you39。re just as good as anyone. Treat others with 3 , and you would earn respect 4 . However, I never really 5 it until I was seventeen and got a summer job as a janitor. As I 6 floors and toilets, I watched people walk right by me and ignore my 7 . This made me feel angry and wonder why they treated me so poorly. When I 8 to my grandmother, she offered me some words of 9 and reminded me never to forget the feeling of being 10 and to do the best job, because it was still my work, in which I should take 11 . She added that it would make me a better man someday. Make me a better man someday? She must be 12 , I thought to myself. But I needed the job to 13 college and there were few other jobs available, 14 I bit my tongue and kept on working as best as I could for the 15 of the summer. Today, when asked what job helped prepare me to gain the 16 of a key university, I tell people it was my summe