Question

I bought a jasmine（茉莉花） plant for my office. When I bought it， I 1.__________(tell) it would bloom（开花） and the sweet smell 2.________(fill) my office. I had the plant for two months， and every day I looked at it， but there3.__________( be not) any flowers or pleasant smell. I was not happy， so I gave the plant to my friend Linda.

One day， another friend Mary called and 4.________( invite) me to her office. When I walked in， her jasmine flowers surprised me. I reached out 5.___________(touch) the flowers. Mary cut some and gave them to me. I couldn't help smelling them. Surrounded by the sweet smell of only a handful of these flowers， I suddenly 6.________(understand) something.

Mary bought her plant the same time I did. It took a year for her jasmine7.___________(bloom). I was so impatient for mine to bloom； regretfully， I gave it away.

In a way my life is like the jasmine plant. I need 8._______(be) patient and let things happen.

Last Sunday Linda told me that she 9._________(go) abroad the next week. Before she left， she returned the plant to me. This time I am going to wait. I 10._____________(learn) that when we want something in our life， we have to be patient. I am slowly learning to have that patience to wait for my jasmine to bloom.

Answer

1.was told

2. would fill

3. weren’t

4.invited

5.to touch

6.understood

7. to bloom

8.to be

9.would go

10.have learned

【解析】

试题分析：这是一篇有关种花的故事，告诉人们任何事要想成功都得有耐心的哲理。

1.1】was told 根据原文，我在买花时，（卖花者）告诉我，我被告诉，故用被动语态。填was told。

2.2】would fill （卖花者）告诉我时，说花将开放，香味将会充满我的办公室。过去某时看来将要发生的动作，用过去将来时，因此填 would fill。

3.3】weren’t 短文在这里前后都是在描述过去发生的动作及状态，用的一般过去时，此处指那些日子，没有花及花香，因此用一般过去时态，填weren’t。

4.4】invited 过去某一天，朋友邀请我，用一般过去时，填invited。

5.to touch reach out伸出，我伸手的目的是去触摸花，用不定式作目的状语。因此填to touch。

6.6】understood 那天，我看着朋友的花，突然明白了什么，那天发生的过去动作，用一般过去时，填过去式：understood。

7.7】to bloom 本题是一个结构: It takes sb sometime to do sth，因此填，to broom。

8.8】to be 行为动词need后跟动词用带to的不定式，need to do sth ，故填 to be。

9.9】would go 上周日琳达告诉我，第二周她要去国外。上周告诉我时看来她将要去国外，表示过去某时看来将要发生的动作。用过去将来时态，因此填 ：would go。

10.10】have learned 通过这次茉莉花事件，我学会了当我们在生活中想要某事时，我们必须要有耐心的道理。强调“已经明白”的结果，强调过去发生的动作对现在造成的影响或结果，是现在完成时的用法。所以，此处用现在完成时，填 have learned。

考点：词汇运用。