Question

完形填空。

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 take care of flowers. So her flower garden was the________ .

One day, while she was looking through a flower list she often ________the flowers from, suddenly 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 ________ , and she ordered it at once.

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, a few weeks later, when standing before the vine(藤), 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 she saw that on the other side of the wall the vine was ________  with blooms.

They were indeed the most beautiful blooms she had ________  seen. The vine had grown through the crevices (缝隙) 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 (努力), but that doesn’t mean it isn’t successful.

1.A. worst       B. bad    C. best           D. fine

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

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

4.A. her         B. himself  C. him            D. herself

5.A. place       B. bag      C. wall           D. vine

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. yet            D. just

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

Answer

1.C

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】

试题分析：短文大意：本文叙述了一位年轻的妇女，在植物的订货单上看见一张植物的画，看见这种植物花开的很好，于是自己也订购了这种植物，可是等她在精心护理了一段时间后，发现这种花不开花，于是就想不要这种植物了，就在这时，她的邻居来了告诉她她的植物在她家的墙上开花了，并且花很漂亮。有时我们看事物不能只看到不好的一面。

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7. 44 it down and planting something else in its place. 可知她对这种植物不报有开花的希望了，所以选B。

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10.，也就是他们两家的院子是连着的邻居过来对她说。 balcony阳台；kitchen 厨房；bedroom 卧室；yard院子。根据she saw that on the other side of the wall the vine was with blooms. 可知是两家的院子是连着的，所以选D。

11. with blooms. 可知她种植的植物在邻居的家里开了花，所以邻居能够欣赏到美丽的花，所以选A。

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考点：考查故事类短文。