Question

    Johnnie Martin was born in a worker’s family. His parents lived a simple life, saving money for the day when they could send him to a good university. They had dreamed that their son could get a good _______ and live a better life. However, to Johnnie, school lessons seemed like a wall that was impossible to go through.

One day when he was in Grade 11, Johnnie went _______ school psychologist's office to ask for help.

“Johnnie, I’ve been studying your marks of all the tests at school. I’ve made a _______ study of them,” said the psychologist．

“I’ve been trying hard.” Johnnie was about to _______.

The psychologist put his hand on the boy’s shoulder, “People have different kinds of talents, Johnnie. There are painters who were _______ able to learn maths, and engineers who can’t sing on key. Some day you will find _______ you are good at, and when you do, you will _______ your parents and all of us very proud of you.”

Johnnie didn’t go to university. He found a job working in the gardens around the town. Soon _________ amazing happened. His customers began to notice that Johnnie had what they called “green thumb”. The plants he _______ grew well, and the roses blossomed. People started to accept his ________ for gardening, because he had an eye for colour and light.

One day while he was downtown, he happened to ________ an unused dirty land behind the city hall. He volunteered to make it into a garden. That very afternoon as soon as he got the permission(允许), he started the work, ________ he couldn’t afford all the tools or the plants that he ________ for it. People gave him young trees, rose-bushes, benches and many other things. Before long, it had become a beautiful little ________.

Today Johnnie is the head of the business in gardening. Wherever he and his men go, they ________ beauty before the eyes of people.

1.A.job B.garden C.lesson D.present

2.A.into B.past C.along D.through

3.A.funny B.public C.careful D.similar

4.A.lie B.cry C.laugh D.agree

5.A.always B.usually C.sometimes D.never

6.A.how B.when C.what D.where

7.A.tell B.make C.help D.wish

8.A.nothing B.anything C.something D.everything

9.A.picked up B.painted at C.talked bout D.looked after

10.A.ideas B.invitation(邀请) C.question D.attention

11.A.buy B.rent C.clean D.notice

12.A.but B.and C.so D.or

13.A.bought B.borrowed C.planted D.needed

14.A.farm B.lake C.park D.market

15.A.find B.take C.collect D.learn

Answer

1.A

2.A

3.C

4.B

5.D

6.C

7.B

8.C

9.D

10.A

11.D

12.A

13.D

14.C

15.B

【解析】

文章大意：本文讲述了在贫困家庭中成长的Johnnie Martin，在学校不擅长功课，但在走出学校后，在园林种植方面却有一番成就。

1.句意：他们梦想着自己的儿子能找到一份好工作，并过上更好的生活。

job工作；garden花园；lesson功课；present礼物。根据下文“He found a job working in the gardens around the town．”以及题干中“live a better life”可知此处是说想要Johnnie找到一份好工作。故选A。

2.句意：当他上11年级的有一天，Johnnie去学校心理医生的办公室求助。

into到……里面；past经过；along沿着；through通过。根据下文Johnnie与心理医生的谈话可知识进了心理医生的办公室，go into意为“走进”。故选A。

3.句意：我已经仔细研究了你的分数。

funny有趣的；public公共的；careful仔细的；similar相似的。根据上文“Johnnie, I’ve been studying your marks of all the tests at school.”可推出心理医生对他的学习做了仔细的研究。故选C。

4.句意：Johnnie就要哭了。

lie撒谎；cry哭；laugh嘲笑；agree同意。根据Johnnie的话“I’ve been trying hard.”可知Johnnie已经尽力了却依旧学习不好，由此推断他就要哭了。故选B。

5.句意：有不能学好数学的画家和唱不好歌的工程师。

always总是；usually通常；sometimes有时；never从不。根据下文“and engineers who can’t sing on key”可知此处是列举例子表明人的天赋不同，要用never来表示画家学不好数学。故选D。

6.句意：终有一天你将发现你擅长什么，那时你将使你的父母和我们所有人都为你骄傲。

how怎样，询问方式或程度；when什么时候，询问时间；what什么，询问事物；where哪里，询问地点。分析句子结构可知at后缺少宾语，用what符合题意。故选C。

7.句意：终有一天你将发现你擅长什么，那时你将使你的父母和我们所有人都为你骄傲。

tell告诉；make使得；help帮助；wish希望。根据题意“那时你将___你的父母和我们所有人都为你骄傲”可推出要用make符合题意。故选B。

8.句意：很快，令人惊奇的事情发生了。

nothing没有什么，表示否定意义；anything任何东西，通常用于否定句或疑问句；something某事，某物，通常用于肯定句；everything一切。根据下文说他的顾客开始注意到Johnnie的才能，可知要用表示肯定意义的something。故选C。

9.句意：他照料的植物长得很好，且玫瑰开花了。

pick up捡起来；point at指着；talk about谈论；look after 照料。根据下文“the roses blossomed”可推出此处是说由他照料的植物。故选D。

10.句意：人们开始接受他对园艺工作的主意，因为他对颜色和光线独具慧眼。

ideas主意；invitation邀请；question问题；attention注意力。根据下文“because he had an eye for colour and light”可推出此处是说人们因此开始接受他的主意。故选A。

11.句意：一天，当他在市中心，他偶然注意到城市大厅后一块未使用的脏地。

buy买；rent租；clean打扫干净；notice注意。根据下文“He volunteered to make it into a garden．”可以推断出他是碰巧注意到那块地。故选D。

12.句意：那天下午他一获得允许变开始工作，但他买不起所需的全部的工具和植物。

but但是；and和；so所以；or否则。设空处前说得到工作许可，后又说买不起所需物品，前后句意出现转折，由此可知用but符合题意。故选A。

13.句意：那天下午他一获得允许变开始工作，但他买不起所需的全部的工具和植物。

bought买；borrowed借；planted种植；needed需要。根据题干中“he couldn’t afford all the tools or the plants that he ___ for it”可知that引导定语从句，此处是说他需要的工具或植物，用needed符合题意。故选D。

14.句意：不久以后，它已经变成了一个漂亮的小公园。

farm农场；lake湖；park公园；market市场。根据上文“People gave him young trees, rose-bushes, benches and many other things.”可知里面有树、花、长凳等，由此推出是个小公园。故选C。

15.句意：不管他和他的帮手们去哪里，他们都把美带到人们眼前。

find找到；take带去；collect收集；describe描述。根据“Wherever he and his men go”可知此处用take表示“把某物带去某处”，句中指的是“把美带到人们眼前”。故选B。