Question

    There was a young woman. She was quite proud of growing flowers in her yard. She had been raised by her grandmother, who had taught her to love and care for flowers. So her yard was the most beautiful one in her village.

One day, while looking through a flower, list that she often ordered from, a picture of a plant immediately caught her eyes. She had never seen a flower like it before, "I have to have it," she said to herself, and she ordered it right away.

When it arrived, she found a place to plant it. She planted it at the bottom of a stone wall at the back of the yard. It grew vigorously, with very beautiful green leaves all over it. Day after day, she continued to take good care of it, and she also looked forward to enjoying the flowers, but still there were not any.

One morning, as she stood looking at the plant, she felt sad,.”It grows well, but why don’t I see any flowers?” She wanted to know the reason why her plant had not flowered, but still there was no idea.

However, at this moment, her friendly neighbor invited her to his yard and said, “Thank you so much! You can’t imagine how much I have enjoyed the flowers that you planted.” “Did I plant? Where?”  the young woman was quite surprised. Quickly she walked through the gate into her neighbor’s yard. She saw that on the other side of the wall the plant was full of flowers. She couldn’t believe her eyes.

They were, indeed, the most beautiful flowers she had ever seen. The plant had grown up through the crevices in the wall.

Just because you can’t see the results of your work, it does not mean that there isn’t any fruit.

1.Who taught the young woman to take care of flowers?

A.Her friend. B.Her mother. C.Her neighbor. D.Her grandmother.

2.The underlined word “vigorously”  in Paragraph 3 means           .

A.healthily B.seriously C.shyly D.badly

3.Which is the right order of the following events according to the passage?

    a. The young woman felt sad.

    b. The young woman bought the plant at once.

    c. The young woman saw the plant in a picture.

    d. The young woman went to her neighbor's yard.

    e. T he young woman saw the beautiful real flowers.

A.a-b-c-d-e B.a-c-e-c-b C.c-b-a-d-e D.c-d-e-a-b

4.What's the best title for this passage?

A.How to Plant Flowers. B.The Other Side of the Wall.

C.Beautiful flowers. D.In the yard.

Answer

1.D

2.A

3.C

4.B

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要介绍了一个年轻女人种的花是全村最美的。一次购花时，她看到一个完全没见过的品种，于是买来悉心栽种，但是一直没能看到它开花，十分伤心。这时候邻居跟她说她简直无法想象女人种的花有多美！原来这花全部都穿过石缝开在了邻居院子了。这个故事告诉我们：不要以为你的付出毫无收获，有时候只是自己没有看到而已。

1.细节理解题。根据第一段“She had been raised by her grandmother…care for flowers.”可知，年轻女人的奶奶教会她爱花和养花。故选D。

2.词义猜测题。healthily健康地；seriously严肃地；shyly害羞地；badly坏地，不好地。根据后文“with very beautiful green leaves all over it”可知，此花生长得很好，叶子很漂亮，与之对应的单词应该是healthily健康地；划线单词vigorously精力旺盛地，蓬勃发展地。故选A。

3.推理排序题。根据“a picture of a plant…never seen a flower like it before”可知，女人最先看到图片上的花；根据第二段最后一句“she ordered it right away.”可知，看到花后，她马上订购了；根据第四段“she felt sad”可知，看到花总是不开，她感到伤心；根据“Quickly she walked through the gate into her neighbor’s yard”可知，当听到邻居的夸奖后，她到邻居的院子里；根据“She saw that…was full of flowers.”可知，女人在邻居院子里看到了自己的花，所以顺序是c-b-a-d-e。故选C。

4.主旨大意题。根据最后一段“Just because you can’t see… there isn’t any fruit.”可知，不能因为没有看见工作的结果，就否定没有开花结果，要看到墙的另一面，那个你所看不到的东西。故选B。