Question

My sister-in-law, Sharon, recently had a good year for tomatoes. She and her family had _______ and canned so many that they’d begun to feel their skin turn slightly _______. That’s when she decided it was time to share her blessings(福气). She started calling everyone she knew. When that _______, she began asking everyone in the neighborhood like a _______, eventually finding a neighbor delighted to have the tomatoes. “Feel free to take _______ you want,” Sharon told her. Later that day, Sharon found that her garden had indeed been _______. She felt happy that she could help someone and that the food didn’t go to _______.

A few days later, Sharon _______ the door. There was the neighbor, holding a hot loaf(条) of some kind of sweet bread. The neighbor smiled pleasantly: “I wanted to thank you for all of the tomatoes, and I have to _______ that I took a few other things and hoped you wouldn’t mind.”

Sharon couldn’t think of ________ else in her garden that had been worth harvesting and said so. “Oh, but you ________,” the neighbor said. “You had some of the prettiest zucchini(西葫芦) I’ve ________ seen.”

Sharon was ________. Zucchini in her garden? They hadn’t even planted any zucchini. But her neighbor ________ that there really were bright-green zucchini in Sharon’s garden. Sharon’s curiosity ________ the better of her and she had to go see where the zucchini had grown. The two of them walked together into the backyard. When the neighbor pointed at the long green ________, Sharon smiled. “Well, ________, those are cucumbers that we never harvested, because they got too big, soft and bitter for eating or canning.”

The neighbor looked at Sharon, ________ written all over her face. She gulped(大口吸气) a few times, and then, smiling, ________ out the bread, part of a batch(批) she had shared all over the neighborhood. “I brought you a nice loaf of ________ bread. I hope you like it.”

1.A. bought    B. grown    C. eaten    D. sold

2.A. red    B. yellow    C. dark    D. pale

3.A. worked    B. happened    C. stopped    D. failed

4.A. housewife    B. politician    C. friend    D. farmer

5.A. whichever    B. whatever    C. wherever    D. whenever

6.A. harvested    B. stolen    C. damaged    D. cleared

7.A. shop    B. factory    C. waste    D. soil

8.A. closed    B. repaired    C. left    D. answered

9.A. expect    B. suggest    C. require    D. admit

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

11.A. could    B. did    C. should    D. do

12.A. ever    B. never    C. always    D. seldom

13.A. embarrassed    B. pleased    C. confused    D. satisfied

14.A. apologized    B. demanded    C. replied    D. insisted

15.A. took    B. made    C. got    D. kept

16.A. flowers    B. vegetables    C. fields    D. gardens

17.A. obviously    B. actually    C. naturally    D. separately

18.A. shock    B. delight    C. excitement    D. fright

19.A. gave    B. pulled    C. pointed    D. held

20.A. tomato    B. zucchini    C. cucumber    D. vegetable

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.D

4.B

5.B

6.A

7.C

8.D

9.D

10.B

11.B

12.A

13.C

14.D

15.C

16.B

17.B

18.A

19.D

20.C

【解析】本文主要讲了Sharon种的菜园子里收获了西红柿，于是她就让邻居也来分享。结果邻居错把园子里的有点苦的黄瓜当成西葫芦摘走，做成了面包，还送给了邻里的其他人品尝的故事。

1.C

考查动词。A. bought买；B. grown种植； C. eaten吃；D. sold卖。因为她的西红柿有了很好的收成，所以她和家人已经吃了很多。故选C.

2.A

考查形容词。A. red红的；B. yellow黄的；C. dark黑的；D. pale苍白的。因为吃了很多西红柿所以开始感觉皮肤都变得有点像西红柿一样微红了。故选A.

3.D

考查动词。A. worked工作；B. happened发生；C. stopped停止；D. failed失败。她想和认识的人分享她的成果，但是都没有响应。故选D.

4.B

考查名词。A. housewife家庭主妇；B. politician政治家；C. friend朋友；D. farmer农民。因为没有人回应，所以她就象一个政治家一样逐一询问邻居，最终找到一个邻居愿意要她的西红柿。故选B.

5.B

考查连词。句意：Sharon告诉她：“随时来拿你想要的。”由whatever（无论什么）引导的宾语从句，在从句中作want的宾语，故选B.

6.A

考查动词。A. harvested收获；B. stolen偷；C. damaged毁掉；D. cleared清理。句意：莎伦发现她的花园确实被收获了。故选A.

7.C

考查名词。A. shop商店；B. factory 工厂；C. waste废物；D. soil土壤。句意：这些食物没有变成废物。故选C.

8.D

考查动词。A. closed关闭；B. repaired修理；C. left离开；D. answered回答。固定短语：answer the door（开门迎客），几天之后，Sharon去开门。故选D.

9.D

考查动词。A. expect期望；B. suggest建议；C. require需要；D. admit承认。邻居承认还拿了院子里的其它东西。故选D.

10.B

考查不定代词。A. nothing没有东西；B. anything任何东西；C. something某种东西；D. everything每一个东西。句意：她没想到别的什么任何东西还值得收获。故选B.

11.B

考查词。句意：但是你做到了。此处用助动词did代替前面做的事，因为是发生过的，故选B.

12.A

考查副词。A. ever曾经；B. never从来不；C. always 总是；D. seldom很少。句意：你还有我曾经见过的最好的西葫芦。故选A.

13.C

考查形容词。A. embarrassed窘迫的； B. pleased 高兴的；C. confused迷惑的；D. satisfied满意的。因为她的院子里没有西葫芦，所以她很迷惑。故选C.

14.D

考查词。A. apologized道歉；B. demanded要求；C. replied修理；D. insisted坚持说。但是她的邻居坚持说有。故选D.

15.C

考查动词。句意：莎伦的好奇心占了上风，她就要去看看西葫芦生长在哪里。固定短语：get the better of（占上风），故选C.

16.B

考查名词。A. flowers鲜花；B. vegetables蔬菜；C. fields 田地；D. gardens花园。句意：当邻居指着那长长的绿色的蔬菜时，Sharon笑了。故选B.

17.B

考查词。A. obviously明显地；B. actually实际上地；C. naturally自然地；D. separately单独地。句意：实际上，我们并没有收获那些黄瓜，因为它们太大，太软，还有点苦，不适合罐装。故选B.

18.A

考查名词。A. shock震惊；B. delight高兴；C. excitement兴奋；D. fright惊吓。当她说那是黄瓜时，邻居一脸的震惊。故选A.

19.D

考查动词。A. gave给；B. pulled拉；C. pointed指出；D. held拿。邻居还是拿出了面包送给她。故选D.

20.C

考查名词。A. tomato西红柿；B. zucchini西葫芦；C. cucumber黄瓜；D. vegetable蔬菜。显然这个面包就用本来以为是西葫芦，而实际上是黄瓜做的。故选C.