Question

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There was a lovely vegetable patch (菜园). A large tree _______  there. Both the patch _______ the tree gave the place a wonderful look, and _______  were the pride of the gardener. But _______   knows that the vegetables and the _______  couldn’t stand (忍受) each other. The vegetables hated the tree’s shadow (阴影) , _______   it left them only just enough light to live. The tree, on the other hand,   _______  the vegetables because they drank nearly all the_______ , leaving him just enough to live.

The situation became _______ serious that the vegetables decided _______  up all the water in the ground so that the tree would die. The tree answered back by not protecting the vegetables _______ the hot sun, so they began to dry up. Soon the vegetables were really weak, and the tree was drying up.

The gardener wondered why and stopped_______ them. When he did that, both the tree and the vegetables _______ that it was better to help each other. They learned how to live in harmony with those around them. So they decided to work together, using both the shade and the water to grow well. After seeing how well they were   _______ , the gardener gave the _______  care to the vegetable patch, watering and fertilizing (施肥) it better than any other patch for miles around.

1.A. grow             B. grows              C. grew          D. grown

2.A. and              B. or                 C. but           D. nor

3.A. they              B. them               C. their         D. themselves

4.A. somebody         B. anybody             C. nobody       D. everybody

5.A. gardener         B. tree               C. light         D. leaves

6.A. when              B. before             C. if           D. because

7.A. liked           B. hated             C. loved         D. helped

8.A. shadow            B. water             C. soil         D. sunlight

9.A. so               B. such               C. too           D. very

10.A. used            B. using             C. to use        D. use

11.A. from             B. for                C. by            D. on

12.A. water            B. watering           C. to water      D. waters

13.A. realized        B. improved            C. received      D. remembered

14.A. do             B. doing              C. did          D. done

15.A. good             B. better            C. best          D. well

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.A

4.C

5.B

6.D

7.B

8.B

9.A

10.C

11.A

12.B

13.A

14.B

15.C

【解析】

试题分析：该短文是一篇拟人化的寓言。通过一个可爱的菜园里的一棵大树与附近的蔬菜之间的明争暗斗，最终树与菜园明白了两者相互依存的道理，暗示了人与人和谐相处的重要性。

1.C考查动词及语境的理解。A. grow 生长，动词原形；B. grows 第三人称单数形式；C. grew 过去式；D. grown过去分词。根据整篇文章的时态，可知描述的是过去的事情，故选C。

2.A考查连词及语境的理解。A. and和； B. or 或者；C. but 但是； D. nor也不。both …and …,……和……都。菜园和树都使这里非常漂亮。故选A。

3.A考查代词及语境的理解。A. they 他们，主格；B. them 他们，宾格；C. their 他们的；D. themselves他们自己。他们都是园丁的骄傲。根据做主语，故选A。

4.C考查代词及语境的理解。A. somebody 某人；B. anybody 任何人；C. nobody没有人；D. everybody每个人。根据转折可知没有人知道蔬菜和大树彼此无法忍受。故选C。

5.B考查名词及语境的理解。A. gardener 园丁；B. tree 大树；C. light 光；D. leaves树叶。根据转折可知没有人知道蔬菜和大树彼此无法忍受。故选B。

6.D考查连词及语境的理解。A. when 当；B. before在前面；C. if 如果；D. because因为。蔬菜讨厌树的阴影，因为大树留给他们只是刚刚够生存的阳光。根据句意，故选D。

7.B考查动词及语境的理解。A. liked 喜欢；B. hated 讨厌；C. loved 爱；D. helped帮助。根据上文他们彼此不能忍受，可知另一方面，大树讨厌蔬菜。故选B。

8.B考查名词及语境的理解。A. shadow阴影；B. water 水；C. soil土壤；D. sunlight阳光。根据句中用了多次drink，可知是水，故选B。

9.A考查固定句式及语境的理解。A. so 如此，修饰形容词，副词；B. such 那么，修饰名词或者名词短语；. too太；D. very非常。so …that,如此……以至于。情况变的如此的严重以至于蔬菜决定用光所有的水，结果树死了。根据句意，故选A。

10.C考查动词及语境的理解。情况变的如此的严重以至于蔬菜决定用光所有的水。decide to do sth,决定做……，故选C。

11.A考查介词及语境的理解。大树很快通过不保护蔬菜不受阳光之害回应。protect from 保护，不受……之害。故选A。

12.B考查动词及语境的理解。A. water 浇水；B. watering 动名词；C. to water动词不定式；D. waters 第三人称单数形式。stop doing sth,停止做某事。根据上下文，可知是停止浇水，故选B。

13.A考查动词及语境的理解。A. realized 意识到；B. improved提高；C. received 收到；D. remembered记得。大树和蔬菜都意识到彼此帮助是更好的。根据句意，故选A.

14.B考查动词及语境的理解。A. do动词原形；B. doing 现在分词；C. did过去式；D. done过去分词。be doing 正在做某事，在看到他们做那么好后，园丁给了菜园最好的照料。故选B。

15.A. good 好；B. better 更好；C. best最好；D. well好，副词。正在做某事，在看到他们做那么好后，园丁给了菜园最好的照料。最高级前加冠词，故选C。

考点：故事类短文。