C. photographer D. traveler
【解析】选A。根据下文的the young painter 可知是一天一个年轻的画家经过老人的花园。 5. A. faced with C. devoted to
B. lost in D. moved by
【解析】选B。be lost in admiration赞叹不已。结合前后文可知, 此处表示对这些美景赞叹不已。 6. A. thinking C. picturing
B. wondering D. believing
【解析】选C。勾画着(picture)如果他生活在如此美丽的一个地方, 他将会多么幸福。 7. A. when
B. if
C. even if
D. since
【解析】选B。if如果, 引导条件状语从句, 表示如果他能生活在如此美丽的一个地方将会多么幸福。 8. A. particular C. blind
B. special
D. energetic
【解析】选C。根据下文的which you can’t see可知他突然发现老园丁是盲人。 9. A. approached C. watched
B. reached D. prevented
【解析】选A。年轻的画家靠近那位老人。 10. A. planting
B. watering
C. fertilizing D. tending
【解析】选D。根据上文的so well-tended可知画家问老人你为何忙于照顾这些你看不到的花儿。 11. A. easily C. accidentally
B. really D. eventually
【解析】选B。我真正地喜欢这份工作。 12. A. get rid of C. come up with
B. give a touch to D. have fun with
【解析】选B。虽然我看不到这些花儿, 但是我可以触摸到它们。give a touch to触摸。 13. A. Without C. And for
B. In spite of D. Even so
【解析】选C。而且对于最后一点, 就是你。 14. A. pick them up C. let them down
B. turn them down D. give them up
【解析】选B。我知道大家都知道花朵是天使, 没有人能拒绝它们。turn down拒绝。 15. A. enthusiasm C. kindness
B. calmness D. caution
【解析】选A。结合语境此处表示许多热爱生活的人会驻足。 16. A. mood C. place
B. condition D. life
【解析】选A。结合语境驻足是因为我美丽的花园会给他们带来好心情。 17. A. way
B. time
C. chance
D. hand
【解析】选C。而且它也给我一个和你说话的机会。 18. A. Therefore C. However
B. Anyway D. Besides
【解析】选C。老人看不见和每朵花都有一双眼睛构成转折。 19. A. for
B. in
C. from
D. with
【解析】选D。每朵花都有一双眼睛, 能够看到老人的美和善。with which (指eyes)作后一句的方式状语。 20. A. change C. remind
B. hear D. accept
【解析】选B。根据后面的voice可知是他当然能听到花开的声音。 Ⅲ. 语法填空
(2017·南昌模拟)
阅读下面短文, 在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
The Dutch are used to living in a country which is always exposed to dangers of deadly floods. A country with a half of its land below sea level cannot afford 1. ________(ignore)the problem of rising sea level, and Holland, which already has spent about U. S. $2. 5 trillion on flood 2. ________(prevent), plans to invest more over the next century. Life in
these challenging 3. ________(circumstance) has inspired the Dutch to develop many excellent methods of 4. ________ (fight) floods. Thanks to the skill of Dutch engineers, flooding in Holland is rarely widespread, and is instead limited 5. ________ certain areas of the country. Two such areas are the valleys of the Rhine and the Meuse Rivers. In spite of large flood wall, these rivers regularly flood the surrounding areas. During dry times, however, those areas are perfectly 6. ________(pleasure) to live in. One solution that 7. ________ (develop)now is a type of house that seems normal in every day, except that it can float during times of high water rather than 8. ________ (simple) sink beneath the waves as normal houses would. Groups of houses would form floating neighborhoods in 9. ________ people could live together during times of high water, temporarily getting around by boat 10. ________ the flood ends. 【文章大意】本文是一篇说明文, 旨在介绍荷兰人抗击洪水的努力和方法。
1. 【解析】to ignore。 考查固定短语。afford to do sth. : 承受得起……根据句意: 海拔低于陆地一半的国家不能忽视海平面上升的问题。 2. 【解析】prevention。考查名词。根据句意是花了很多的钱在洪水的预防上。prevention是名词“预防”。
3. 【解析】circumstances。考查名词单复数。根据句意: 在这些具有挑战性的环境中生活鼓舞了荷兰人发展了许多抗洪的优良方法。 circumstances是名词“环境”。
4. 【解析】fighting。考查动名词。根据句意: 在这些具有挑战性的环境中生活鼓舞了荷兰人发展了许多抗洪的优良方法。介词of后面跟动名词fighting floods“抗洪”。
5. 【解析】to。考查介词。be limited to: 局限于一个……的范围。 6. 【解析】pleasant。考查形容词。根据句意: 在这些地区生活非常舒适。pleasant是形容词“令人愉快的”。
7. 【解析】is being developed。考查动词时态和语态。根据句意: 现在正在开发的一种解决方案。所以用现在进行时的被动语态。 8. 【解析】simply。考查副词。此处用副词修饰动词sink。 9. 【解析】which。考查定语从句。先行词是floating neighborhoods, 关系代词which作介词in的宾语。
10. 【解析】till/until。考查连词。根据句子的意思是说直到洪水结束, till/until是连词“直到”。 Ⅳ. 短文改错
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文, 请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误, 每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加: 在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧), 并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除: 把多余的词用斜线(\\)划掉。
修改: 在错的词下划一横线, 并在该词下面写出修改后的词。 注意: 1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词;