Question

11．My wife and I moved into our home two years ago．We had a（41）Awith a lot of rocks．Very often（42）Dwe have flowers，Denise or I would plant some between the rocks，just to add some color to the area．
    Last summer，I found a tiny little（43）Bin the yard that I could not（44）Cidentify．I knew I didn't plant it and Denise said she didn't either．We decided to let it continue growing until we could find out what it was．
    Weeks passed and as I made my way back to the（45）Dplant，it appeared to be a sunflower．I de-cided to（46）Cthe weeds around it．As I pulled rocks from the area to get to the weeds，I noticed some-thing（47）BThe sunflower had not（48）Awhere I saw it begin．It actually had begun under a big （49）Dand grown under and around it to reach the（50）B．
    That's when I（51）Cthat if a tiny little sunflower didn't let a big rock stand in its（52）Aof de-veloping，we too have the ability of doing the same thing．If we（53）Bourselves like that little sun flow-er，we can reach where we（54）Ato go and get what we need for growth．
    We need to believe in ourselves knowing we have the（55）Cto achieve our goals．Like the（56）D，it knew it had the ability to get over the rocks because it had（57）Ain itself that it would succeed．
Stand tall like the sunflower and be（58）Bwho and what we are，then the environment will begin to （59）Cus．We will find a way to go under or（60）Dany"rocks"in order to reach our goals．

41．A．yard	B．room	C．roof	D．platform
42．A．where	B．how	C．if	D．when
43．A．tree	B．plant	C．weed	D．seed
44．A．naturally	B．completely	C．immediately	D．finally
45．A．weak	B．lonely	C．pretty	D．strange
46．A．watch	B．collect	C．remove	D．tend
47．A．valuable	B．unusual	C．wonderful	D．terrible
48．A．started	B．left	C．died	D．passed
49．A．wall	B．tree	C．table	D．rock
50．A．top	B．sun	C．air	D．house
51．A．regretted	B．hoped	C．realized	D．doubted
52．A．way	B．course	C．place	D．process
53．A．worry about	B．believe in	C．fill in	D．put in
54．A．aim	B．wait	C．forget	D．afford
55．A．plan	B．idea	C．ability	D．wish
56．A．sun	B．yard	C．summer	D．sunflower
57．A．faith	B．energy	C．strength	D．courage
58．A．aware of	B．proud of	C．tired of	D．afraid of
59．A．affect	B．upset	C．support	D．forgive
60．A．through	B．from	C．into	D．around

Answer 1

分析 作者通过描述自己院子里面顽强生长的向日葵悟出了这样一个道理：如果我们相信自己的能力，我们便可以克服一切困难，实现自己的人生目标．

解答 答案：
41．A    联系上下文  根据第二段中的第一句"Last summer，I found a tiny little（43）in the yard"提到了作者在院子里发现了…，可知这里指的应是：他们的院子；故选A．
42．D  考查句意理解以及从属连词   本句的意思是：只为了给这里增添一些色彩，通常在我们有花的时候，我或者Denise会在石头之间种上一些；故此处指的是：当…时候；应使用连词when，故选D．
43．B    联系上下文    根据本段中的最后两句"I knew I didn't plant it and Denise said she didn't either．We decided to let it continue growing until we could find out what it was．"作者他们谁都没有种它，得等它长得大时，才能分辨出它是什么；以及下文提到"it appeared to be a sunflower"那长出了一株向日葵，故此处指的应是生长在院子里的一种植物；C．weed杂草，野草；  D．seed 种子；故选B．
44．C   联系上下文    根据本段中的最后一句"We decided to let it continue growing until we could find out what it was．（我们决定让它继续生长，直到我们能看出它是什么为止）"可知，本句的意思应是：我在院子里发现了一株很小的植物，我不能立即识别出它是什么；故选C．
45．D   考查句意理解   根据上文提到作者不能立即识别出院子里的那株幼小的植物，即作者不知道它是什么植物，可知作者认为那是一株奇怪的植物；故选D．
46．C     联系上下文    根据上一句"it appeared to be a sunflower"可知，作者已经看出它是一株向日葵了，因此作者决定除去它周围的杂草；故选C．
47．B     联系上下文     根据下一句"The sunflower had not（48）where I saw it begin"可知，向日葵并没有生长在我一开始发现它的位置；因此作者认为这是件不寻常的事情，故选B．
48．A    考查句意理解   本句的意思是：向日葵并没有生长在我一开始发现它的位置，start表示开始生长；故选A．
49．D     联系上下文   根据第一段提到院子里有很多石头，以及作者在除杂草时需要搬走石头可知，它应该是生长在了石头的下面；故D．
50．B   考查句意理解   由于向日葵是始终向着太阳生长的，故选B．
51．C    联系上下文    由于下文提到的是：作者意识到的已发生的事情；故选C．
52．A    考查固定短语   stand in one's way意为：阻拦，挡道；故选A．
53．B    考查动词短语及上下文理解    A．worry about担心； B．believe in 相信，信任；C．fill in填写，填充；D．put in提出，放入；根据下文"We need to believe in ourselves knowing we have the（55）to achieve our goals"可知，本句的意思是：如果我们像那棵向日葵一样相信我们自己；故选B．
54．A   联系上下文  结合最后一段提到的"in order to reach our goals"可知，此处指的是：达到某种目标，故选A．
55．C    考查固定短语及上下文理解    根据下文"it knew it had the ability to get over the rocks…"可知，此处指的应是：我们有能力实现我们的目标；have the ability to do sth．表示有能力做某事；故选C．
56．D      联系上下文    根据上文作者主要赞扬了那株顽强地生长在他们院子里的向日葵可知，此处指的应是那株向日葵；故选D．
57．A    考查句意理解   此处与上文提到的believe in 相呼应，意为：它知道它有能力摆脱那些石头，因为它相信自己会成功；故选A．
58．B  考查形容词辨析及句意理解  A．aware of意识到；B．proud of 骄傲；C．tired of厌倦于； D．afraid of害怕；像向日葵一样高高地站立，并为自己感到自豪；故选B．
59．C    联系上下文   承接上一句可知，本句的意思应是：周围的一切都将开始支持我们；故选C．
60．D    联系上下文   此处与"It actually had begun under a big （49）and grown under and around it to reach the（50）．"相呼应，表达的意思是：为了达到我们的目标，我们会找到一条路走下去或绕过任何"石头"；故选D．

点评 做本题时，首先要快速浏览全文，把握文章的主旨大意，缕清作者的写作思路；然后结合上下文，逐句分析，并正确理解每一句话的意思；最后结合选项中各单词或短语的意义及用法，找到符合文意的选项．