选修8 Module 6 高考试卷分块专练
Ⅰ.语法填空
The Other Side of the Wall
There was a young woman who took great pride in her flower garden. She was raised by her grandmother, who taught her to love and care for flowers, so her flower garden was __1__ best in her town.
One day, while she was looking through a flower list from which she often __2__ (order), a picture of a plant caught her eye. She had never seen blooms (花) on a plant like that before. “I have to get it,” she said to herself, and she immediately ordered it.
When it arrived, she had already got a place __3__ (prepare) to plant it. She planted it at the back of her yard. It grew well, with beautiful green __4__ (leaf) all over it, but there were no blooms. Day after day, she continued to water it and feed it. She even talked to it, __5__ (try) to make it bloom. However, it was