Ⅰ.完形填空
(2022·长春市质检一)
As I work in the garden, I take my time. And the garden is __1.D__ me about working with the earth. I recognize that there will be both successes and failures and there are many factors that __2.B__ them both. The quality of the seeds can affect the growth of the plants. The __3.C__ can be too hot, too cold, or exactly right. Weeds need to be pulled and thrown away to __4.D__ that the fruits, vegetables, and flowers we have planted grow well.
I take time to stand back and rest, and to __5.B__ the plants. Each plant is __6.D__ and develops in the way that is best for them. Some have large broad leaves to __7.C__ their fruit from the rays of the sun, while other plants are more __8.A__， their fruit needing the light to grow and ripen.
Getting my hands __9.B__ and feeling the sweat on my forehead, as I work under the summer sun，reminds me I am __10.C__ in the ways I wouldn’t have remembered sitting on the couch.
I feel attracted to move things around to transplant and to __11.A__ the natural order of how plants grow. The garden teaches me the importance of knowing when to disturb things and when to let them be. The garden’s life cycle __12.D__ a pattern that is repeated according to the __13.C__ of nature. Birth, growth, and then death and it teaches me to accept this fact.
Perhaps life is like the __14.D__，successes and failures, time to be active and time to rest, to let go of what is no longer needed, to cultivate what helps us to grow into our light and power, and to readily __15.B__ life from beginning to end.
语篇解读：本文是一篇议论文。作者在园子里耕种时，认真观察，感悟到了人生哲理：人的生命就像园子一样，有成功也会有失败；有积极拼搏的时间也要有休息放松的时间。所以要抛弃那些不需要的东西，培养有助于我们成长的东西，自始至终都要以良好的心态去接受生命。
1．A.telling B．concerning
C．worrying D．teaching
解析：考查词汇复现。根据第四段中的“The garden teaches... let them be.”可知，此处应是园子教会作者如何与土地打交道。故选D。
2．A.destroy B．affect
C．promote D．exchange
解析：考查语境推断。空后的them指代“successes and failures”，故此处表达的是有很多因素影响成功和失败。A项“毁坏”；B项“影响”；C项“促进，推动”；D项“交换”。故选B。
3．A.water B．air
C．weather D．wind
解析：考查常识推断。根据空后的“can be too hot, too cold”，故可知此处是天气。故选C。
4．A.make sense B．find out
C．work out D．make sure
解析：考查语境推断。此处表达的是杂草需要被拔出然后扔掉，以确保种植的水果、蔬菜和花好好生长。A项“有道理，讲得通”；B项“弄清”；C项“计算，找到”；D项“确保”。故选D。
5．A.tend B．observe
C．count D．examine
解析：考查语境推断。根据下文描述植株的生长以及空前的“stand back and rest”可推知，此处应是观察植株。A项“倾向，照料”；B项“观察”；C项“计算总数，重要”。故选B。
6．A.beautiful B．average
C．amazing D．unique
解析：考查语境推断。根据空后的“develops in the way that is best for them”可推知，此处是每棵植株都很独特。故选D。
7．A.prevent B．separate
C．shade D．remove
解析：考查语境推断。此处表达的是一些植株长出宽大的叶子为它们的果实提供阴凉，以避免阳光照射。A项“阻止”；B项“分离”；C项“给……遮挡(光线)”；D项“移开”。故选C。
8．A.open B．delicate
C．straight D．vivid
解析：考查语境推断。此处表达的是而另一些植株的叶子却很稀疏，它们的果实需要阳光才能生长成熟。A项“稀疏的，不密的”，B项“微妙的，精美的，脆弱的”；C项“直的”；D项“生动的”。故选A。
9．A.empty B．dirty
C．broken D．free
解析：考查常识推断。在园中劳动双手肯定沾有泥巴。此处表达的是在烈日炎炎下，作者双手沾满泥巴，额头汗水滚下，这让作者明白自己是以这种方式活着。A项“空的”；B项“肮脏的”。故选B。
10．A.awake B．tired
C．alive D．independent
解析：考查语境推断。参见上题解析。A项“醒着的”；B项“累的”；C项“活着的”；D项“独立的”。故选C。
11．A.disturb B．find
C．enjoy D．guide
解析：考查词汇复现。根据下句中的“The garden teaches me the importance of knowing when to disturb things”可知，此处是作者被这些植株吸引，移栽植株并扰乱它们的自然生长规律。A项“干扰”。故选A。
12．A.discovers B．transforms
C．draws D．follows
解析：考查语境推断。此处表达的是园中植株的生命轮回遵循的是一个模式。B项“使改观”；C项“吸引”；D项“跟随”；“遵循”。故选D。
13．A.changes B．reflection
C．laws D．development
解析：考查常识推断。此处表达的是这种模式根据自然的规律不断地重复。B项“反射”；C项“定律”。故选C。
14．A.plant B．sun
C．fruit D．garden
解析：考查语境推断。根据第一段的第二句可推知，此处是生命可能就像这园子一样。故选D。
15．A.expect B．accept
C．picture D．receive
解析：考查语境推断。此处表达的是放开不需要的东西，培养有助于我们成长的东西，自始至终积极地接受生命。故选B。
