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My wife and I moved into our home nine years ago and we spent a lot of time and energy in the yard to get it looking like it does today. In front of the house, there was an area covered with 1 and we called it our “rock garden”. 2 we had leftover flowers or plants, Denise or I would stick them out front, just to bring some colour to the area.
Last summer I had 3 the end of the rock garden and found a tiny little plant that I could not 4 identify. We decided to let it continue growing until we could 5 what it was.
Weeks passed and as I made my way back to the mystery 6 , it appeared to be a sunflower. It was spindly (细长的) looking with a tall skinny stalk (茎) and only one head on it. I 7 to take care of it and pull the weeds around it. As I 8 rocks from the area to get to the weeds, I noticed something 9 . The sunflower had not 10 where I saw the stalk begin. It actually had begun 11 a big rock and grown under and around it to reach the 12 .
That’s when I 13 that if a tiny little sunflower didn’t let a big rock stand in its way of 14 , we can do the same thing too. We need to 15 ourselves knowing we can find a way to go under or around our big obstacle (障碍) to reach our desires.
1. A. rocks B. mud C. grass D. bushes
2. A. Wherever B. However C. Whenever D. Whatever
3. A. passed B. built C. reused D. reached
4. A. patiently B. possibly C. immediately D. carefully
5. A. put out B. figure out C. take out D. think out
6. A. area B. corner C. flower D. plant
7. A. decided B. refused C. forgot D. preferred
8. A. covered B. broke C. pulled D. cut
9. A. pleasant B. unusual C. attractive D. common
10. A. started B. moved C. arrived D. stopped
11. A. beside B. above C. under D. near
12. A. level B. ground C. sun D. air
13. A. remembered B. realized C. wrote D. considered
14. A. advancing B. improving C. appearing D. developing
15. A. believe in B. help out C. depend on D. care for
·leftover adj. 剩余的 n. 残存物；遗留物
·identify vt. 认出；确认
·mystery adj. 神秘的 n. 神秘；奥秘
·weed n. 杂草；野草
That’s when I 13 that if a tiny little sunflower didn’t let a big rock stand in its way of 14 , we can do the same thing too. (Para. 4)
这是一个主从复合句。句中含有一个when引导的____________，that引导的是一个____________，这个从句中又含有一个if引导的____________。
【语篇解读】
本文是一篇记叙文。作者在自家铺满碎石的庭院中发现了一株向日葵。它是从一块石头下面长出来的。作者由此感叹，只要我们坚定信念，就能克服重重困难，实现自己的梦想。
【答案解析】
1. A 从下文作者把这个区域称为“rock garden”可知，作者房子的前面是一块满是石头的地。故选A。
2. C 此处是表示时间关系的让步状语从句，表示“每当我们有多余的花或其他植物，Denise或我就会把它们种到房前”，whenever意为“无论何时”。故选C。
3. D 根据语境可知，去年夏天，作者“走到”岩石园的一端。reach意为“到达”；pass意为“通过”；build意为“建造”；reuse意为“再次使用”。故选D。
4. C 从下文可知，作者刚开始看到这株植物的时候，并没有“立刻”辨别出它是什么植物。故选C。
5. B 作者让这株植物继续生长，直到“弄清楚”它究竟是何种植物。figure out意为“弄清楚”。故选B。
6. D 几周过去了，作者回到那株神秘的“植物”前，发现它好像是一棵向日葵。第3个空后的“plant”是提示信息。故选D。
7. A 作者终于辨别出这是一棵向日葵，所以“决定”好好照料它。故选A。
8. C 从上文可知，作者想要除草，而这块区域布满碎石，因此作者需要把石头“移动/挪走”。故选C。
9. B 从下文可知，向日葵生长的方式很奇特，故作者看到了“不寻常的”事情。故选B。
10. A 根据语境可知，向日葵并不是从作者发现茎秆的地方“开始”生长的。故选A。
11. C 从下文的“and grown under”可知，此处用介词under。故选C。
12. C 根据常识可知，向日葵是向着“太阳”生长的。故选C。
13. B 从下文可知，此处描述作者感悟到的东西，realize意为“意识到”。故选B。
14. D 从上文可知，向日葵是从岩石下面长出来的，故岩石没能阻止它的“生长”。故选D。
15. A 根据语境可知，作者认识到，一棵小小的向日葵都没有让一块大石头挡住它的成长之路，我们也要“相信”自己。故选A。
【长难句分析答案】
表语从句；宾语从句；条件状语从句
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