Question

【題目】 What inspires(鼓舞)you to work hard? Having your own goals is _______. Good sleep also helps. But _______ it turns out, having a plant on your desk can improve your work as well.

Mike Robinson, an engineer from Canada, owns his own small company. One day, his wife _______picking out some plants and putting them on his workers' desks.

Robinson _______ the idea at first. What good would plants do? He thought they might even be distracting(讓人分心的). But he decided to try out the _______.

First, Robinson bought 20 plants for his workers. He asked each worker to make a small sign that said "My name is ……" and write their own name_______ the sign. Then, they put the sign on the plant they chose and took it back to their desk.

To _______surprise, Robinson found that his workers were working much harder and getting along much better than before.

It could be because his workers formed "_______" with their plants. They would take good care of them, and in turn, take _______ care with their work. Plants can help to ________ a relaxed atmosphere(氛圍)as well.

What about your classroom? If not, you might want to ask your teacher about this. It could be a nice way to make your classroom more lively and get to know your classmates even better.

【1】A.difficultB.importantC.romanticD.traditional

【2】A.asB.beforeC.afterD.until

【3】A.avoidedB.cancelledC.riskedD.suggested

【4】A.acceptedB.doubtedC.encouragedD.praised

【5】A.researchB.plantC.ideaD.talent

【6】A.onB.inC.offD.under

【7】A.theirB.herC.hisD.my

【8】A.achievementsB.friendshipsC.influencesD.promises

【9】A.littleB.lessC.manyD.more

【10】A.admireB.balanceC.createD.discover

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】D

【4】B

【5】C

【6】A

【7】C

【8】B

【9】D

【10】C

【解析】

文章舉例講述植物能幫助創(chuàng)造一個(gè)輕松的氛圍，在辦公桌上放一棵植物能激勵(lì)工作。

【1】句意：有自己的目標(biāo)很重要。

difficult困難的；important重要的；romantic浪漫的；traditional傳統(tǒng)的。根據(jù)常識(shí)可知，有自己的目標(biāo)是最基本的，很重要。故選B。

【2】句意：但事實(shí)證明，在辦公桌上放一棵植物也能改善你的工作。

as正如，像；before在……以前；after在……以后；until直到。turn out結(jié)果；as it turns out是常見(jiàn)搭配，意為“正如結(jié)果那樣，事實(shí)證明”。故選A。

【3】句意：一天，他的妻子建議挑選一些植物放在工人的桌子上。

avoided避免；cancelled取消；risked冒險(xiǎn)；suggested建議。結(jié)合句意：他的妻子建議挑選一些植物放在工人的桌子上。suggest doing sth.建議做某事。故選D。

【4】句意：Robinson起初懷疑這個(gè)主意。

accepted接受；doubted懷疑；encouraged鼓勵(lì)；praised表?yè)P(yáng)。根據(jù)下文“What good would plants do?”可判斷，Robinson懷疑這個(gè)主意。故選B。

【5】句意：但他決定試試這個(gè)主意。

research調(diào)查；plant植物；idea主意；talent才藝。根據(jù)上文“Robinson ___4___ the idea at first.”可知，Robinson起初懷疑這個(gè)主意，但他決定試試這個(gè)主意。故選C。

【6】句意：在牌子上寫(xiě)上自己的名字。

on在……上面；in在……里面；off離開(kāi)；under在……下面。結(jié)合句意：在牌子上寫(xiě)上自己的名字。故選A。

【7】句意：令他驚訝的是，Robinson發(fā)現(xiàn)他的工人們比以前更加努力工作，相處得也更好了。

their他們的；her她的；his他的；my我的。to one’s surprise令某人驚訝。根據(jù)下文“Robinson found that his workers were working much harder and getting along much better than before.”可知，這令Robinson驚訝，故用形容詞性物主代詞his。故選C。

【8】句意：可能是因?yàn)樗�的工人和他們的植物結(jié)成了“友誼”。

achievements成就；friendships友誼；influences影響；promises諾言。結(jié)合句意：可能是因?yàn)樗�的工人和他們的植物結(jié)成了“友誼”。故選B。

【9】句意：他們會(huì)好好照顧它們，反過(guò)來(lái)，也會(huì)更加關(guān)心他們的工作。

little很少，修飾不可數(shù)名詞；less很少，修飾可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù)；many許多，修飾可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù)；more更多，修飾可數(shù)名詞和不可數(shù)名詞。care關(guān)心，照顧，作不可數(shù)名詞；take more care更關(guān)心。故選D。

【10】句意：植物也能幫助創(chuàng)造一個(gè)輕松的氛圍。

admire羨慕；balance平衡；create創(chuàng)造；discover發(fā)現(xiàn)。結(jié)合句意及動(dòng)賓搭配：植物也能幫助“創(chuàng)造”一個(gè)輕松的氛圍。故選C。

完形填空考查學(xué)生的綜合能力。它集語(yǔ)法，細(xì)節(jié)理解，語(yǔ)境理解和短語(yǔ)詞意辨析考查于一體。首先要通讀全文，明白主旨大意，然后再做題。做完型時(shí)要記住“瞻前顧后想結(jié)果”這一原則，根據(jù)上下文以及語(yǔ)境做題，切忌主觀臆斷。另外，平時(shí)還要多多積累詞匯。例如小題4，accepted接受；doubted懷疑；encouraged鼓勵(lì)；praised表?yè)P(yáng)。根據(jù)下文“What good would plants do?”可判斷，Robinson懷疑這個(gè)主意。故選B。