For years I wanted a flower garden. I woul

题目内容：

For years I wanted a flower garden. I would spend hours thinking of the different things I could that would look nice together.

But then I had five lovely children: Matthew and Marvin, the twins Alisa and Alan, and then Helen. I was too raising them to grow a garden.

Money was tight (紧的) ，as well as time. When my children were little, if they wanted something that too much I’d have to say, “Do you see a money outside? Money doesn’t grow on trees, you know.”

Finally, all five got through high school and college, and started living on their own. And I started thinking again about having a .

One spring morning, on Mother’s Day, I the window and was surprised to see a new tree in my yard. I put my glasses on and I couldn’t believe what I was looking at. There was a money tree in my yard!

I went outside to look. It was true! There was as much as one hundred on that tree. All I could think of was all the garden flowers I could with that money! There was also a(an) attached(附上): “ Love, Marvin.”

My other had bought me tools, ornaments(装饰物) and gardening books.

That was three years ago. My garden is now very, just the way I wanted.

I’m still not sure whether money on trees. But I know love does!

小题1:

A．sell

B．catch

C．plant

D．feed小题2:

A．stressed

B．excited

C．bored

D．busy小题3:

A．cost

B．took

C．spent

D．paid小题4:

A．pocket

B．tree

C．box

D．market小题5:

A．garden

B．dream

C．present

D．yard小题6:

A．looked after

B．looked for

C．looked out of

D．looked over小题7:

A．dollars

B．flowers

C．butterflies

D．lights小题8:

A．see

B．solve

C．design

D．buy小题9:

A．document

B．Suggest

C．Note

D．excuse小题10:

A．friends

B．children

C．volunteers

D．members小题11:

A．pretty

B．old

C．usual

D．small小题12:

A．decorates

B．hangs

C．grows

D．puts

最佳答案：

小题1:C

小题2:D

小题3:A

小题4:B

小题5:A

小题6:C

小题7:A

小题8:D

小题9:C

小题10:B

小题11:A

小题12:C

答案解析：

本文讲述了我一直都要一个有花园，里面长满了花草树木，但是忙于照顾5个孩子让我没有时间和金钱来实现自己的梦想，在母亲节这一天我的孩子们帮助我实现了我的理想，给我送礼来了一颗Money tree。

小题1:考查动词辨析：A. sell卖，B. catch抓住，C. plant种植，D. feed喂养，从上文的：For years I wanted a flower garden.可知作者会用几个小时想种什么会看起来更好，选C

小题2:考查形容词辨析：A. stressed有压力的，B. excited兴奋的，C. bored厌烦的，D. busy繁忙的，从上文可知作者忙于养活孩子没有时间种植花园，选D

小题3:考查动词辨析：A. cost花费，（主语是sth），B. took花费，（主语是It），C. spent花费，（主语是sb），D. paid付钱，（主语是sb），从上文：Money was tight (紧的) ，as well as time. 可知如果他们想要一个花费很多钱的东西，选A

小题4:考查名词辨析：A. pocket口袋，B. tree树，C. box盒子，D. market市场，从下文：Money doesn’t grow on trees, you know.”可知作者会说：“你看见外面的摇钱树了吗？”，选B

小题5:考查名词辨析：A. garden花园，B. dream 梦想，C. present礼物，D. yard院子，从上文的：For years I wanted a flower garden.可知在孩子都独立生活后，作者又开始考虑种植花园了，选A

小题6:考查动词短语辨析：A. looked after照料，B. looked for寻找，C. looked out of朝外看，D. looked over俯瞰，在一个春天的早上在母亲节的时候，我朝窗外看出去，看见了一棵新树，选C

小题7:考查名词辨析：A. dollars美元，B. flowers花，C. butterflies蝴蝶，D lights光，从上文的：There was a money tree in my yard!可知作者看见树上有百元大钞，选A

小题8:考查动词辨析： A. see看见，B. solve解决，C. design设计，D. buy买，我花园的花都可以用这个钱买下来，选D

小题9:考查名词辨析：A. document文件，B. Suggest建议，C. Note便条，D. Excuse借口，树上还附上了一张字条，选C

小题10:考查名词辨析：A. Friends朋友，B. Children孩子，C. Volunteers志愿者，D. Members成员，其他的孩子给我带来工具，装饰物和园艺的书。选B

小题11:考查形容词辨析：A. pretty 漂亮，B. Old旧的，C. Usual通常的，D. Small小的，现在我的花园和我想象的一样漂亮，选A

小题12:考查动词辨析：A. Decorates装饰，B. Hangs悬挂，C. Grows增长，D. puts放置，我还是不确定钱是否能长在树上，但是爱可以。选C

考点核心：

人物传记类文章的文体特征：

人物传记是记叙文体的一种，主要描写某人的生平事迹、趣闻轶事、生活背景、个性特征、成长奋斗历程等，包含记叙文的时间、地点、人物、事件等要素。其特点是以时间的先后或事件的发展为主线，空间或逻辑线索贯穿文章始终，脉络清楚，可读性较强。