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吃惊。
16．A 根据下文的内容可知，当又到圣诞节时，作者他们去探望父母。come around“再次出现，再度发生”；drop out“退出”；turn up“出现”；draw in“(白天变得)渐短”。
17．C 根据上文的“In northern Ohio, you don't plant maple trees at Christmas so we decided to...with a special Christmas in October”可知，作者他们在十月份的时候已经为父母送上了一份特别的圣诞节礼物，而在真正的圣诞节到来的时候，他们又不能空手去拜访自己的父母，故作者的父母那年是收到了双份的(double)圣诞节礼物。additional“额外的”。
18．D 根据上下文语境可知，时隔几乎半个世纪之后，当作者看到那些高大、漂亮的枫树(trees)时依然(still)会面带微笑地驶过那个农场。
19．B 参见上题解析。
20．B 作者看着那些枫树时，会想起自己多年前在特别的圣诞节送给父母特别的礼物(gift)。上文中的“presents that year”亦是关键提示。donation“捐赠物”；greeting“问候”。 B
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My grandma is good at gardening. She could make anything bloom(开花)．__1__ me. In my eyes, she was inspiring and __2__. For most of her life, she lived on a farm, where she __3__ four children, and buried my grandpa.
I visited her on weekends. After the gardening work, I was __4__ to climb the mountain，singing songs and gathering flowers. Sometimes the plants scratched me. She would say，“Beauty has a __5__. I hope it was worth it.”
“Yes, ma’ma，” I’d say. “__6__ was.”
I loved gathering flowers on my own.__7__ what I loved best was gathering them
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with her.Even then, as a child, I knew what I __8__ most from my grandma was not her flowers, but her __9__. She’s been gone for years, but sometimes, when I __10__ down to pick a flower or pull a weed, I see her __11__， not mine.
I thought I’d __12__ to be a gardener too. I told myself, someday，__13__ my children had children, I’d be a gardening grandma. Then the __14__ started showing up, and I discovered I’d much rather run after them than go __15__．Actually I’m no gardener. I’m a picker, not a planter. I __16__ from my grandma in lots of ways, but this: I will always carry __17__ me a heart she made from her own.
I __18__ plant a garden. My children are my flowers. They __19__ and complete me with a beauty that is worth any price. All I need to do is __20__ them with time, water them with love，and hope that someday, when they hold their first grandchild, they might see my hand.
1.A.Not
C．Even 2．A.famous C．humorous 3．A.brought up C．relied on 4．A.determined C．curious 5．A.standard
C．quality
B．Only D．Often
B．caring D．amusing
B．took in D．turned to
B．anxious D．free
B．range D．price
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6．A.It C．She 7．A.So C．But 8．A.wanted C．picked 9．A.possession C．beauty 10．A.climb C．reach 11．A.smile C．soul 12．A.sign up C．grow up 13．A.since C．until
14．A.grandbabies C．relatives
15．A.sightseeing C．singing 16．A.pass C．develop
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B．I D．That
B．Or D．And B．learned D．borrowed B．promise D．time
B．look D．sit B．hand D．spirit B．come up D．stand up B．when D．unless
B．neighbours D．visitors
B．climbing D．digging
B．differ D．separate
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17．A.to C．beyond
B．for D．within
18．A.can’t B．needn’t C．mustn’t D．shouldn’t 19．A.treat C．delight 20．A.tend C．promote
B．challenge D．value
B．miss D．influence
【解题导语】 本文是一篇夹叙夹议文，主要讲述了作者小时候被祖母关爱，从而把这种爱在孩子们中传递下去的感人故事。
1．解析：选C。考查副词辨析。A项意为“没有，不是”；B项意为“仅仅”；C项意为“甚至”；D项意为“经常”。句意为：祖母可以让任何事物都开花，甚至是我。根据对全文的整体理解可知，作者的祖母不仅照顾花儿，而且也照顾年幼的作者，如呵护花儿一般，此处有比喻的含义。故答案选C。
2．解析：选B。考查形容词辨析。A项意为“著名的”；B项意为“关爱他人的”；C项意为“幽默的”；D项意为“搞笑的”。根据空格前的“inspiring”，并结合上文“My grandma is good at gardening.”可知，作者的祖母是一个充满爱心的人。故答案选B。
3．解析：选A。考查动词短语辨析。A项意为“抚养”；B项意为“吸收，欺骗”；C项意为“依赖”；D项意为“转向”。根据本句中的“For most of her life，she lived on a farm”可知，祖母一生基本上都是在农场里度过的。在这里她抚养了四个孩子，埋葬了祖父。故答案选A。
4．解析：选D。考查形容词辨析。A项意为“有决心的”；B项意为“焦虑的”；C项意为“好奇的”；D项意为“自由的，免费的”。根据语境“climb the mountain，singing songs and gathering flowers”可知，做完园艺工作之后，作者在祖母那里自由地爬山、唱歌和采
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