The professor’s house, big and untidy, stood alone at one end of a huge garden. The place was totally uncared for, quite 36 and overgrown with all sorts of useless things. I 37 my way through bushes and tall weeds to the front door and rang the bell.
I was glad that I found him. In twenty minutes he put me right on all the 38 that had puzzled me. I was on the 39 of leaving when I looked out of his study window and said, “You’re very fond of gardening, I see”
“No, I’m not,” he said. “ 40 , I love this garden, though. It’s 41 I always wanted it to be. I never touch it 42 all.”
“It could be made lovely. It seems a pity to let all this ground go to __43 . But perhaps you don’t _ 44 that way?” said I.
“I don’t. I lived here when I was a child, and I had 45 of gardening then. It was my father’s hobby, you see. Unfortunately, he wasn’t 46 _ enough to do it himself. My brother and I did all of it between us year after year. There was one right way and many wrong ways. Each blade (叶片) of grass was an enemy to be _ _47 out by hand, not just cut off. I’ve spent a good part of life at work here.”
“I see. You took a dislike to it, and now you’re getting even！”
“I dislike it. Then, of course, I didn’t understand the effect it had. It used to __48 me. It appeared in my 49 ——— a mistake here, something not quite straight here, the enemy showing its head in a place I was __50 to have cleaned. The work was too much. It seemed endless. The size of the place was itself a fight to a boy.”
“And now it’s yours, you’re just letting it go to ...”
“__51 ?” he said. “No, I don’t agree with that. This garden and I are now the best friends. I like _52 it grow in its own way. I make no __53 on it. I never disturb it, and it never disturbs me. It has _ 54 at last, and so have I.”
“But the path is over grown. It’s __55 for you, isn’t it?”
“That’s part of my pleasure，” he laughed. “You can go out the back way. The weeds are shorter there because they don’t get the sun.”
【小题1】A．wildB．crazyC．largeD．nice【小题2】A．lostB．felt C．madeD．took【小题3】A．gardeningB．problemsC．plantsD．solution【小题4】A．timeB．requestC．permissionD．point【小题5】A．Even so B．SoC．As thoughD．Even if【小题6】A．whereB．as C．why D．whether【小题7】A．afterB．ofC．atD．in【小题8】A．desertB．trouble C．gardenD．waste【小题9】A．recognizeB．observeC．knowD．see【小题10】A．muchB．enough C．somethingD．nothing【小题11】A．interestedB．excitedC．fit D．demanding【小题12】A．fought B．ruled C．rootedD．cut【小题13】A．worryB．shockC．astonishD．disappoint【小题14】A．lifeB．dreamsC．houseD．hands【小题15】A．thoughtB．expectedC．ordered D．supposed【小题16】A．RuinB．DevelopC．GrowD．Sell【小题17】A．watchingB．attendingC．wateringD．noticing【小题18】A．mentsB．differenceC．senseD．demands【小题19】A．timeB．freedomC．sunlightD．space【小题20】A．importantB．uselessC．inconvenientD．previousA
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解析：本文叙述了教授的房子在花园的后头，作者去向请教问题时，发现他的房子周围全部是荒草，好像没有人居住一样，两人在谈完了问题后，就开始谈论起花园的问题，教授给出了他不去清理院子里的杂草的原因，他想与草和平相处，彼此给彼此自由。
【小题1】考查形容词及上下文的呼应。wild荒凉的； crazy疯狂的； large大的； nice好的。根据上文教授的房子是大的，不干净的，完全没有人关心过，由此可知这里显得荒凉，故选A。
【小题2】考查动词短语及上下文的呼应。Lose one’s way迷路；feel one’s way摸索着走；make one’s way前进。根据句意故选C。
【小题3】考查动词及上下文的呼应。这里that had puzzled me.是定语从句，修饰problems.根据20分钟后他把困扰我的所有问题都解决了，故选B。
【小题4】考查固定短语及上下文的呼应。on the point of doing正要做某事；“我”正要离开时，故选 D。
【小题5】考查动词及上下文的呼应。even so即使如此；so 因此；even if即使，后面应根据句子；as though好像，后面应根据句子；即使如此，“我”还是喜欢花园，故选A。
【小题6】考查连词及上下文的呼应。where那里； as 如同，按照； why为什么； whether是否。“我”总是让它保持原来的样子，故选B。
【小题7】考查固定短语及上下文的呼应。afterall毕竟；never …atall根本不，一点也不；inall总共。“我”根本没有动过它，故选C。
【小题8】考查名词及上下文的呼应。desert 沙漠； trouble麻烦； garden 花园； waste浪费。go towaste浪费掉。似乎很可惜让一切都浪费掉了。故选D。
【小题9】考查动词及上下文的呼应。recognize认出； observe观察； know了解； see看到。但是也许不是你看到的那种样子，故选D。
【小题10】考查名词及上下文的呼应。much 多；enough足够；something某事； nothing没事。当“我”是小孩的时候，“我”已经受够了园艺，故选B。
【小题11】考查形容词及上下文的呼应。interested感兴趣； excited高兴的； fit适合的； demanding苛求的。不幸的是，他自己也不适合做园艺，故选C。
【小题12】考查动词短语及上下文的呼应。fight out以斗争解决； rule out排除；root out连根拔起； cut out停止。每一片叶子都是敌人都需要用手连根拔起，故选C。
【小题13】考查动词及上下文的呼应。worry使烦恼； shock使震惊； astonish 使吃惊； disappoint使失望。这件事过去常常使“我” 烦恼。故选A。
【小题14】考查名词及上下文的呼应。life生活； dreams梦想； house房子； hands手。它似乎出现在“我”的梦里，故选B。
【小题15】考查动词及上下文的呼应。think 想； expect 期望； order命令； be supposed to do 应该做了某事。“我”应该早该清理了，故选D。
【小题16】考查动词及上下文的呼应。ruin废墟,毁灭，荒废； develop发展； grow生长； sell卖。他说“废了”，故选A。
【小题17】考查动词及上下文的呼应。Watching观察； attending参加； watering浇水； noticing注意到。“我”喜欢看它成长，故选A。
【小题18】考查名词及上下文的呼应。ments评论； difference不同； sense道理； demands要求。“我”对它没有要求，故选D。
【小题19】考查名词及上下文的呼应。time时间； freedom自由； sunlight阳光； space太空。它有它的自由，“我”有“我”的自由，故选B。
【小题20】考查形容词及上下文的呼应。Important重要的； useless无用的； inconvenient不便的； previous以前的。它对于你来说是不方便的，是吗？故选C。