Planting a GardenPlanting a garden is a lot like having a family

Planting a Garden

Planting a garden is a lot like having a family. Both require a great deal of work, 31____ as they grow and as the seasons 32____. As summer days lengthen, your plants become 33____ on you, much like your children depend on you for food and drink. Like a 34____ child asking for drink of water, your plants do the same. Their bent body issues a demand much the way your child requests milk or juice. Getting enough water, they would thrive soon.

You might also find you have to 35____ the space around your plants, much like you pick up toys and clothes that have been thrown in your kid' s room. Similarly, roses need to be pruned(修剪), and weeds need to be pulled. To keep children healthy, parents protect their children against disease with 36____, and gardeners do the same with insect repellent(驱虫剂). To nourish(滋养)them, parents 37____ children vitamins, and gardeners use fertilizer, as both promote healthy growth.

As children grow up, they need less care. However, here's where the similarity ends. While plants die or become 38____ during winter, children 39____ maintain an important role in the family, and parents will find their 40____ does not come to an end.

A.help
B.clean
C.change
D.inactive
E.dependent
F.still
G.strong
H.give
I.responsibility
J.thirsty
K.medicine
L.especially
【正确答案】：31-35 LCEJB 36-40 KHDFI
【题目解析】：31【L】-32【C】“Both require a great deal of work, __31__ as they grow and as the seasons __32__. （两者都需要大量的工作，____随着它们的生长和季节____。）”，31空根据意思判断选择副词“especially（尤其）”；32空因为“and”两边对应的词性相同，则空格应为动词，根据意思判断选择“change（变化）”。
33、【E】“As summer days lengthen, your plants become ____ on you, much like your children depend on you for food and drink.（随着夏日延长，你的植物变得____，就像孩子依赖于你对食物和饮料。）”，这句有类比，根据下半句的“depend on”，判断选择“dependent（依赖的）”。
34、【J】“Like a ____ child asking for drink of water, your plants do the same. （就像一个____孩子要喝水一样，你的植物也会这样做。）”，该空填入形容词，根据“asking for drink of water”判断选择“thirsty（口渴的）”。
35、【B】“You might also find you have to ____ the space around your plants, much like you pick up toys and clothes that have been thrown in your kid' s room. （你可能还会发现你必须____你的植物周围的空间，就像你把扔在孩子房间里的玩具和衣服捡起来一样。）”，该空填动词，根据下半句的类比：收拾孩子的玩具和衣服，选择“clean（清理）”。
36、【K】“To keep children healthy, parents protect their children against disease with ____, and gardeners do the same with insect repellent.（为了保持孩子的健康，父母用____保护他们的孩子免受疾病的侵袭，园丁也用驱蚊剂。）”，该空填名词，根据下半句的类比：园丁用驱蚊剂来保护植物，选择“medicine（药物）”。
37、【H】“To nourish them, parents ____ children vitamins, and gardeners use fertilizer...（为了滋养它们，父母____孩子们服用维生素，园丁使用化肥...）”，该空填动词，根据句子意思判断选择“give（给）”。
38【D】-39【F】“While plants die or become __38__ during winter, children __39__ maintain an important role in the family...（当植物在冬天死去或变得____时，孩子在家庭中____保持着重要的角色...）”，38空根据意思判断选择“inactive（不活跃的）”；39空填副词，根据意思判断选择“still（仍然）”。
40、【I】“...and parents will find their ____ does not come to an end.（父母们会发现他们的____并没有结束。）”，该空填入名词，根据上半句说冬季的时候植物死去或者变的不活跃了，但是孩子仍然需要照顾，则父母的责任还在继续，选择“responsibility（责任）”。