四、完形填空。
Artist Ruth Asawa loved drawing the flowers that she had received. Flowers don't
1 , but these drawings live on. Asawa died at 87 years old. Some of her drawings were
2 at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art from April to September 2025.
3 these flowers are just drawn with a pencil or black ink on white paper, they're full of life. Her daughter, Addie Lanier, 4 the exact colours at a recent visit to the exhibition. "The Cecile Brunner rose is pink," Lanier said. "My father once 5 it to my mother. She loved it. It made that day a 6 day."
Asawa had six children, and they all liked to buy her flowers. However, flowers she received not just came from her 7 . Well-wishers often gave them to thank Asawa for her 8 , such as helping kids learn art.
Years later, with the artist's 9 , Asawa's children started giving the drawings back to the people who gave her the flowers. "My mother asked us to do so. That's the beauty of these drawings," Lanier said. "They should not be put on the 10 for sale. The drawings have deeper meanings than just money."
A man named Sardar once 11 the artist's house and brought her flowers. Many years later, he received a drawing of those flowers. "I was 12 ! The drawing is lovely," Sardar said. Most importantly, he received the flower drawing so long after he gave her the 13 flowers. That showed how much Asawa 14 the people in her life. "This was a total 15 ," Sardar said. "I had no idea that she drew the flowers."
1. A. matter
B. last
C. change
D. grow
2. A. exhibited
B. studied
C. corrected
D. touched
3. A. Until
B. Unless
C. After
D. Although
4. A. enjoyed
B. guessed
C. remembered
D. picked
5. A. showed
B. described
C. returned
D. gifted
6. A. special
B. strange
C. tearful
D. serious
7. A. friends
B. families
C. neighbours
D. students
8. A. advice
B. courage
C. service
D. patience
9. A. requirement
B. experience
C. influence
D. attention
10. A. museum
B. market
C. community
D. house
11. A. broke into
B. walked around
C. dropped by
D. took over
12. A. frightened
B. satisfied
C. puzzled
D. touched
13. A. real
B. interesting
C. expensive
D. lucky
14. A. trusted
B. supported
C. admired
D. valued
15. A. joy
B. success
C. surprise
D. joke
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答案:1. B 【解析】根据空后的"but these drawings live on"可知,but 提示此处存在转折关系,由此推知此处表示"花不是永恒的,但是这些图画会继续存在"。last 意为"延续,持续",符合语境。
2. A
3. D
4. C 【解析】根据后句中"The Cecile Brunner rose is pink"可知,此处指她的女儿 Addie Lanier 还记得最近一次看展时这些花的真正颜色。
5. D 【解析】根据第一段第一句可知,Ruth Asawa 所画的都是自己收到的花;结合选项可知,此处表示"我的父亲过去将它送给了我的母亲"。
6. A 【解析】根据前句可推知,Asawa 很喜欢这个花,空前的"It"指代这个花,结合选项可推知,此处表示"这个花让那一天变得特别"。
7. B 【解析】根据前句"Asawa had six children, and they all liked to buy her flowers."可知,Asawa 的六个孩子都喜欢给她送花;根据"However"表转折可推知,她收到的花不仅仅来自家人。
8. C 【解析】根据空后的"such as helping kids learn art"可知,此处指祝福者们常常送花以感谢 Asawa 的服务(service)。
9. A 【解析】根据后句中"My mother asked us to do so."可知,Asawa 让他们这样做。由此可知,此处指在这位艺术家的要求下,她的孩子们开始将这些画送给当初送花的人。
10. B
11. C
12. D 【解析】根据空后的"The drawing is lovely"可知,Sardar 认为这幅画很可爱;结合后句内容可知,他在送出花的数年之后收到这幅画。由此推知,他非常感动(touched)。
13. A
14. D 【解析】根据前句中"he received the flower drawing so long... flowers"可知,他是在送出花多年以后收到这幅画的,由此推知,这显示出 Asawa 有多么珍视她生命中遇到的人。value 意为"珍视",符合语境。
15. C
解析:
【分析】
这是一篇记叙文体的完形填空,核心讲述艺术家Ruth Asawa将他人赠予自己的鲜花逐一绘制留存,后续又嘱托子女把这些画作回赠给当初的送花人,传递心意的温暖故事。解题时第一步先通读全文,理清故事的整体脉络,避免孤立判断单句;第二步逐空定位上下文的提示线索,比如转折连词but、后文的举例说明、前后句的指代呼应,结合词义辨析排除不符合语境的选项,最后代入答案通读验证逻辑是否通顺。比如第1空看到后文but these drawings live on的转折提示,就能对应出鲜花无法长久留存的属性,快速锁定正确项。
【解析】
1. 第1空:根据后文"but these drawings live on"的转折逻辑,可知此处表达鲜花无法长久留存,但画作能一直存在,last表示“持续、延续”,符合语境,matter、change、grow均不符合转折逻辑,选B。
2. 第2空:结合下一段提到的参观展览的提示,可知她的部分画作在旧金山现代艺术博物馆展出,exhibited表示“展览”,studied、corrected、touched均不符合语境,选A。
3. 第3空:从句意为“这些花只是用铅笔或黑墨水画在白纸上”,主句意为“它们充满生命力”,前后是让步关系,用Although“尽管”引导,until、unless、after均不符合逻辑,选D。
4. 第4空:后文女儿说出了玫瑰的准确颜色,说明她还记得这些花原本的色彩,remembered表示“记得”,enjoyed、guessed、picked均不符合语境,选C。
5. 第5空:前文提到Asawa的画都是自己收到的花,此处指父亲当年把这朵花赠送给母亲,gifted表示“赠予”,showed、described、returned均不符合文意,选D。
6. 第6空:前文提到Asawa非常喜欢这朵花,这朵花让那一天变得格外特别,special表示“特别的”,strange、tearful、serious均不符合语境,选A。
7. 第7空:前文提到Asawa的六个孩子都爱给她送花,此处转折表示她收到的花不止来自家人,families表示“家人”,friends、neighbours、students均不符合前文提示,选B。
8. 第8空:后文举例“帮助孩子学习艺术”,这属于她提供的公益服务,人们送花感谢她的付出,service表示“服务”,advice、courage、patience均不符合举例内容,选C。
9. 第9空:后文直接提到“My mother asked us to do so”,说明是按照Asawa的要求,子女们把画回赠给送花人,requirement表示“要求”,experience、influence、attention均不符合提示,选A。
10. 第10空:后文提到“这些画的意义远超过金钱”,说明这些画不应该放到市场上售卖,market表示“市场”,museum、community、house均不符合售卖的语境,选B。
11. 第11空:后文提到他给艺术家带了花,此处指他顺路拜访了艺术家的家,dropped by表示“顺便拜访”,broke into、walked around、took over均不符合文意,选C。
12. 第12空:多年之后收到自己当年送的花对应的画作,他的情绪是感动的,touched表示“感动的”,frightened、satisfied、puzzled均不符合语境,选D。
13. 第13空:此处和画作做对比,他当年送出的是真实的鲜花,real表示“真实的”,interesting、expensive、lucky均不符合对比逻辑,选A。
14. 第14空:多年之后还留存着当年的花的画作回赠给送花人,说明Asawa十分珍视生命里遇到的这些人,valued表示“珍视”,trusted、supported、admired均不符合语境,选D。
15. 第15空:后文提到他完全不知道Asawa画了这些花,说明这完全是一个意料之外的惊喜,surprise表示“惊喜”,joy、success、joke均不符合提示,选C。
【答案】
1.B 2.A 3.D 4.C 5.D 6.A 7.B 8.C 9.A 10.B 11.C 12.D 13.A 14.D 15.C
【知识点】
语境逻辑推断,词义辨析,让步状语从句
【点评】
本题属于典型的初中记叙类完形填空,整体故事温暖易懂,考点集中在常用动词、名词词义辨析和上下文线索呼应,没有设置偏难怪题,能够很好地考察学生是否养成了“依托语境解题”的习惯,避免孤立翻译单句选错答案,同时也能让学生感受到故事传递的珍视他人心意的美好内核。
【难度系数】
0.7