Question

   There was a young woman who took great pride in the gardening. Her flower garden was second to none.

One day while she was looking through a flower catalogue (目錄) she often ordered from,a picture of a plant immediately caught her eye. M I have to have it,M she said to herself,and she immediately ordered it.

    When it arrived,she already had a place prepared to plant it. She planted it at the base of a stone wall in her yard. It grew vigorously (苗壯地) ，with beautiful green leaves all over it,but there were no blooms.

    One morning weeks later,as she stood before the vine (藤) ，she felt very disappointed that her plant had not bloomed. She decided to cut it down and plant something else in its place.

     It was at this point that her neighbor,whose wall joined hers,called her. ”Thank you so much!You can't imagine how much I have enjoyed the blooms of the plant you planted. " The young woman walked into her neighbor's yard,and she saw that on this side of the wall the vine was covered with blooms. They were indeed the most beautiful blooms she had ever seen.

Sometimes,that you cannot see the good result of your labor does not mean that it bears no fruit.

53. The young woman often ordered the flowers from .

   A. a flower shop

   B. her grandmother's flower garden

   C. a flower catalogue

   D. her neighbor's garden 

54. According to the passage,the plant the woman planted .

   A. grew well with yellow leaves all over it

   B. only had green leaves all over it

   C. grew badly without blooms

   D. was covered with blooms on the other side of the wall

55. What does the passage mainly tell us?

   A. Better late than never.

   B. Constant dropping wears the stone.

   C. No pain,no gain.

   D. Seeing no good result of our labor may not mean we get nothing.

Answer 1

53. C 54. D 55. D

[閱讀D篇短文大意]本文通過一個故事告訴我們，做一件事 時也許看不見好的結(jié)果，但這并不意味著我們沒有任何收獲，

53. C根據(jù)文章第二段中的第一句可知答案為 C.

54. D根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第二段的內(nèi)容可知，這個年輕女士種的花兒在鄰居家那邊的墻上開得十分茂盛，故D項符合題意。

55. D根據(jù)文章最后一段可知，本文主要告訴我們，做一件事時也許看不見好的結(jié)果，但這并不意味著我們沒有任何收 獲，故D項符合題意。