Ⅰ.完形填空

　　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 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.

　　语篇解读：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．A.Not　　　　　　　　　 B．Only

　　C．Even D．Often

　　解析：选C　句意：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，此处有比喻的意义。故答案选C。

　　2．A.famous B．caring

　　C．humorous D．amusing

　　解析：选B　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．A.brought up B．took in

C．relied on D．turned to