()10.—Don't be angry，Mum! I will work harder from now on.
—Well，just as the saying goes，"." I do hope that you will act now.

A.It never rains but pours
B.Many hands make light work
C.A friend in need is a friend indeed
D.Actions speak louder than words

10. D

【分析】本题是英语情景交际中的谚语辨析题，解题思路为：先准确理解每个选项谚语的含义，再结合对话语境（妈妈希望孩子将努力落实到实际行动中，而非仅口头承诺），匹配符合语境的谚语，从而选出正确答案。
【解析】逐一分析各选项谚语含义：A选项“It never rains but pours”意为“不雨则已，一雨倾盆（祸不单行）”；B选项“Many hands make light work”意为“众人拾柴火焰高”；C选项“A friend in need is a friend indeed”意为“患难见真情”；D选项“Actions speak louder than words”意为“行动胜于空谈”。对话中妈妈强调孩子要“act now（现在就行动）”，与D项谚语表达的“行动比言语更重要”的含义完全契合，因此选D。
【答案】D
【知识点】英语谚语；情景交际
【点评】本题考查常用英语谚语的含义及语境应用，属于基础题型，需学生掌握常见谚语的意思，并能结合具体对话语境进行判断，难度不大。
【难度系数】0.7

二、完形填空(每小题1分,满分15分)
My friend Richard went far to work，so he asked me to take care of the courtyard in the mountains. He worked hard and often kept the courtyard 11 without any weed. But I was so lazy，just 12 swept the fallen leaves，and I never plucked(拔)grass，allowing it to grow rapidly. In the early 13 ，in March，they sprouted several clusters of buds(长出几簇嫩芽)，whose leaves were green and soft. A month later，when the leaves 14 richly，I discovered they were like wild orchids in the woods.
As the summer came and passed，the grass really 15 . They shaped like those forest orchids， 16 they were yellow，unlike those forest orchids，whose flowers were purple or brown red. I picked one flower，and then went to find a friend who studied 17 . On seeing it，my friend immediately asked me 18 I picked it. "You get rich!" He 19 explained. "This is a strain of rare orchid which is hard to find. Now this orchid is worth at least 10,000 dollars each."
I told the good news to Richard. He was 20 . After a while，he said gently，the orchid broke through the earth every year but he thought it was a 21 weed，so he often uprooted it when it just sprouted. He couldn't stop sighing，"I have 22 killed a kind of rare flower. If I could wait for it to flower with 23 ，it would have been discovered a few years before."
Yes，who will never 24 some rare orchids in their own lives? We always pluck those wild weeds that haven't yet bloomed in time and don't give them the time to flower and bear fruit to prove their value.
Give each grass the time to flower and give everybody a 25 to prove his value. Don't blindly pull out a blade of grass or negate(否定)a person curtly and how many "rare orchids" we will get in our lives!
()11. A. natural
B. clean
C. fresh
D. bright
()12. A. sometimes
B. often
C. never
D. always
()13. A. spring
B. summer
C. autumn
D. winter
()14. A. fell
B. rose
C. covered
D. spread
()15. A. grew
B. happened
C. flowered
D. returned
()16. A. so
B. and
C. but
D. or
()17. A. colours
B. mountains
C. seasons
D. plants
()18. A. how
B. where
C. why
D. when
()19. A. proudly
B. successfully
C. carefully
D. excitedly
()20. A. worried
B. surprised
C. scared
D. relaxed
()21. A. usual
B. special
C. popular
D. rare
()22. A. hardly
B. simply
C. surely
D. nearly
()23. A. happiness
B. courage
C. patience
D. confidence
()24. A. miss
B. find
C. treasure
D. keep
()25. A. view
B. dream
C. question
D. chance

11. B 12. A 13. A 14. D 15. C 16. C 17. D 18. B 19. D 20. B 21. A 22. D 23. C 24. A 25. D

【分析】
做完形填空需先通读全文把握主旨，再结合上下文语境、词汇词义辨析、逻辑关系等逐一分析每个空：11题根据“without any weed”判断院子状态；12题结合作者“lazy”的特点选合适副词；13题由“March”确定季节；14题描述叶子的状态选动词；15题结合夏天的语境选合适动词；16题根据前后句转折关系选连词；17题找研究植物的朋友；18题询问摘花的地点；19题描述朋友发现稀有兰花的情绪副词；20题Richard得知消息的情绪；21题Richard误认的杂草类型；22题差点毁掉稀有花；23题等待需要的品质；24题错过生命中的稀有事物；25题给人证明价值的机会。
【解析】
11. 后文“without any weed”说明Richard保持院子干净，clean符合语境，选B。
12. 前文提到作者很懒，只是偶尔扫落叶，sometimes（有时）符合语境，选A。
13. “March（三月）”属于春天，spring符合，选A。
14. 描述叶子茂盛伸展，spread（展开）合适，选D。
15. 夏天到来，草开花了，flowered（开花）符合，选C。
16. 前句说形状像森林兰花，后句说颜色不同，是转折关系，but合适，选C。
17. 找研究植物的朋友，plants符合，选D。
18. 朋友询问摘花的地点，where合适，选B。
19. 发现稀有兰花，朋友兴奋地解释，excitedly符合情绪，选D。
20. 听到是稀有兰花，Richard很惊讶，surprised合适，选B。
21. Richard误把稀有兰花当作普通杂草，usual符合，选A。
22. nearly（差点）符合“差点毁掉稀有花”的语境，选D。
23. 等待开花需要耐心，patience合适，选C。
24. 谁都会错过生命中的稀有事物，miss符合，选A。
25. 给每个人证明价值的机会，chance合适，选D。
【答案】
11.B 12.A 13.A 14.D 15.C 16.C 17.D 18.B 19.D 20.B 21.A 22.D 23.C 24.A 25.D
【知识点】
完形填空、词义辨析、连词用法
【点评】
本文是记叙文，通过“稀有兰花被误认”的故事传递“耐心等待、给他人机会证明价值”的主旨，解题需结合语境辨析词汇、理清逻辑关系，难度适中。
【难度系数】
0.4