五、语篇填空
Gardening is my favourite hobby. I remember that I liked flowers when I
1. (be) a little child. When someone gave me flowers, I could
2. (look) at the flowers for a long time.
My family usually spend summer 3. our summer house in a small village not far from my hometown. My mother and grandmother grow vegetables and fruit. My father and I help them 4. (water) the plants and gather the crops（收获农作物）.
We usually have a good crop of strawberries, cucumbers and tomatoes. My
5. (young) brother and I eat a lot of fresh berries in summer. And my
6. (parent) also make strawberry jam.
I have 7. (I) own little garden where I grow my favourite flowers. Daffodils（水仙花）and tulips（郁金香）are the 8. (one) flowers in my garden in spring. I'm also making a small flowerbed for roses. Roses are very beautiful, 9. they are not easy to grow.
I'm reading an 10. (interest) book on gardening. The book is full of helpful tips on growing flowers. I hope to have nice roses next summer.

1. was 2. look 3. at 4. water 5. younger 6. parents 7. my 8. first 9. but 10. interesting

【分析】首先通读全文把握语篇大意（作者的园艺爱好及相关经历），再结合语境、语法规则逐个分析每个空：1. 考查一般过去时，结合过去时间状语确定be动词形式；2. 考查情态动词的用法；3. 考查固定搭配；4. 考查固定搭配；5. 考查形容词比较级；6. 考查名词复数；7. 考查形容词性物主代词；8. 考查序数词；9. 考查转折连词；10. 考查形容词辨析。
【解析】1. 由时间状语"when I was a little child"可知描述过去状态，用一般过去时，主语I对应be动词was；2. 情态动词could后接动词原形，故填look；3. 固定搭配"spend + 时间 + at + 地点"，表示在某地度过，填at；4. 固定搭配"help sb (to) do sth"中不定式符号可省略，用动词原形water；5. 修饰名词brother表“弟弟”，用young的比较级younger；6. 谓语动词make提示主语为复数，parent变复数parents；7. 修饰名词短语own little garden，用形容词性物主代词my；8. 表“第一批花”，用序数词first；9. 前后句为转折关系，用but；10. 修饰物book，用形容词interesting（表“有趣的”）。
【答案】1. was 2. look 3. at 4. water 5. younger 6. parents 7. my 8. first 9. but 10. interesting
【知识点】一般过去时、固定搭配、词性转换
【点评】本题为英语语篇填空题，综合考查基础语法知识，要求结合语境分析考点，难度适中，能有效考查学生的英语基础知识运用能力。
【难度系数】0.7