从方框中选出恰当的单词并用其适当形式填空。
tall quickly beauty careful green gentle slow wonderful
Sunflowers are popular plants in many gardens. They have large flowers that follow the sun all day.
A sunflower grows 1. in summer when there is enough rain. Its stem (茎) becomes 2. day by day, reaching two or three meters sometimes. The leaves are 3. and look like big hands.
People need to water sunflowers 4. in hot weather. With proper care, the flowers open 5. in the morning. Their yellow petals (花瓣) look 6. under the sun.
In the evening, the flowers close quietly. The air around them feels fresh because sunflowers help clean it. A 7. wind blows, making the leaves shake a little.
Watching sunflowers grow is a 8. experience for both kids and adults.

1. quickly
2. tall
3. green
4. carefully
5. slowly
6. beautiful
7. gentle
8. wonderful

1. —There are different animals in the zoo.
—Yes, I like monkeys best because I think they are clever.

A.kind of；kind of
B.kinds of；kind of
C.kinds of；kinds of
D.kind of；kinds of

答案：B

【解析】
本题考查kinds of和kind of的用法区别：
1. 第一空修饰名词animals，different后接可数名词复数，kinds of意为“各种各样的”，符合语境，故第一空填kinds of；
2. 第二空修饰形容词clever，kind of意为“有点、稍微”，可用来修饰形容词，符合语境，故第二空填kind of。
综上选择B选项。
【答案】
B
【知识点】
易混短语辨析 名词修饰 形容词修饰
【点评】
本题为英语基础题，核心考查kinds of与kind of的用法差异，熟练掌握两个短语的搭配规则和适用场景即可快速做对。
【难度系数】
0.8

2. There are (各种各样的) books in the village library.

all kinds of

3. The local people (对……友好) us, which made us relaxed.

were friendly to