Passage 21
Grandpa was quite a gardener, so I always watched for his spring flowers. I was especially that year because I was landscaping(美化) my own yard and badly wanted to get Grandpa's .
However, right after the first rush of roses that , Grandpa had a stroke(中风). It him without speech or movement. But his eyes could express—laughing at my mistakes, showing painful awareness of his inability to care for himself.
As time passed, I observed the changing earth through Grandpa's . Each time I gave him a garden report, he listened, holding my hand with the strength and calm he had always had. But he could not answer my .
Grandpa's illness lasted the spring and beyond, week after week. As I watched in the garden, I came to see Grandpa's garden showed his life. As a hard worker, he understood the of the harvest and how to enjoy each season and its change.
It was the end of August when Grandpa . As we were flowers from the flower shop for Grandpa's funeral, I silently left for Grandpa's garden. I cut the prettiest flowers and made one more arrangement for the funeral. Friends and family all to see Grandpa's flowers there, feeling how much Grandpa would have liked that.
The October after Grandpa's death, I planted many flowers; each was a comfort to me, a love sent to Grandpa, a promise of spring.

() 1.A. trapped
B. interested
C. improved
D. talented
() 2.A. choice
B. promise
C. advice
D. respect
() 3.A. spring
B. summer
C. autumn
D. winter
() 4.A. left
B. attacked
C. forced
D. allowed
() 5.A. hands
B. brains
C. eyes
D. legs
() 6.A. tiredly
B. strongly
C. sadly
D. heavily
() 7.A. calls
B. orders
C. visits
D. questions
() 8.A. across
B. through
C. in
D. down
() 9.A. plan
B. law
C. fact
D. game
()10.A. passed away
B. passed out
C. passed down
D. passed on
()11.A. selling
B. planting
C. choosing
D. cutting
()12.A. cheered
B. feared
C. smiled
D. shouted

1. B
2. C
3. A
4. A
5. C
6. B
7. D
8. B
9. B
10. A
11. C
12. C

1. 第1题：根据前文“Grandpa was quite a gardener, so I always watched for his spring flowers.”以及后文“because I was landscaping my own yard”，可知作者那年对园艺特别感兴趣，故选B。
2. 第2题：作者在美化自己的院子，非常想得到爷爷的建议，advice符合语境，故选C。
3. 第3题：根据前文的“spring flowers”，可知玫瑰在春天开放，故选A。
4. 第4题：中风后爷爷失去了言语和行动能力，leave sb. +状态表示“使某人处于某种状态”，符合语境，故选A。
5. 第5题：根据前文“But his eyes could express”，可知作者通过爷爷的眼睛观察大地的变化，故选C。
6. 第6题：根据后文“with the strength and calm he had always had”，可知爷爷用力地握着作者的手，strongly符合语境，故选B。
7. 第7题：作者给爷爷讲花园的情况，爷爷无法回答作者的问题，questions符合语境，故选D。
8. 第8题：爷爷的病持续了整个春天还更久，through表示“贯穿（某段时间）”，符合语境，故选B。
9. 第9题：作为勤劳的园丁，爷爷懂得收获的自然规律，law在这里指自然法则，符合语境，故选B。
10. 第10题：根据后文的“funeral”，可知爷爷去世了，passed away表示“去世”，符合语境，故选A。
11. 第11题：在葬礼前，大家在花店挑选花，choosing符合语境，故选C。
12. 第12题：亲友们看到爷爷花园里的花出现在葬礼上，都露出笑容，觉得爷爷会喜欢，smiled符合语境，故选C。