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专题04 日常生活 1. (2023·江苏省镇江市·模拟题)阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 Nature has always fascinated me.To brighten up the urban environment，there is nothing better （1） ______ some attractive plants and flowers. Growing up，I was always fortunate to be around well-tended gardens.My grandfather could actually have been considered to be quite "green-fingered"，as there were always impressive flowers in his garden.I had been a passive（2） ______ （admire） of the work done by him and gardeners generally until quite recently，（3） ______ I decided to turn my hand to cultivating some plants. （4） ______ my grandfather，I only have a small balcony on which to conduct my activities，but that has not discouraged me in the slightest.It's possible to make a nice "garden" even in the most （5） ______ （limit） space，but one must also limit one's ambitions to a certain extent.I decided to take the seeds of one humble little tomato and plant them in a number of pots.After several weeks，I （6） ______ （amaze） by the results.I now have about 15 tomato plants on my balcony in different stages of （7） ______ （grow）. It's（8） ______ rewarding sight to see this greenery on my balcony.I keep my fingers crossed that one day this little bit of nature will give me something very practical：some nice （9） ______ （taste） tomatoes.It's also very rewarding to be engaging in a practice which is as old as time itself，as plant life is（10） ______ （essential） the most basic and oldest technology on our planet. 【答案】 【小题1】than【小题2】admirer【小题3】when【小题4】Unlike【小题5】limited 【小题6】was amazed【小题7】growth【小题8】a【小题9】tasty【小题10】essentially 【知识点】一般过去时的被动语态、副词修饰动词、代词作主语时的主谓一致、关系副词when引导的非限制性定语从句、其他介词的用法、记叙文、不可数名词、可数名词及其单、复数、日常生活、不定冠词、形容词作定语、形容词词义辨析 【解析】（1）考查介词。句意：要点亮城市环境，没有什么比一些迷人的植物和花卉更好的了。根据空前的"better"可知，此处表示比较，应用介词than引出比较对象。故填than。 （2）考查可数名词的单数。句意：我一直对他和其他园丁所做的工作持消极的赞赏态度，直到最近，我决定转而种植一些植物。由空前的a可知，此处应填名词单数，主语I指人，故用名词admirer"赞赏者，钦佩者"，可数名词，此处用单数形式，故填admirer。 （3）考查非限制性定语从句。句意：我一直对他和其他园丁所做的工作持消极的赞赏态度，直到最近，我决定转而种植一些植物。分析句子可知，此处引