针对性训练11 利用上下文暗示-【提分教练】2024年新高考英语二轮总复习练习（新教材）

针对性训练(十一)　利用上下文暗示 A (2023·济南市模拟)When I retired, my wife Peg said, “Great! You'll have time to clean the garage！” After 30 years' 1 as director of a radio station, I would finally have more time for housework, but I worried I'd lose the sense of 2 I had felt in my profession． I pushed the garage's wooden doors, but they were as 3 as I felt in this new stage of my life． I finally got the doors open and started to empty the shelves． Then my hand hit something 4 ． It was a common old metal can． I 5 the cover and found a 6 envelope with a postmark of May 13, 1943 inside． 7 ， I opened it and found some flower seeds in it, “Eighty years old! I wonder if they'll still grow．” I 8 the seeds in a plastic pot． I checked it every day, but nothing happened． “I guess they're just too 9 to be any good，” I told Peg in 10 ． I picked up the pot to get rid of it, but something made me 11 ． I changed my mind and set it aside． Meanwhile, I was keeping 12 ， buying some books to improve my photography skills and teaching my granddaughters everything I knew about gardening and dogs． Six weeks later, I was out in the yard when I 13 to notice the pot． A new bit of green—a leaf had 14 ． I proudly showed it off to my granddaughters． “Look, girls, even something this old can still 15 for its purpose and be pretty cool． Just like your grandpa！” 1．A．dream　　 B．belief C．study D．service 2．A．freedom B．purpose C．trust D．security 3．A．worn B．stuck C．broken D．lost 4．A．delicate B．special C．hard D．sharp 5．A．removed B．washed C．cleaned D．fastened 6．A．labeled B．selected C．yellowed D．ruined 7．A．Curiously B．Sincerely C．Skillfully D．Bravely 8．A．collected B．planted C．abandoned D．stored 9．A．old B．wet C．weak D．small 10．A．anger B．surprise C．regret D．relief 11．A．delay B．reflect C．hesitate D．disappoint 12．A．upset B．awake C．social D．busy 13．A．expected B．attempted C．failed D．happened 14．A．showed up B．fallen off C．taken off D．dried up 15．A．compete B．grow C．survive