强化练(十三) 热门主题之生活感悟类 考情速递：新高考语篇具有价值引领作用，倡导积极向上的人生价值观。近几年生活感悟类完形填空频现，主题集中在通过生活小事，感悟人生哲理。 (2025·郑州质量预测) After my mother suffered from Alzheimer’s disease (阿尔茨海默病)，the plants in our house began to die.In years past，I remember the deep，earthy smell that would __1__ in our house after my mother had made her weekly watering rounds.Back then，I never connected it with the care that was at the __2__ of everything she did. But now，leaves were __3__，some dry and edged with brown，and many of the stems (茎) bare.It was a mark of how my mother can no longer attend to all the things that she lovingly cared for.I was so focused on the increasing __4__ of her own care that her beloved plants had escaped my __5__. I began her old rounds，pouring water into the thirsty soil，and soon the plants __6__.That’s the thing about houseplants：They demand nothing.They wait quietly，no matter how __7__ they are.But even after my best __8__，some of the plants couldn’t survive.My mother’s kind caregivers have since brought new ones to add to her __9__，and my father buys fresh flowers every week. Though Alzheimer’s disease __10__ so much of her memory，her desire to care is still there.I would guide her down the steps to water the plants herself.I watched as her shaking hands picked the brown leaves.Each time，she smiled up at me with __11__ satisfaction because being able to __12__ something is still what brings her the greatest joy. I look at plants __13__ these days.I see them as my mother does：__14__ reminders of the need for kindness toward all living things.It is clear to me that the things we spend a lifetime __15__ are never truly lost and the love she has planted in me still blooms(开花). 【语篇解读】 本文是记叙文。文章主要讲述了作者母亲因患阿尔茨海默病后家中植物开始凋零的情景，以及作者开始接手照料这些植物的过程。文章通过植物的生死变化，反映出作者对母亲关爱之心的理解，让作者明白，我们一生培育的爱永远不会消失。 1.A.pile on B.rise up C.come over D.wander off 答案 B [根据上下文的叙述可知，在过去的几年里，妈妈每周浇过花后，作者都记得有一股深深的泥土气息在房子里升腾起来。rise up“上升，升起”。] 2.A.beginning B.top C.foundation D.thought 答案 C [根据最后一段最后一句话中的“the love she has planted in me still blooms (开花)”可知，作者认为妈妈的爱和关心是妈妈做所有一切事情的基础(foundation)，但是以前作者从未把妈妈浇花带来的泥土气息和妈妈对花的关心联系起来。] 3.A.dropping B.appearing C.turning D.waving 答案 A [根据空前的“But”和空后的“some dry and edged with brown，and many of the stems (茎) bare”可知，然而现在叶子正在掉落(dropping)，有一些干枯了，还有一些叶子边缘变黄，还有一些茎是光秃秃的。] 4.A.processes B.possibilities C.goals D.demands 答案 D [根据上文可知，作者的妈妈患有阿尔茨海默病，作者集中精力于自己母亲不断增加的需求(demands)上，以至于她心爱的植物已经逃脱了作者的注意。] 5.A.desire B.memory C.protection D.notice 答案 D [参见上题解析。] 6.A.recovere ... ...
