There were two men living next to each other, both ____91____ large gardens. One of them was a retir

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There were two men living next to each other, both ____91____ large gardens. One of them was a retired teacher and the other was a baker. The teacher ____92____ (rare) cared for the plants in his garden, but the baker was very careful with his plants. Therefore, the teacher’s plants were small, while the baker’s plants were___93___ bigger and greener.
One night, ___94___ heavy storm hit the village. The next morning, both of the neighbors came out to check on their gardens. The baker saw that his plants ____95____ (destroy). However, the teacher’s plants were not damaged at all and stood firm.
___96___ (surprise), the baker asked the teacher, “We both grew the same plants and I cared for my plants better ___97___ you did. How are your plants still OK?”
The teacher smiled and said, “You gave your plants too much attention, so you made ____98____ too easy for them to grow. I gave my plants just a little bit of water, so their roots had to grow deeper ___99___ (find) more by themselves. That’s ___100___ my plants survived.”
【答案】91. living    
92. rarely    93. much    
94. a    95. were destroyed    
96. surprised    
97. than    98. it    
99. to find    
100. why
【解析】
本文是记叙文。讲述了两个邻居对待花园植物的不同态度，虽然退休教师不像面包师那样经常浇灌植物，但是暴风雨来临时，他的植物一点也没有受损。
【91题详解】
考查非谓语动词。句意：有两个邻居都住在大花园中。句中已有谓语动词were，前后句不是并列句，所以填非谓语动词。both是逻辑主语，和动词“住”是主动关系，此处用现在分词。故填living 。
【92题详解】
考查副词。句意：这位老师很少照看花园中的植物。修饰动词cared用副词。故填rarely   。
【93题详解】
考查副词。句意：然而面包师的植物更大更绿。修饰比较级用much表程度，故填  much 。
【94题详解】
考查冠词。句意：一天，一场大暴雨袭击了这个村子。“一场”用冠词a，故填a  。
【95题详解】
考查动词语态。句意：这个面包师看到他的植物被破坏了。“植物”是主语，和谓语动词是被动关系。句中所给动词saw是过去式，因此用一般过去时的被动语态。故填were destroyed 。
【96题详解】
考查形容词。句意：面包师感到很奇怪，他问老师。人感到惊讶用ed形式的形容词，故填surprised 。
【97题详解】
考查比较级。句意：我比你更好的照顾植物，比较级后面+than。故填than。
【98题详解】
考查形式宾语。句意：所以你让植物生长的太容易。固定句式make+it+adj+for somebody to do“使得某人做某事感到…”。不定式 to grow作真正宾语，用it作形式宾语，故填  it 。
【99题详解】
考查非谓语动词。句意：为了寻找更多的水所以植物的根部不得不长得更深。表示目的用不定式，故填to find。
【100题详解】
考查表语从句连接词。句意：这是为什么我的植物能存活的原因。be动词后是表语从句，表示原因用why。故填why。