Question

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Several times my daughter Carolyn had telephoned to say, “Mother, you must come to see the daffodils (黄水仙) ________ they are over.” I wanted to go, but it was a long drive from my home. “ I will come next Tuesday，” I ________ , a little hesitantly, on her third call.

Next Tuesday I drove there. When I finally ________ Carolyn’s house and hugged my grandchildren, I said, “________ the daffodils, Carolyn! The road is invisible in the fog, and there is ________ in the world except you and these children that I want to see badly enough to drive ________ inch！”

My daughter smiled and said, “You will never forgive yourself if you ________ the chance of seeing the beautiful flowers.”

So we drove there. After twenty minutes on the highway we ________onto a small road and I saw a small church. There we got out of the car. I ________Carolyn down the path. As I turned a ________ of the path, I looked up and gasped. Before me lay the most glorious ________ . There were five acres of flowers. It looked ________ someone had taken ________ gold and poured it down ________ the mountain peak and slopes.

“Who planted all these?” I asked Carolyn.

“It’s ________ one woman,” Carolyn answered. “That’s her home,” Carolyn ________ a cottage .We walked up to the house. On the patio(露台), we saw a ________ .

There it was: “ The Daffodil Principe:1. 50,000 bulbs(球茎). 2. One at a time, by one woman. 3. ________ in 1958.”

For me that moment was a life-changing ________.I thought of this woman whom I had ________ met and who had begun one bulb at a time to bring the beauty and joy to an unknown mountaintop.

1.A. since B. before C. unless D. until

2.A. allowed B. complained C. admitted D. promised

3.A. slipped into B. jumped out C. walked into D. drove out

4.A. Forgot B. Remind C. Remember D. Remain

5.A. anything B. everything C. nothing D. something

6.A. other B. another C. more D. less

7.A. miss B. seize C. get D. escape

8.A. held B. caught C. exchanged D. turned

9.A. led B. showed C. followed D. took

10.A. side B. corner C. bank D. circle

11.A. sight B. park C. land D. garden

12.A. even if B. ever since C. as if D. what if

13.A. scores of B. a great deal of C. a number of D. many a

14.A. over B. through C. across D. below

15.A. even B. still C. also D. just

16.A. devoted to B. stuck in C. shouted at D. pointed to

17.A. signal B. sign C. symbol D. sample

18.A. Completed B. Realized C. Began D. Finished

19.A. experiment B. situation C. condition D. experience

20.A. never B. regularly C. surely D. always

Answer 1