Each spring brings a new blossom of wildflowers in the ditches along the highway I travel daily to work.
There is one _41_ blue flower that has always caught my eye. I’ve_42_ that it blooms only in the _43_ hours. The afternoon sun is too _44_ for it. Every day for approximately two weeks, I see those beautiful flowers.
This spring, I _45_ a wildflower garden in our yard. I can look out of the _46_ window while doing the dishes and see the flowers. I’ve often _47_ that those lovely blue flowers from the ditch would _48_ great in that bed alongside other wildflowers. Every day I drove past the flowers _49_ , “I’ll stop on my way home and dig them. ” Gee, I don’t want to get my good _50_ dirty. Whatever the reason, I _51_ stopped to dig them. My husband even gave me a folding shovel（铲子）one year to be used for that expressed _52_ .
One day on my way home from work, I was _53_ to see that the highway department had mowed the ditches and the pretty blue flowers were _54_ . I thought to myself, “Way to go, you_55_ too long. You should have done it when you first saw them blooming this spring. ”
A week ago we were shocked and saddened to _56_ that my oldest sister-in-law has a terminal brain tumor（晚期脑肿瘤）. _57_ we haven’t been as close as we all would have liked. I couldn’t help but see the _58_ between the pretty blue flowers and the relationship between my husband’s sister and us.
And yes, _59_ I see the blue flowers again, you can bet I’ll stop and _60_ them to my wildflower garden.
41. A. particular B. expensive C. previous D. colorful
42. A . imagined B. felt C. noticed D. heard
43. A. morning B. daytime C. afternoon D. night
44. A. warm B. important C. weak D. responsible
45. A. bought B. rent C. started D. managed
46. A. bedroom B. hall C. study D. kitchen
47. A. doubted B. thought C. agreed D. dreamed
48. A. smell B. look C. prove D. become
49. A. wondering B. complaining C. saying D. thinking
50. A. car B. flowers C. clothes D. hands
51. A. seldom B. sometimes C. often D. never
52. A. satisfaction B. disappointment C. purpose D. anxiety
53. A. surprised B. saddened C. encouraged D. ashamed
54. A. unhappy B. lonely C. gone D. alive
55. A. waited B. drove C. went D. stopped
56. A. realize B. learn C. observe D. decide
57. A. Surprisingly B. Generally C. Obviously D. Unfortunately
58. A. love B. difference C. secret D. connection
59. A. since B. unless C. if D. before
60. A. transport B. steal C. invite D. pull
科目：高中英语 来源：活题巧解巧练·高二英语·下 题型：050
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Right now in schools across the country children are busy selling Pepsi-Cola in the name of education. They are part of Pepsi's “Learn and Earn Project” —a competition set up by Pepsi once a year that encourages students to sell the soft drink at parties, basketball games and other school functions.
Then, each spring, the students write up their Pepsi-selling success stories for a chance at national prizes: shares of stock(股份) in the Pepsi-Cola Company.
According to materials the company sends the teachers, the project declares “help strengthening students' broad understandings of business, particularly its broad marketing and management aspects. ”
Whether it fufills this objective or not, it does succeed in selling Pepsi .
The “Learn and Earn Project” is just one example of the hundreds of ways food companies encouraging the buying ad their products in schools. Particularly in the fields of nutrition and hams economics, companies send numerous “teaching aids”: highly Professional films, shiny workbooks and pamphlets (小册子) , all available to teachers at well commercial rates or free.
For example, the Savennach Sugar Refining Corp puts out a book for students called “Sugar through the Ages” which includes statements such as “Scientists have found that generous amounts of sugar are a valuable part of well-balanced diets for growing children.”
By far the largest supplier of nutrition-education materials to schools is the National Dairy Council, which provides all sorts of pamphlets addressing questions ranging from “How am I doing socially?” to “How am I doing physically?”These materials are full of things about dairy(乳) Products, daily calcium (钙)requirement , etc . Drink milk ,the message seems to be, and you too can be popular.
But nutrition and home economics are rat the only areas where companies have found a lucrative(获利) form of advertising.
1．What is NOT true of Pepsi's “Learn and Earn Project”?
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A．Students selling Pepsi-Cola successfully will become stock holders in the company.
B．Students may gain a better understanding of a business project.
C．It is carried out every year.
D．The Pepsi Company gains much profit out of it.
2．The main idea of the passage is that ________.
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A．students learn much knowledge of nutrition and home economics through their practice of business
B．Pepsi's “Learn and Earn Project ”helps strengthening the students' broad understanding of business
C．many big companies provide money for schools successfully by carrying out their “Learn and Earn Project”
D．various types of companies extend the selling of their products to schools
3．What do you think is the author's attitude toward such approaches (探讨) to education?
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A．The author doesn't show his like or dislike for them.
B．The author doesn't think highly of them.
C．The author doubts if those companies can fulfill their objectives .
D．The author takes a denifite(明确的) attitude towards them .
4．The underlined word “generous” most probably means ________.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2011-2012学年北京西城（北区）高二下学期学业测试英语试卷（带解析） 题型：阅读理解
Each spring brings a new wildflower blooming in the fields along the highway I travel daily to work.
There is one particular blue flower that has always caught my eye. I've noticed that it blooms only in the morning hours. The afternoon sun is too warm for it. Every day each year for about two weeks, I see those beautiful flowers.
This spring, I started a wildflower garden in my yard. I can look out of the kitchen window while doing the dishes and see the flowers. I've often thought that those lovely blue flowers from the fields would look great in that bed alongside other wildflowers.
Every day I drove past the flowers, thinking, "I'll stop on my way home and dig them." "Gee, I don't want to get my good clothes dirty…" Whatever the reason, I never stopped to dig them. My husband even gave me a tool one year for that expressed purpose.
One day on my way home from work, I was saddened to see that the highway department had cleared up the fields and the pretty blue flowers were gone. I thought to myself, "Way to go, you waited too long. You should have done it when you first saw them blooming this spring. "
A week ago we were shocked and saddened to learn that my oldest sister-in-law has a cancer. She is 20 years older than my husband and unfortunately, because of age and distance, we haven't been as close as we all would have liked.
I couldn't help but see the connection between the pretty blue flowers and the relationship between my husband's sister and us. I do believe that God has given us some time left to plant some wonderful memories that will bloom every year for us.
And yes, if I see the blue flowers again, I'm sure I'll stop and transplant them to my wildflower garden.
【小题1】How long might the blue flower bloom in spring?
| A．About two weeks. | B．The whole season. |
| C．About one week. | D．The whole day. |
| A．Across the fields. | B．Along the highway. |
| C．In the garden. | D．Outside the yard. |
| A．She is seriously ill. |
| B．She is twenty years old. |
| C．She lives far away from the writer. |
| D．She is not in close touch with the writer. |
| A．Value now and don't lose chances. |
| B．Visit our relatives only after they get ill. |
| C．Refresh our wonderful moments every year. |
| D．Plant flowers and don't enjoy them in the field. |
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科目：高中英语 来源：2012-2013学年福建省南安一中高二下学期期中考试英语试卷（带解析） 题型：阅读理解
Each spring brings a new wildflower blooming in the fields along the highway I travel daily to work. There is one particular blue flower that has always caught my eye. I've noticed that it blooms only in the morning hours. The afternoon sun is too warm for it. Every day each year for about two weeks, I see those beautiful flowers.
This spring, I started a wildflower garden in my yard. I can look out of the kitchen window while doing the dishes and see the flowers. I've often thought that those lovely blue flowers from the fields would look great in that bed alongside other wildflowers.
Every day I drove past the flowers, thinking, "I'll stop on my way home and dig them." "Gee, I don't want to get my good clothes dirty…" Whatever the reason, I never stopped to dig them. My husband even gave me a tool one year for that expressed purpose.
One day on my way home from work, I was saddened to see that the highway department had cleared up the fields and the pretty blue flowers were gone. I thought to myself, "Way to go, you waited too long. You should have done it when you first saw them blooming this spring. "
A week ago we were shocked and saddened to learn that my oldest sister-in-law has a cancer. She is 20 years older than my husband and unfortunately, because of age and distance, we haven't been as close as we all would have liked.
I couldn't help but see the connection between the pretty blue flowers and the relationship between my husband's sister and us. I do believe that God has given us some time left to plant some wonderful memories that will bloom every year for us.
And yes, if I see the blue flowers again, I'm sure I'll stop and transplant them to my wildflower garden.
【小题1】 How long might the blue flower bloom in spring?
| A．The whole day. | B．The whole season. |
| C．About one week. | D．About two weeks |
| A．In the garden | B．Along the highway. |
| C．Across the fields. | D．Outside the yard. |
| A．She is seriously ill. |
| B．She is twenty years old. |
| C．She lives far away from the writer. |
| D．She is not in close touch with the writer. |
| A．Refresh our wonderful moments every year. |
| B．Visit our relatives only after they get ill. |
| C．Value now and don't lose chances. |
| D．Plant flowers and don't enjoy them in the field. |
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科目：高中英语 来源：2014届浙江嘉兴第一中学高三上期摸底英语卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
It was an autumn morning shortly after my husband and I moved into our first house. Children were upstairs unpacking , and I was looking out of the window at my father moving around mysteriously on the front lawn. My parents lived nearby ,and Dad had visited us several times already. “What are you doing out there?” I called to him .He looked up, smiling. “I’m making you a surprise.” Knowing my father, I thought it could be just about anything. A self-employed jobber, he was always building things out of odds and ends. When we were kids, he always created something surprising for us.
Today, however, Dad would say no more, and caught ups in the busyness of our new life, I eventually forgot about his surprise. Until one gloomy day the following March when I glanced out of the window. Any yet… I saw a dot of blue across the yard. I headed outside for a closer look. They were crocuses (番红花), throughout the front lawn. Lavender, blue, yellow and my favorite pink ---- little faces moved up and down in the cold wind.
Dad! I smiled, remembering the things he had secretly planted last autumn. He knew how the darkness and dullness of winter always got me down. What could have been more perfectly timely to my needs?
My father’s crocuses bloomed each spring for the next four or five seasons, bringing the same assurance every time they arrived: hard times was almost over. Hold on, keep going, light is coming soon.
Then a spring came with only half the usual blooms. The next spring there were none. I missed the crocuses. I would ask Dad to come over and plant new bulbs. But I never did.
He died suddenly one October day. My family was in deep sorrow, leaning on our faith. I missed him terribly.
Four years passed, and on a dismal spring afternoon I was driving back when I found myself feeling depressed. “You’ve got the winter depression again and you get them every year.” I told myself.
It was Dad’s birthday, and I found myself thinking about him. This was not unusual --- my family often talked about him, remembering how he lived his faith. Once I saw him give his coat to a homeless man.
Suddenly I slowed as I turned into our driveway. I stopped and stared at the lawn. And there on the muddy grass and small gray piles of melting snow, bravely waving in the wind, was one pink crocus.
How could a flower bloom from a bulb more than 18 years old, one that had not blossomed in over a decade? But there was the crocus. Tears filled my eyes as I realized its significance.
Hold on, keep going, light is coming soon. The pink crocus bloomed for only a day. But it built my faith for a lifetime.
1.According to the first three paragraphs, we learn that _________.
A. the writer was unpacking when her father was making the surprise
B. the writer knew what the surprise was because she knew her father
C. it was not the first time that the writer’s father had made a surprise
D. it kept bothering the writer not knowing what the surprise was
2.Which of the following would most probably be the worst time of the year as seen by the writer?
A. Spring. B. Summer. C. Autumn. D. Winter.
3.Which of the following is NOT true, according to the passage?
A. The writer’s father planted the crocus to lift her low spirit.
B. The crocuses bloomed each spring before the writer’s father died.
C. The writer often thought about her father since her father died.
D. The writer’s father died some years after he planted the crocus.
4.The writer’s father should be best described as_________.
A. a full-time gardener with skillful hands
B. a part-time jobber who loved flowers
C. a kind-hearted man who lived with faith
D. an ordinary man with doubts in his life
5.Crocus was viewed as the symbol of _________ by the writer.
A. faith B. family C. love D. friendship
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科目：高中英语 来源：江苏省2009-2010学年度高二下学期期中考试试题（英语） 题型：完型填空
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第二节：完形填空（共20小题，每题1分，满分20分）
Never Miss The Chance
Each spring brings a new blossom of wildflowers in the ditches along the highway I travel _36_ to work.
There is one particular blue flower that has always caught my eye. I've noticed that it blooms only in the _37_ hours, the afternoon sun is too warm for it. Every day for approximately two weeks, I see those beautiful flowers.
This spring, I _38_ a wildflower garden in our yard. I can look out of the kitchen window while_39_ the dishes and see the flowers. I've _40_ thought that those lovely blue flowers from the ditch would look _41_ in that bed alongside other wildflowers. Every day I drove past the flowers_42_ , "I'll stop on my way home and dig them." "Gee, I don't want to get my good clothes dirty..." _43_ the reason, I never stopped to dig them. My husband even gave me a folding shovel one year for my trunk to be used for that _44_ purpose.
One day on my way home from work, I _45_ to see that the highway department had mowed the ditches and the pretty blue flowers were_46_. I thought to myself, "Way to go, you waited too long. You should have done it when you first saw them _47_ this spring."
A week ago we were _48_ and saddened to learn that my oldest sister-in-law has a terminal brain tumor. She is 20 years older than my husband and_49_ , because of age and distance, we haven't been as _50_ as we all would have liked. I couldn't help but_51_ the connection between the pretty blue flowers and the _52_ between my husband's sister and us. I do believe that God has given us some time_53_ to plant some wonderful _54_ that will bloom every year for us.
And yes, if I see the blue flowers again, you can bet I'll stop and _55_ them to my wildflower garden.
36.A. everyday B. daily C. Dayly D. one day
37.A. morning B. evening C. night D. noon
38.A. began B. put C. started D. set
39.A. done B. do C. doing D. to do
40.A seldom B. hardly C. often D. never
41.A. great B. greatly C. well D. greater
42.A. thought B. thinking C. considering D. considered
43.A. Why B. However C. Whatever D. Whenever
44.A. expressing B. expressed C. express D. to express
45.A.was saddened B. saddened C. sad D. have saddend
46.A. missed B. going C. losing D. gone
47.A. opening B. blooming C. becoming D. moving
48.A. surprising B. shocked C. moved D. shocking
49.A. fortunately B. luckily C. unlucky D. unfortunately
50.A. closed B. near C. close D. nearby
51.A. see B. to see C. seeing D. saw
52.A. friendship B. leadership C. hardship D. relationship
53.A. remained B. leaving C. left D. remain
54.A. remember B. memorial C. memories D. Memory
55.A. plant B. grow C. transplant D. transport
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