Each spring brings a new blossom of wildflowers in the ditches along the highway I travel daily to work.
There are some particular blue flowers that have always caught my eye. I’ve noticed that they bloom only in the morning hours and the afternoon sun is too warm for them. Every day for about two weeks, I see those beautiful flowers.
This spring, I started a wildflower garden in our 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 ditch 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 folding shovel（铲子）one year in my car to be used for that expressed purpose.
One day on my way home from work, I was shocked to see that the highway department had destroyed the ditches 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 has a terminal brain tumor（肿瘤）. She is 20 years older than me 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 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, you can bet I’ll stop and transplant them to my wildflower garden

1. 1.

   Why did those flowers the writer saw only bloom in the morning?

   1. A.
      Because it was hot in the afternoon
   2. B.
      Because someone picked them away
   3. C.
      Because someone took them into houses
   4. D.
      Because the writer passed them in the morning
2. 2.

   Which of the following statements is right according to the passage?

   1. A.
      The writer’s sister died of lung tumor
   2. B.
      The writer was regretful when she heard her sister’s death
   3. C.
      The writer planned to dig the flowers to give them to her husband
   4. D.
      The writer’s husband planned to plant some flowers in the garden
3. 3.

   The writer wrote the passage to tell us ________

   1. A.
      to enjoy what we have now
   2. B.
      to value now and not to lose chances
   3. C.
      to protect the beautiful flowers we see
   4. D.
      to love those who are your close relatives

In a nice house there lived an old man. Behind the house there was a big garden. He planted many plants there. He took care of his   41  all the time, watering and fertilizing (施肥) them.
One day a young man went by the   42 . He looked at the beautiful flowers, imagining how happy he could be   43  he lived in such a beautiful place. Then, suddenly he found the old gardener was   44 . He was very surprised about this and asked, “You can’t see these flowers.   45  are you busy taking care of them every day?”
The old man smiled and said, “I can tell you four   46 . First, I was a gardener when I was young, and I really like this job. Second,   47  I can’t see these flowers, I can touch them.   48 , I can smell the sweetness of them. As to the last one, that’s   49 .”
“Me? But you don’t know me,” said the young man.
“Yeah, it’s   50  that I don’t know you. But I know that flowers are angels that everybody   51 . We enjoy the happiness these flowers have brought us.”
The blind man’s work opened our eyes and   52  our heart, which also made his life   53 . It was just like Beethoven, who became deaf in his later life and wrote many great musical words. Beethoven himself couldn’t   54  his wonderful music, but his music has   55  millions of people to face their difficulties bravely. Isn’t it one kind of happiness?

Mr. Green has a small garden in front of his house. There are lots of flowers in it. But he has only a few trees.

His neighbor Mr. Black has a garden, too. Mr. Black’s garden is smaller than Mr. Green ‘s garden. He has fewer flowers than Mr Green but more trees.

Mr. Brown is Mr. Green’s another neighbour. Mr. Brown’s garden is the smallest one of the three. He has the fewest flowers of them all, but the weeds（杂草）in his garden are the tallest. There is always a lot of work to do in his garden, but Mr. Brown doesn’t have enough time to work in his garden, so his garden is the worst.

1. What’s in Mr. Green’s garden?

A. Lots of flowers and a few trees     B A few flowers and lots of trees

C. Lots of flowers and lots of trees   D. a few flowers and a few trees

2. Mr. Green’s garden is _______than Mr. Black’s garden.

3. Mr. Black has _______flowers but ______trees than Mr. Green.

4. There are a lot of weeds in Mr. Brown’s Garden because ________.

5.Whose garden is the best?