. 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 |