题目内容
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
- 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.
- 2.
Where did the writer want to transplant the flowers?
- A.Across the fields
- B.Along the highway
- C.In the garden
- D.Outside the yard
- A.
- 3.
Which of the following is NOT true about the writer's sister-in-law?
- 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.
- 4.
What does the writer want to tell us?
- 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
- A.
1.细节理解题。结合Every day each year for about two weeks, I see those beautiful flowers可知答案。
2.推理判断题。结合第三段内容可知答案。
3.细节理解题。结合She is 20 years older than my husband可知答案。
4.写作目的题。作者通过自己的经历告诉大家:花开堪折直须折,莫待花谢时。别错过机会。
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. |
It was an autumn morning shortly after my husband and I moved into our first house. Our children were upstairs unpacking,and I was looking out of the window at my father moving around mysteriously on the front lawn. “What are you doing out there?” I called to him.
He looked up, smiling. “I’m making you a surprise.’’ I thought it could be just about anything. When we were kids, he always created something surprising for us. Today, however, Dad would say no more ,and caught up in the business of our new life ,I eventually forgot about his surprise.
Until one gloomy day the next March when I glanced out of the window,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 一 blue, yellow and my favorite pink ,with little faces moving up and down in the cold wind. I remembered the things Dad 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 (开花)each spring for the next five seasons, always bringing the same assurance: Hard times are almost over. Hold on, keep going, and light is coming soon.
Then a spring came with only half the usual blooms and the next spring there were none. I missed the crocuses ,so I would ask Dad to come over and plant new bulbs. But I never did. He died suddenly one October day. My family were in deep sorrow, leaning on our faith.
On a spring afternoon four years later, I was driving back when I felt depressed. 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 up to his faith. Suddenly I slowed as I turned into our driveway. I stopped and stared at the lawn. There on the muddy grass with small 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 ago, one that hadn’t bloomed in over a decade? But there was the crocus. Tears filled my eyes as I realized its significance.
Hold on, keep going, and light is coming soon. The pink crocus bloomed for only a day, but it built my faith for a lifetime.
【小题1】According to the first three paragraphs, we learn that ______.
| A. it kept bothering the author not knowing what the surprise was |
| B. the author was unpacking when her father was making the surprise |
| C. it was not the first time that the author’s father had made a surprise |
| D. the author knew what the surprise was because she knew her father |
| A. The author usually felt depressed in the season of winter. |
| B. The author’s father planted the crocuses to lift her low spirits. |
| C. The author often thought about her father after he died. |
| D. The crocuses bloomed each spring before her father died. |
| A. a part-time worker who loved flowers |
| B. a kind-hearted man who lived with faith |
| C. a full-time gardener with skillful hands |
| D. an ordinary man with doubts in his life |
| A. Crocuses — My Source of Faith | B.Crocuses— Father’s Surprise |
| C. A Pink Crocus — My Memory | D.Crocuses in Blossom — My Favorite |