Question

I was 17 years old. Along with a dozen other boys, I made the long trip to Iowa in order to see a college that I was thinking of ______ . While the trip had been fun for the most part, now that I was there I was feeling lonely.

I was missing my family and realized that I wouldn't be seeing them very much ______ I went to school here. I was also missing the Appalachian mountains where I grew up. I______ walking in the forests of maple（枫树） and pine trees there. I loved how the______turned a thousand shades （树荫）of green in the spring and then became a sea of red, gold, and orange in the fall. I loved the______ of countless wild flowers that grew in our garden. These things were a part of me.

Here in Iowa everything was ______ . The grass looked burnt and brown. All that I could smell was a ______ of corn, mud and pigs. I walked outside the dormitory and sat under a tree. I closed my eyes, ______being back home again.

When I finally ______ them, however, I saw something that touched my soul （灵魂）. It was the sunset. It seemed to______ the sky. Gold, red, purple and pink clouds moved together like a picture. It was so huge and I was ______ in the beautiful scenery. It made our mountain sunsets seem______ by comparison （比较）. I was tilled with wonder. I realized that I had been foolish and judgmental （妄下结论的）.This place had its own special______ .

Over the years to come I learned something else. Each of us also has a ______ beauty. We all have our own unique（独待的）talents and abilities. We all have a beautiful, powerful love that ______ we can share.

1.A.learning B.attending C.going D.dealing

2.A.if B.before C.since D.because

3.A.practiced B.started C.loved D.rushed

4.A.leaves B.fields C.gardens D.mountains

5.A.taste B.color C.shapes D.smell

6.A.dull B.similar C.interesting D.pretty

7.A.mixture B.dirt C.place D.thing

8.A.enjoying B.regretting C.avoiding D.imagining

9.A.eared B.opened C.covered D.turned

10.A.save B.copy C.cross D.fill

11.A.lost B.touched C.caught D.stuck

12.A.far B.huge C.pretty D.tiny

13.A.view B.beauty C.custom D.style

14.A.special B.proper C.usual D.direct

15.A.still B.even C.only D.yet

Answer 1