Question

【題目】Each spring brings a new blossom of wildflowers in the ditches(溝渠)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 for approximately 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'II 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 tool one year for my trunk to be used for that expressed purpose.

One day on my way home from work, I was upset to see that the highway department had removed 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 sad to learn that my oldest sister-in-law has a serious brain disease. She is20 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, you can bet I'll stop and transplant them to my wildflower garden.

【1】 Why does the writer want to start a wildflower garden in her yard?

A. Because the flowers bloom only in the morning hours.

B. Because she can see the flowers every day for two weeks.

C. Because the flowers can remind her of her oldest sister-in-law.

D. Because she enjoys the way of life in company with the flowers.

【2】 Which statement is NOT true according to the passage?

A. The blue flowers in the ditches always draw my attention.

B. We don't get on well with the sister-in-law in practice.

C. I never stopped to dig the flowers for some reason.

D. The sister-in-law lives far from us.

【3】According to the passage, the writer will .

A. stop to find the flowers whenever she drives along the highway

B. plant a variety of flowers in the garden in her yard in future

C. get as wonderful memories with the sister-in-law as before

D. get more close to the sister-in-law in the following days

【4】What is the theme of the story?

A. Actions speak louder than words.

B. No sweets without sweat.

C. Time and tide wait for no man.

D. Opportunity belongs to whoever is prepared.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】B

【3】D

【4】C

【解析】

試題分析: 這篇短文中作者以自己種花的經(jīng)歷告訴我們，在生活中不要錯(cuò)失任何一次機(jī)會(huì)，任何事情都不要等到下次再做

【1】D考查細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中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.可知作者在院子里種花是因?yàn)樗�喜歡花陪伴的生活，故選D項(xiàng)。

【2】B考查推理判斷題。根據(jù)第四段提到unfortunately, because of age and distance, we haven't been as close as we all would have liked不幸地是，因?yàn)槟挲g和距離，我們并沒有那么親密，故選B項(xiàng)。

【3】D 考查細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第四段提到I couldn't help but see the connection between the pretty blue flowers and the relationship between my husband's sister and us我不禁看到花與我們和姐姐的關(guān)系之間的這種聯(lián)系，故如果能重來，肯定會(huì)與姐姐更親密，故選D項(xiàng)。

【4】C主旨大意題。通讀全文可知作者寫這篇文章主要是告訴人們，當(dāng)機(jī)會(huì)來的時(shí)候不要讓他錯(cuò)過。故選A。