Question

If it’s possible to see red(get angry) about not seeing red, that is what I was doing. We had  26    the timing of our autumn trip to see the changing   27   in the Great Lakes States, and I was really   28   . No matter how I strained my eyes I couldn’t spot red anywhere. Not   29   a bit of golden yellow broke through the dull greenery.

   This vacation was a complete   30   . I sat alone in the backseat of our rented car and got   31  as we drove north through the dull, dark green. In the   32   seat my brother and my father chatted merrily, obviously   33   .

   Then a motto came to mind: “Happiness is a decision.” It must have been something my mother said. She was always passing on words of   34   . When I was a child, she gave me a black book with   35   pages. On the flyleaf she had written, “Look for a beautiful thing and you’ll find it.” I was supposed to   36   a record of the most beautiful thing I saw each day.

   I remembered spending hours discussing what I’d   37   . A baby’s smile? A stone shining with fool’s gold? Pictures in the clouds, or tulips tipping their heads? I found so many beautiful things that it was   38   to pick just one.

   Now, on the road, I played Mother’s game again. I took in the all-green   39   . Thick forests lined both sides of the highway. The long hill pines and spruce were seen   40   . Maple leaves danced in the gentle wind. I felt like a little girl again—   41   by beautiful things.

   Later in the   42   , after we crossed the Upper Peninsula and drove into Canada, I found the bright   43   plants I had been looking for. But by then I’d already seen a million shades of __44   , the infinite variety and beauty that only our heavenly Father can   45   . And that we can always find—if we look closely enough.

26. A. kept    B. missed   C. misjudged    D. seized

27. A. situation    B. weather  C. plants   D. leaves

28. A. upset    B. excited  C. happy    D. sorry

29. A. yet  B. even C. still    D. ever

30. A. success  B. time C. waste    D. pleasure

31. A. sleepy   B. mad  C. patient  D. angry

32. A. front    B. back C. right    D. left

33.A. unconcerned   B. disappointed C. worried  D. surprised

34. A. order    B. advice   C. apology  D. help

35. A. nice B. common   C. missing  D. empty

36. A. set  B. break    C. keep D. put

37. A. brought in   B. written down C. got through  D. referred to

38. A. impossible   B. valuable C. necessary    D. strange

39. A. forests  B. leaves   C. hills    D. scenery

40. A. nowhere  B. anywhere C. everywhere   D. somewhere

41. A. wondered B. surrounded   C. waken    D. treated

42. A. trip B. autumn   C. course   D. game

43. A. leaf B. hill C. highway  D. fall

44. A. red  B. trees    C. green    D. plants

45. A. observe  B. produce  C. find D. provide

Answer 1

26. C。27. D。28. A。29. B。30. C。31. D。32. A。33. A。34. B。35. D。36. C。37. B。38. A。39. D。40. C。41. B。42. A。43. D。44. C。45. B。

解析:

26. C。從本段首句和最后兩句可知我錯誤地估計了看秋天紅葉的時間。

27. D。全文都是圍繞著看紅葉這一中心而展開的議論。

28. A。由于沒看到紅葉，心里很不舒服。

29. B。無論 “我”怎么使勁地看，都不能看到紅葉，甚至連一點金黃的葉子也找不到。

30. C。由于沒看到紅葉，感覺這次假期全被浪費了。

31. D�！拔摇豹氉宰�在租來的汽車后座上，由于眼前一片綠色，心里十分氣憤。

32. A�！拔摇弊�在后座上，可知父親和哥哥應在前座上。

33. A。父子兩人很高興地聊天，明顯不顧及“我”的感受。

34. B。從下文母親在本子扉頁上寫的話可知，她總是給我些建議。

35. D。從下文母親要“我”每天記下看到的最美事物可知，這是一本空白本子。

36. C。keep a record of sth 記錄……

37. B。從下文陳述的看到的東西可知，“我”花時間討論自己記下的東西。

38. A。由于美的東西太多了，“我”感到只選出一件事是不可能的。

39. D。下文列舉的forests, hill pines, spruce and maple leaves等都是景色。

40. C。由all—green 可知此處應用everywhere表示到處，處處。

41. B。被美麗的事物所包圍。

42. A。由下文可知，“我”仍在旅游，已處于旅游的最后階段。

43. D。文章一開始就告訴我們，“我”旅游的目的就是看秋天的紅葉，所以，這里指“我”最終找到了一直尋找的秋天的植物。

44. C。這里指“我”已經(jīng)看過一片綠色的海洋。

45. B。這里指那是只有我們祖先才能創(chuàng)造出的無窮無盡的美。