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    26    flower that has    27    caught my eyes. I’ve noticed it blooms only in the morning hours; the    28    sun is too warm for it. Every day for about two weeks. I see those beautiful    29   .

This spring I    30   a wildflower garden in our yard. “I can look out of the    31    window while doing the dishes and see the flowers. I’ve often thought those lovely blue flowers from the   32  would look great in that bed alongside other wildflowers. Everyday I    33   past the flowers thinking, I’ll stop on my way home and    34    them.” “gee (哎呀), I don’t want to get my good clothes dirty…” whatever the reason, I    35   stopped to dig them.

One day on my way home from work in my car, I was    36    to see the highway department had moved the ditches and the pretty blue flowers were    37   . I thought to myself, “You    38    too long. You should have done it when you first saw them  39   this spring. ”

A week ago, we were shocked and saddened to learn my older sister-in-law had a terminal brain tumor (腫塊). She is 10 years    40   than my husband and unfortunately, because of age and distance. We haven’t been as    41   as we all would have liked. I couldn’t help but see the   42     between the pretty blue flowers and the relationship between my husband’s    43   and us. I do believe god has given us some time left to    44   some wonderful memories that will bloom every year for us.

And yes, if I see the blue flowers again, I’ll    45   and transplant them to my wildflower garden.

26. A. red            B. yellow          C. blue              D. white

27. A. sometimes      B. never           C. seldom            D. always

28. A. morning        B. afternoon       C. noon              D. evening

29. A. trees          B. flowers         C. woods             D. gardens

30. A. started        B. cleared         C. built             D. deserted

31. A. bedroom        B. dinning-room    C. sitting-room      D. kitchen

32. A. highway        B. garden          C. ditch             D. park

33. A. rode           B. walked          C. drove             D. ran

34. A. pick           B. sell            C. water             D. dig

35. A. always         B. often           C. never             D. ever

36. A. surprised      B. excited         C. delighted         D. saddened

37. A. found          B. gone            C. discovered        D. 1eft

38. A. waited         B. wanted          C. kept              D. protected

39. A. growing        B. blooming        C. seeding           D. fading

40. A. younger        B. older           C. earlier           D. former

41. A. good           B. wealthy         C. close             D. strong

42. A. change         B. result          C. value             D. connection

43. A. sister         B. brother         C. mother            D. father

44. A. slip           B. jog             C. refresh           D. collect

45. A. buy            B. stop            C. mow               D. collect

 John opened the door. There _____ he had never seen before.   

　 A. a girl did stand     B. a girl stood   C. did a girl stand   D. stood a girl

 _______ of danger in the street at night, she had to go home, with a friend ______ her.

A. Warning; following                     

B. Having warned; followed

C. Having been warned; following          

D. Warned; followed   

 At the meeting they discussed three different _______ to the study of radioactive waste.

A. means          B. methods         C. approaches       D. ways

 You shouldn’t have quarreled with the customs official. _______ helping the situation, you just made it worse.

A. In spite of      B. Apart from       C. Far from     D. As a result of

 ______, the car stopped all at once.

A. Seeing a boy lying on the ground           

B. On seeing a boy sitting on the road

C. The driver saw a boy standing on the road

D. The minute the driver saw a boy seated on the road

— I think my child’s behavior is _______ .

— No, he just has a lot of energy.

A. information　　　 B. natural　　　　 C. normal　　　　　 D. abnormal　

 His strong love for his country is _______ in his recently published poems.

A. relieved             B. reflected      C. responded       D. recovered

 He ______ busy yesterday, or he ______ you with your experiment.

A. was; had helped            B. was, would have helped  

C. had been; would have       D. were; would have helped

—Can you come to attend our party tonight?

—Sorry, but I do wish I _________.

　 A. had　　　　　　 B. can　　　　　 C. will　　　 D. could