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。从本段首句和最后两句可知我错误地估计了看秋天红叶的时间。

27. D。全文都是围绕着看红叶这一中心而展开的议论。

28. A。由于没看到红叶，心里很不舒服。

29. B。无论 “我”怎么使劲地看，都不能看到红叶，甚至连一点金黄的叶子也找不到。

30. C。由于没看到红叶，感觉这次假期全被浪费了。

31. D。“我”独自坐在租来的汽车后座上，由于眼前一片绿色，心里十分气愤。

32. A。“我”坐在后座上，可知父亲和哥哥应在前座上。

33. A。父子两人很高兴地聊天，明显不顾及“我”的感受。

34. B。从下文母亲在本子扉页上写的话可知，她总是给我些建议。

35. D。从下文母亲要“我”每天记下看到的最美事物可知，这是一本空白本子。

36. C。keep a record of sth 记录……

37. B。从下文陈述的看到的东西可知，“我”花时间讨论自己记下的东西。

38. A。由于美的东西太多了，“我”感到只选出一件事是不可能的。

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

40. C。由all—green 可知此处应用everywhere表示到处，处处。

41. B。被美丽的事物所包围。

42. A。由下文可知，“我”仍在旅游，已处于旅游的最后阶段。

43. D。文章一开始就告诉我们，“我”旅游的目的就是看秋天的红叶，所以，这里指“我”最终找到了一直寻找的秋天的植物。

44. C。这里指“我”已经看过一片绿色的海洋。

45. B。这里指那是只有我们祖先才能创造出的无穷无尽的美。