阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A, B, C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
My wife and I moved into our home two years ago. We had a yard with a lot of_______Very often when we have flowers, Denise or I would plant some between the rocks, just to add some_______to the area.
Last summer, I found a tiny little_______in the yard that I could not immediately identify. I knew I didn’t plant it and Denise said she didn’t either. We decided to let it_______growing until we could find out what it was.
Weeks passed and as I made my way back to the_______plant, it appeared to be a sunflower. I decided to_______the weeds around it. As I pulled rocks from the area to get to the weeds, I noticed something_______The sunflower had not_______where I saw it begin. It actually had begun under a big_______and grown under and around it to reach the________.
That’s when I________that if a tiny little sunflower didn’t let a big rock stand in its________of developing, we too have the ability of doing the same thing. If we________ourselves like that little sunflower, we can reach where we________to go and get what we need for growth.
We need to believe in ourselves knowing we have the________to achieve our goals. Like the________, it knew it had the ability to get over the rocks because it had________in itself that it would succeed. Stand tall like the sunflower and be________of who and what we are, then the environment will begin to________us. We will find a way to go under or________any “rocks” in order to reach our goals.
1.A.flowers B.rocks C.insects D.vegetables
2.A.shape B.water C.fertilizer D.colour
3.A.weed B.seed C.plant D.rock
4.A.continue B.stop C.improve D.escape
5.A.weak B.strange C.lonely D.pretty
6.A.collect B.tend C.watch D.remove
7.A.wonderful B.terrible C.unusual D.valuable
8.A.started B.passed C.left D.died
9.A.tree B.rock C.table D.wall
10.A.air B.sun C.top D.house
11.A.hoped B.doubted C.regretted D.realized
12.A.way B.place C.course D.process
13.A.fill in B.put in C.believe in D.worry about
14.A.forget B.aim C.hate D.wait
15.A.idea B.wish C.plan D.ability
16.A.sunflower B.yard C.home D.summer
17.A.energy B.virtue C.faith D.courage
18.A.aware B.proud C.afraid D.tired
19.A.forgive B.affect C.upset D.support
20.A.around B.into C.through D.From
Not until then________that nobody was happier than I was.
A.I had realized B.had I realized C.did I realize D.I realized
Peter searched all the places where he________have left her iPad but it was all in vain.
A.might B.would C.must D.should
We were wild with joy when word came________our school team had won first place in the debate contest.
A.whether B.how C.that D.why
—However busy Mary is, she will________some time for exercise every day.
—No wonder she is always so energetic.
A.set aside B.put away C.work out D.pick up
-We are climbing Mount Tai this weekend.
-Wonderful! Take an umbrella with you________it rains.
A.as if B.so that C.in case D.even if