Question

Wildflowers in a mountain meadow are a gift of nature. But what about those wildflowers blooming along busy__________? Well, nature had a__________.

Claudia Alta “Lady Bird” Johnson, the wife of our thirty-sixth President, Lyndon B. Johnson wanted

______to be a national priority.

As a little girl growing up in “deep east Texas,” wildflowers helped her get through__________times. Her mother had died when she was five, and her father__________most of his time at the general store he

owned.   Her   older   brothers   were   away   at   school,______ Lady   Bird   turned   to   nature   for

______. “Nature was my friend and my teacher,” she says. “It was a joy to me, and it’s never___________ me.”

After high school, Lady Bird left home for the University of Texas in Austin.  _________  she found joy in nature—in the vast quantities of Texas bluebonnets（德克萨斯州羽扇豆）. It was there that Lady Bird met and fell in love with Lyndon B. Johnson. He proposed to her on their first ____________.

“The whole country __ the President,” Lady Bird said, “but only one man selects the First Lady—and it is highly___________ that he was thinking of her as First Lady when he proposed!”

When she got to know the __ disappearance of “America the  Beautiful”  due  to  land development and pollution, Lady Bird __ the President to propose a Highway Beautification Act that allocated money to  ___________roadsides. The act was passed in 1965.

Lady Bird __________ that many wildflowers, like people, were immigrants. “They __________ the nation on the wheels of covered wagons, perhaps ___________ in the pockets of children.”

Lady Bird is certainly our First Lady of__________. She has made us see that highways can be beautiful.

She is the reason why wildflowers now__________our travels through almost every state.

1.A. streets    B. highways    C. roads    D. lanes

2.A. helper    B. discoverer    C. creator    D. protector

3.A. liberty    B. traffic    C. justice    D. beauty

4.A. lonely    B. exciting    C. happy    D. disappointed

5.A. wasted    B. spent    C. found    D. killed

6.A. so    B. but    C. or    D. for

7.A. aid    B. company    C. rescue    D. happiness

8.A. ignored    B. scared    C. troubled    D. failed

9.A. Absolutely    B. Naturally    C. Again    D. Often

10.A. date    B. try    C. vote    D. appearance

11.A. shapes    B. serves    C. selects    D. supports

12.A. unlikely    B. unnecessary    C. unusual    D. uncertain

13.A. sudden    B. complete    C. gradual    D. final

14.A. warned    B. persuade    C. forced    D. ordered

15.A. lengthen    B. widen    C. monitor    D. landscape

16.A. let out    B. found out    C. pointed out    D. figured out

17.A. visited    B. left    C. passed    D. crossed

18.A. then    B. even    C. yet    D. still

19.A. wildflowers    B. wagons    C. roadsides    D. travels

20.A. decide    B. guide    C. brighten    D. shorten

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.D

4.A

5.B

6.A

7.B

8.D

9.C

10.A

11.C

12.A

13.C

14.B

15.D

16.C

17.D

18.B

19.A

20.C

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文。野花在山上的草地上是大自然的馈赠，主人公小时候就在大自然的陪伴下找到快乐，现在长大上了大学，在大学里又一次找到了大自然的快乐。主人公说服总统去提出高速公路美化倡议。因此每当我们在高速公路上旅行的时候，都能看到路边美丽的风景，这点亮了我们的旅行。

1.考查名词。A. streets街道；B. highways高速公路；C. roads公路；D. lanes线路。根据后文倒数第三段可知，这些野花还盛开在高速公路的两边。故选B。

2.考查名词。A. helper帮助者；B. discoverer发现者；C. creator创造者； D. protector保护器。根据后文可知，主人公帮助大自然让这些野花盛开。故选A。

3.考查名词。A. liberty自由；B. traffic 交通；C. justice正义；D. beauty美丽。根据后文倒数第三段中“America the Beautiful”可知本空应该是“美”，故选D。

4.考查形容词。A. lonely 孤独的，荒凉的；B. exciting令人兴奋的； C. happy高兴的；D. disappointed失望的。根据后文描述，主人公妈妈去世，爸爸忙于上班，哥哥在外地求学，只剩下主人公一个人，很孤独。故选A。

5.考查动词。A. wasted浪费；B. spent花费，度过；C. found发现； D. killed杀死。主人公的爸爸整日忙于上班，固定搭配：sb. spend time sth./doing sth.故选B。

6.考查连词。根据后文描述，主人公妈妈去世，爸爸忙于上班，哥哥在外地求学，只剩下主人公一个人，很孤独。因此只能把自己的孤独向大自然排遣，寻求大自然的陪伴。故选A。

7.考查名词。A. aid援助；B. company公司；C. rescue营救；D. happiness高兴。根据小题6的解析，可知主人公很孤独，只能寻求大自然的陪伴。故选B。

8.考查动词。A. ignored忽视；B. scared使害怕；C. troubled使烦恼 ；D. failed失败。Sth. fail sb.某事使某人失败。故选D。

9.考查副词。A. Absolutely绝对地；B. Naturally自然地；C. Again又，再； D. Often经常。根据前文可知，主人公小时候就在大自然的陪伴下找到快乐，现在长大上了大学，在大学里又一次找到了大自然的快乐。故选C。

10.考查名词。A. date日期；B. try尝试；C. vote投票；D. appearance外貌。propose意为求婚，date意为约会，在他们第一次约会就求婚了，故选A。

11.C考查动词。A. shapes使成形；B. serves服务；C. selects选择；D. supports支持。根据后文，主人公说这个唯一的男人选择了第一夫人。故选C。

12.考查形容词。A. unlikely不太可能的；B. unnecessary不必要的； C. unusual不寻常的；D. uncertain不确定的。当这个男人求婚的时候，他不可能想到这个女人就是后来的第一夫人，很多学生会误选D项uncertain，根据我们刚才的分析，把这句话翻译成中文自然意思就明了了。故选A。

13.考查形容词。A. sudden突然的；B. complete完整的；C. gradual逐渐的； D. final最后的。由于土地发展和污染，“America the Beautiful”正在逐渐消失，故选C。

14.考查动词。A. warned警告；B. persuade 规劝；C. forced强迫； D. ordered命令。persuade sb. to do sth.主人公说服总统去提出高速公路美化倡议。故选B。

15.考查动词。A. lengthen加长；B. widen加宽；C. monitor监控； D. landscape对---做景观美化。Landscape名词做动词，意为美化，故选D。

16.考查动词词组。A. let out 放出，泄露；B. found out找出，发现；C. pointed out指出；D. figured out解决，想出。根据本句句意，主人公指出后面的的观点，故选C。

17.考查动词。A. visited 拜访；B. left离开；C. passed通过；D. crossed交叉。这里运用了拟人的说法，野花比如蒲公英可以通过粘在火车车轮上，甚至是躲在孩子们的口袋里，传播遍及整个国家。此题不少同学会选A，visit意为参观，本句重点强调野花可以通过各种日常生活中的媒介传播遍及整个国家。故选D。

18.考查副词。A. then然后；B. even甚至；C. yet已经；D. still仍然。这里运用了拟人的说法，野花比如蒲公英可以通过粘在火车车轮上，甚至是躲在孩子们的口袋里，传播遍及整个国家。故选B。

19.考查名词。A. wildflowers野花；B. wagons手推车；C. roadsides路边； D. travels旅行。主旨题，根据全文可知此空为wildflowers，故选A。

20.考查动词。A. decide决定；B. guide引导；C. brighten使闪亮；D. shorten缩短。根据全文可知，主人公说服总统去提出高速公路美化倡议，因此每当我们在高速公路上旅行的时候，都能看到路边美丽的风景，这点亮了我们的旅行。故选C。