第一节 (共 20 小题;每小题 1 . 5 分,满分 30 分) 阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的 A 、 B 、 C 和 D 四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 It was a cold rainy day. I had no 41 to drive up the winding mountain road to my daughter Carolyn’s house. But she had insisted that I come to see something at the top. So here I was, 42 making the two-hour journey 43 fog that hung like veils ( 面纱 ). Sadly, by the time I saw how 44 it was near the summit, I’d gone too far to 45 . Nothing could be worth this, I thought as I 46 along the dangerous highway. “I’ll stay for lunch, 47 I’m heading back down immediately the fog 48 ,” I announced when I arrived. At my words, Carolyn asked me to walk along a quiet path thick with old pine needles. Gradually the 49 of the place began to fill my mind. I stopped at a corner, 50 . Rivers of flowers in bloom! Varieties of 51 - from the palest ivory to the deepest lemon to the 52 orange-pink - shined brightly like a carpet before us. It looked as though the sun had tipped over and 53 gold down the mountainside. 54 occupied my mind. Who created such beauty? Why? How? As we drove home, we saw a(n) 55 that read: “One Woman - Two Hands, Two Feet, and Very Little Brain.” “One at a Time.” “Started in 1958 ”. She 56 the world. Forty years had passed but she still 57 it. The wonder of it would not let me go. “Imagine,” I said, “if I’d had a 58 and worked at it, just a little bit every day, what might I have 59 ?” Carolyn smiled. “Start tomorrow,” she said. “ 60 yet, start today.” 41. A. reason B. desire C. chance D. courage 42. A. excitedly B. hurriedly C. unconsciously D. unwillingly 43. A. under B. towards C. through D. above 44. A. thick B. high C. far D. fresh 45. A. turn back B. hold out C. give in D. look forward 46. A. marched B. inched C. walked D. dashed 47. A. but B. or C. so D. while 48. A. falls B. flows C. lifts D. moves 49. A. loneliness B. peace C. atmosphere D. imagination 50. A. disappointed B. puzzled C. pleased D. amazed 51. A. fruits B. colors C. hills D. trees 52. A. most interesting B. dullest C. most vivid D. rarest 53. A. poured B. exposed C. spread D. threw 54. A. Questions B. Doubts C. Worries D. Hopes 55. A. notice B. sign C. advertisement D. motto 56. A. changed B. controlled C. beat D. challenged 57. A. defended B. prepared C. kept at D. searched for 58. A. method B. rule C. job D. dream 59. A. promoted B. accomplished C. appreciated D. promised 60. A. And B. Sooner C. Not D. Better