Several times my daughter Carolyn had telephoned to say, “Mother, you must come to see the daffodils (黄水仙) 41 they are over.” I wanted to go, but it was a long drive from my home. “ I will come next Tuesday，” I 42 , a little hesitantly, on her third call.
Next Tuesday I drove there. When I finally 43 Carolyn’s house and hugged my grandchildren, I said, “ 44 the daffodils, Carolyn! The road is invisible in the fog, and there is 45 in the world except you and these children that I want to see badly enough to drive 46 inch！”
My daughter smiled and said, “You will never forgive yourself if you 47 the chance of seeing the beautiful flowers.”
So we drove there. After twenty minutes on the highway we 48 onto a small road and I saw a small church. There we got out of the car. I 49 Carolyn down the path. As I turned a 50 of the path, I looked up and gasped. Before me lay the most glorious 51 . There were five acres of flowers. It looked 52 someone had taken 53 gold and poured it down 54 the mountain peak and slopes.
“Who planted all these?” I asked Carolyn.
“It’s 55 one woman,” Carolyn answered. “That’s her home,” Carolyn 56 a cottage .We walked up to the house. On the patio(露台), we saw a 57 .
There it was: “ The Daffodil Principe:1. 50,000 bulbs(球茎). 2.One at a time, by one woman. 3. 58 in 1958.”
For me that moment was a life-changing 59 .I thought of this woman whom I had 60 met and who had begun one bulb at a time to bring the beauty and joy to an unknown mountaintop.
41. A. since B. before C. unless D. until
42. A. allowed B. complained C. admitted D. promised
43. A. slipped into B. jumped out C. walked into D. drove out
44. A. Forgot B. Remind C. Remember D. Remain
45. A. anything B. everything C. nothing D. something
46. A. other B. another C. more D. less
47. A. miss B. seize C. get D. escape
48. A. held B. caught C. exchanged D. turned
49. A. led B. showed C. followed D. took
50. A. side B. corner C. bank D. circle
51. A. sight B. park C. land D. garden
52. A. even if B. ever since C. as if D. what if
53. A. scores of B. a great deal of C. a number of D. many a
54. A. over B. through C. across D. below
55. A. even B. still C. also D. just
56. A. devoted to B. stuck in C. shouted at D. pointed to
57. A. signal B. sign C. symbol D. sample
58. A. Completed B. Realized C. Began D. Finished
59. A. experiment B. situation C. condition D. experience
60. A. never B. regularly C. surely D. always