It was a bleak(阴冷的)，rainy day, and I drove there，tired and unwilling to go anywhere else．But my daughter had insisted that I come see something at the top of the mountain．
Turning down a narrow track，we parked the car and got out．We walked along a path that was thick with old pine needles．Huge black-green overgreens(常青树) towered over．Gradually the peace and silence of the place began to fill my mind．Then we turned a corner--and I stopped and gasped in amazement．
From the top of the mountain，sloping for several acres(英亩)across fields and valleys were rivers of daffodils in radiant bloom(盛开)．Plenty of colors---from the palest ivory to the deepest lemon to the most vivid salmon(浅橙色)—blazed like a carpet before us．It looked as though the sun had tipped over and spilled gold down the mountainside．
A riot(抑制不住)of questions filled my mind．Who created such beauty? Why? How?
As we approached the home that stood in the center of the property, We saw a sign：ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS I KNOW YOUAREASKING．The first，answer was：ONE WOMAN
-TWO HANDS，TWO FEET AND VERY LITTLE BRAIN。The second was：ONE AT A TIME
The third：STARTED IN 1958
That is the Daffodil Principle．For me that experience was life changing．I thought of this woman whom I had never met，who，more than forty years before，had begun--one at a time——to bring beauty and joy to an unknown mountaintop Still，just planting one bulb(球茎)at a time．year after year had changed the world．This unknown woman had forever changed the world jn which she lived．
The principle her daffodil taught is learning to move toward our goals and desires one step at a time---often just one baby-step at a time—and learning to use the accumulation(积累) of time Thus we can change the world．
1．The writer went to visit the mountain ．
A．to realize his／her dream B．with a good plan
C．because of his／her daughter D．based on his／her willing
2．What makes the three riot questions come into the author，s mind?
A．The natural beauty a11 over the mountain．
B．The man-made beauty created by only a woman．
C．The slope of the mountain the writer walked by
D．The beautiful flowers across fields and valleys．
3．In the last paragraph，the writer mainly wants to．
A．show us that making plan is more important
B．respect the woman who make the masterpiece
C．emphasize the importance of the complete plan
D．tell the importance of doing something gradually
4．The underlined part in line 4 may have the closest meaning with
A．goes high up into the sky B．turns over On the ground
C．1earns on the other trees D．becomes weaker than before