2016级南开高中英语7月月考英语试卷及答案.docVIP

重庆市南开中学高2016级高三7月月考 第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分） 第一节（共l5小题I每小题2分，满分30分） A Each spring brings a new blossom of wildflowers in the ditches（沟渠）along the highway I travel daily to work . There is one particular blue flower that has always caught my eye . I’ve noticed that it blooms only in the morning hours ; the afternoon sun is too warm for it . Every day for approximately two weeks , I see those beautiful flowers . This spring , I started a wildflower garden in our yard . I can look out of the kitchen window while doing the dishes and see the flowers . I’ve often thought that those lovely blue flowers from the ditch would look great in that bed alongside other wildflowers . Every day I drove past the flowers thinking , “ I’ll stop on my way home and dig them . ” “ Gee , I don’t want to get my good clothes dirty … ” Whatever the reason , I never stopped to dig them . My husband even gave me a folding tool one year for my trunk to be used for that expressed purpose . One day on my way home from work , I was upset to see that the highway department had removed the ditches and the pretty blue flowers were gone . I thought to myself , “ Way to go , you waited too long . You should have done it when you first saw them blooming this spring . ” A week ago we were shocked and sad to learn that my oldest sister-in-law has a serious brain disease . She is 20 years older than my husband and unfortunately , because of age and distance , we haven’t been as close as we all would have liked . I couldn’t help but see the connection between the pretty blue flowers and the relationship between my husband’s sister and us . I do believe that God has given us some time left to plant some wonderful memories that will bloom every year for us . And yes , if I see the blue flowers again , you can bet I’ll stop and transplant them to my wildflower garden . 21. Why does the writer want to start a wildflower garden in her yard ? A. Because the flowers bloom only in