题目内容：

    I was 17 years old. Along with a dozen other boys I had made a long trip to Iowa in order to see a college that I was thinking of __________. While  the trip had been _________ for  the most part, now that I was there I was feeling depressed, alone, and isolated. I was missing my _____ and I was also missing the Appalachian mountains and the forests of my home. I loved _____ the leaves turned  a thousand  shades of green in the Spring and then _________ a sea of red, gold, and orange in the Fall.

Here in Iowa everything was __________. The grass looked burnt and brown. All that I could _____ was a mixture  of corn, mud, and pigs. I walked outside  the dormitory  of the  college and sat on an old stump. I closed my eyes and ________ being back home again. When I finally opened them,  however, I saw  something  that touched my _________. It was  a  Prairie  Sunset. It seemed to ________  the sky  from  horizon  to  horizon.  Gold,  red,  purple  and  pink  clouds  all ______ together in a picture painted by Heaven’s own hand. It was so huge that it took my breath  away. It made our  mountain  sunsets  seem _________ by comparison.  I realized  that this place too had its own special beauty. This place too was a part of nature’s __________ .

Over the years to come I learned something else. Each of us has a special beauty ______ .

Each of us has our own ________ talents and abilities.

1.A.assisting B.attending C.visiting D.quitting

2.A.fun B.hard C.novel D.tiresome

3.A.chance B.school C.family D.goal

4.A.when B.how C.why D.whether

5.A.became B.flooded C.drew D.surrounded

6.A.easy B.beautiful C.flat D.rough

7.A.hear B.touch C.taste D.smell

8.A.cared about B.prepared for C.dreamed of D.thought over

9.A.body B.soul C.face D.pain

10.A.fill B.cover C.separate D.block

11.A.folded B.sank C.escaped D.flowed

12.A.tiny B.pale C.splendid D.weak

13.A.change B.punishment C.creation D.reflection

14.A.as well B.in addition C.for sure D.in between

15.A.extra B.unique C.possible D.reasonable