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If it's possible to see red (get angry)about not seeing red, that is what I was doing.We had __1__the
time of our autumn trip to see the changing __2__in the Great Lakes States, and I was really __3__.No
matter how I strained my eyes I couldn't spot red anywhere.Not even a bit of golden yellow broke
through the dull greenery.
This vacation was a complete __4__.I sat alone in the backseat of our rented car and got __5__as
we drove north through the dull, dark green.In the front seat my brother and my father chatted merrily,
obviously __6__.
Then a motto came to mind:"Happiness is a decision."It must have been something my mother said.
She was always passing on words of __7__.When I was a child, she gave me a black book with __8__
pages.On the flyleaf she had written, "Look for a beautiful thing and you'll find it."I was supposed to keep
a record of the most beautiful thing I saw each day.
I remembered spending hours discussing what I'd __9__.A baby's smile?A stone shining with fool's
gold?Pictures in the clouds, or tulips tipping their heads?I found so many beautiful things that it was __10__to pick just one.
Now, on the road, I played Mother's game again.I took in the allgreen __11__.Thick forests lined
both sides of the highway.The long hill pines and spruce were seen everywhere.Maple leaves danced in
the gentle wind.I felt like a little girl again-__12__by beautiful things.
Later in the trip, after we crossed the Upper Peninsula and drove into Canada, I found the bright
__13__plants I had been looking for.But by then I'd already seen a million shades of __14__, the infinite
variety and beauty that only our heavenly Father can __15__.And that we can always find-if we look
closely enough.

(     )1. A. kept         (     )2. A. situation     (     )3. A. upset         (     )4. A. success       (     )5. A. sleepy       (     )6. A. unconcerned   (     )7. A. order         (     )8. A. nice         (     )9. A. brought in   (     )10. A. impossible   (     )11. A. forests     (     )12. A. wondered     (     )13. A. leaf         (     )14. A. red         (     )15. A. observe

B．missed         B．weather       B．excited       B．time           B．mad           B．disappointed   B．advice         B．common         B．written down   B．valuable       B．leaves         B．surrounded     B．hill           B．trees         B．produce

C．misjudged     C．plants         C．happy         C．waste         C．patient       C．worried       C．apology       C．missing       C．got through   C．necessary     C．hills         C．waken         C．highway       C．green         C．find

D．seized       D．leaves       D．sorry         D．pleasure     D．angry         D．surprised     D．help         D．empty         D．referred to   D．strange       D．scenery       D．treated       D．fall         D．plants       D．provide

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