题目内容
She ________ a vase ________ 2000 yuan．
A．by; for
B．purchased; for
C．paid; for
D．spent; on
Robert, Linda and I were all in the same class when we were in a middle school. And we lived in the same building. Robert and Linda lived on the sixth floor but I was downstairs. We went to school and came back together. And we spent our holiday together, too. Robert and I were friendly to Linda. We helped each other and always enjoyed ourselves.
But five years passed and we got the different posts(职位). Robert works in a factory, Linda teaches English in a school and I'm a doctor. I'm very busy and hardly see the girl. But I know she's even more beautiful than before.
One morning, as soon as I came to my office, I saw Robert sitting in the waiting-room, with a bandaged (扎了绷带的) head. I was surprised and asked him in.
“What's the matter with you, Robert?”
The young man didn't answer me. Instead, he asked,“Don't you know I love Linda?”
I'm the youngest of us all and never notice(注意) it. T had to ask him to tell me what had happened to him.
“She had agreed to marry(嫁) me before we finished middle school,”Robert said sadly.“but now she's changed her mind and sometimes she wouldn't meet me! Last night I sang some love songs outside her window. She threw a flower at my head.”
“But a flower couldn't hurt your head, T think.”
“You're right, Jim,”said the young man.“She forgot to pull it out of the vase(花瓶).”
1．We often helped each other because ________.
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A . we studied in the same school
B．we lived in the same building
C．we were good friends
D．we were good classmates
2．Robert and I were friendly to Linda because ________.
A．she was beautiful
B．both of us loved her
C．she was younger than us
D．she was the only girl among us
3．Robert sang love songs outside Linda's window to ________.
A．be a pop star(歌星)
B．wake the girl up
C．.ask the girl to marry him
D．answer the girl's questions
4．Which of the following is true?
A．Linda gave Robert a flower that night.
B．Linda threw the vase at the young man.
C．Linda decided to marry the young man.
D．Robert hated the girl very much.
5．From the story we know ________.
A．Linda didn't love Robert
B．As I have my own family, I hardly see the girl
C．Linda agreed to marry Robert five years ago
D．Linda was a beautiful and careful girl
My mother loves flowers. We live next door to each other, so she often spends much time planting flowers in my garden. In summer, she often makes colourful bouquets(花束) and puts them inside the houses-both hers and mine.
One year, shortly before Christmas, a local flower shop offered an activity for mothers in each month of the next year. It seemed to be a great way to thank her for all of the flowers she had given me through the years. I couldn't wait the new year so that I could give a bouquet to her!
After the Christmas, in early January, I drove her to the flower shop to pick up her first month's bouquet. But then we found the bouquet would hardly fill a small vase(花瓶).
I was so embarrassed(尴尬的). "Mum, I'm sorry," I told her. "I didn't know how skimpy that bouquet was." She looked at me and smiled. "It's okay," she said optimistically (乐观地). "It allows me to enjoy the beauty of each one better."
I was amazed at what she said. It helped me realize something more important —we often fail to enjoy the beauty of each thing when we have too many good things. I understood that less is sometimes more.
46. The mother often spends much time ________.
A. cleaning her child's house
B. making bouquets in a flower shop
C. planting flowers in her child's garden
D. planting flowers in her own garden
47. We can infer(推断) from the story that_________ .
A. the writer couldn't afford a big bouquet
B. the mother was unhappy when receiving the bouquet
C. the writer would pick up another bouquet the next month
D. the mother would send back the bouquet to the flower shop
48. The underlined word "skimpy" means" _______”.
A. beautiful B. small C. cheap D. colourful
49. What is the mother like?
A. She is a lazy woman. B. She is a strict mother.
C. Sometimes she isn't honest. D. She is always optimistic.
50. What did the author learn from her mother?
A. How to buy flowers. B. How to enjoy flowers.
C. How to grow flowers in the garden. D. How to consider things in another way.
