Question

  The best Mother's gift I ever received was a magnolia(玉兰)tree. At first,it was a little thing，but it was mine，and I knew I would  1   it.

  Magnolia trees,you see,were my mother's 2 . We had one in the front yard of our house when I was growing up. I can still remember Mom's 3 in seeing it. "Oh,look!" she 4 shout every year. "The magnolia tree is going to  5 . ”On April 6 , her birthday,the pink-and-white flowers would be all over the branches,  6 the arrival of spring.

  Back then,I didn't find the blooming of a tree to be an event worthy of    7   . But my mother had a way of appreciating the    8 things. A baby's smile,or a call from an old friend  9 her with happiness.

On the first Mother's Day 10her death six years ago,I wasn't sure11 Fd live. I felt my mother was    12 .

That Sunday morning I awoke, 13 where my husband David had gone with our two daughters, Kira,4，and Sophine, 9 months. As I was lying in bed,enjoying the 14 ，Kira suddenly burst through the bedroom door.

"Look outside, Mommy!" she said. I 15the window. Next to David was a little tree."It's a magnolia tree," Kira said."Happy    16   ，" David said.

 Although I don't have my 17any longer, I have her tree. When the magnolia blooms, we18 its beauty and use it as a 19 to talk about my mother and her love for flowers. These moments help keep her spirit very much alive. I'm always 20 to appreciate the small things that make life so beautiful！

(   ) 1. A. leave    B. treasure C. follow    D. miss

(   ) 2. A. gift      B. hope C. favorite      D. reliance

(   ) 3. A. shock      B. sorrow   C. doubt      D. pleasure

(   ) 4. A. would    B. should   C. might    D. could

(   ) 5. A. grow      B. bloom   C. die      D. fall

(   ) 6. A. announcing   B. informing   C. promising      D. concluding

(   ) 7. A. speech    B. memory    C. celebration    D. praise

(   ) 8. A. worst    B. smallest   C. most common    D. earliest

(   ) 9. A. gave    B. rang     C. touched    D. filled

(   ) 10. A. following    B. approaching   C. attaching    D. passing

(   ) 11. A. why    B. what      C. when    D. how

(   ) 12. A. somewhere    B. anywhere   C. nowhere    D. everywhere

(   ) 13. A. wondering    B. knowing    C. thinking    D. suspecting

(   ) 14. A. music    B. loneness    C. peace    D. landscape

(   ) 15. A. closed    B. raised     C. lowered    D. left

(   ) 16. A. Christmas    B. Mothers' Day   C. Thanks-giving Day D. weekend

(   ) 17. A. time      B. tree   C. mother      D. family

(   ) 18. A. admit    B. admire   C. accompany    D. affect

(   ) 19. A. present    B. permission   C. place    D. chance

(   ) 20. A. told    B. reminded     C. remained    D. asked

Answer 1

1-5 BCDAB      6-10 ACBDA

11 -15 DDACB 16 -20 BCBDB

一棵玉兰树串起了三代人的爱。

1. B通过下文可以看出作者非常喜爱玉兰树，而且通过"the best Mother's gift"也可以看出那棵小玉兰树在作者心中的分量。treasure"珍惜"。

2. C此处谈论母亲对玉兰树的态度，通过后面的内容可以看出母亲也非常喜爱玉兰树，fa?vorite"最喜爱的"。

3. D此处和favorite呼应。

4. A根据后面的"every year"，这里应表示习惯。would"过去常常会"。

5. B 根据后面的"I didn't find the blooming of a tree" —句可以看出。

6. A announce"宣告"。inform''通知";prom?ise"承诺" ;conclude"断定"，显然announce更符合句意。

7. C通过后一句"But my mother had a way of appreciating the smallest things."可以确定。

8. B文章最后一句"appreciate the small things that make life so beautiful!"和此处呼应。

9. D fill... with"使……充满"，这里意为"使母亲十分快乐"。

10. A母亲节显然在母亲死后，要注意此处是回忆母亲。

11. D当母亲去世后，作者身处极度悲痛之中，不知"怎样"才能活下去,故选how。

12. D此处描写对母亲的思念，母亲似乎还生活在作者身边，所以似乎处处都有母亲的影子。

13. A根据后面的where—词可以确定wonder正确。

14. C此题用排除法可知，其他三项不合适。

15. B要看外面，得打开窗子。raised the win?dow，"把 窗子升起来"。

16. B为母亲庆祝的节日应是"母亲节"。

17. C由上文可知。

18. B从"appreciate the small things that make life so beautiful！"这句话可以看出,admire 此处为appreciate同义词。

19. D当玉兰花开，家人在一起诉说对母亲的回忆，chance"机会"。

20. B睹物思人，玉兰树让我想起母亲的生活态度。remind... of..."让某人想起••••••"。