Every year on my birthday, from the time I turned twelve, a white gardenia (栀子花) was delivered to my house. No card or note came with it.   21   to the flower shop were always useless it was a cash   22  . After a while I stopped trying to   23  who the sender was and just delighted in the beauty and perfume of the white flower. But I never   24  imagining who the sender might be. Some of my   25  moments were spent daydreaming about it.

My mother asked me whether there was someone for whom I had done a(n)  26  kindness who might be showing   27  . Perhaps the neighbor I helped when she was   28  a car full of groceries. Or maybe it was the old man   29  the street whose mail I helped to get during the   30  so he wouldn’t have to venture down his icy step.   31  a teenager, though, I had more fun guessing that it might be a   32  who had noticed me   33  I didn’t know him.

One month before my high school graduation, my father died of a heart attack. He was  34   some of the most important events in my life. I became completely   35  in my upcoming graduation and the dance. When my father died, I   36  the dance and the dress for it. The next day before the dance, I found a dress on the sofa. I didn’t  37   if I had a new dress or not, but my mother did.

She wanted her children to feel   38  and lovable, imaginative, believing that there was a    magic in the world and   39   in the face of hard times. Actually mother wanted her children to see themselves much like the gardenia-loveable,   40  and perfect. The gardenia stopped coming when my mother died.

21.A.Calls 

B.Quarrels

C.Messages

D.Letters

22.A.service

B.deal       

C.bargain   

D.offer

23.A.recognize 

B.imagine 

C.wonder 

D.discover

24.A.failed   

B.stopped 

C.succeeded

D.enjoyed

25.A.saddest   

B.painful    

C.happiest   

D.loneliest

26.A.special     

B.common    

C.valuable  

D.important

27.A.concern

B.attitude    

C.interest      

D.appreciation

28.A.repairing      

B.washing   

C.unloading  

D.starting

29.A.across    

B.through    

C.from      

D.onto

30.A.spring      

B.summer    

C.autumn  

D.winter

31.A.As

B.Like

C.Be

D.With

32.A.friend     

B.superman  

C.teacher     

D.boy

33.A.as if     

B.even though  

C.in case       

D.so that

34.A.considering 

B.expecting   

C.missing 

D.preparing

35.A.disappointed

B.uninterested

C.discouraged   

D.concentrated

36.A.forgot        

B.lost     

C.hated       

D.expected

37.A.wonder     

B.believe    

C.care      

D.know

38.A.contented    

B.respected    

C.thanked      

D.loved

39.A.trouble    

B.beauty  

C.difficulty    

D.love

40.A.strong      

B.beautiful    

C.smelly      

D.lucky

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