题目内容
The situation was so (绝望的) that no one could help another.
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 |