题目内容
Poor management and leadership widespread trouble in New Orleans in the days after Hurricane Katrina.
A.led in B.devoted to C.related to D.contributed to
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 |