Question

Mom’s birthday present? It may be a difficult thing for some people, but for me, it is an easy thing. Mom loved flowers, so every year I sent her flowers. Actually she had a bed of irises (鸢尾花) in the backyard of her small, Indiana farm. They were beautiful. “Take some,” she said, “Dig some up and plant them on the side of your own house.”

But in my yard they became lacking in energy. A year passed, then two, but not one flower appeared. I cut back all their green leaves. I was tired of seeing them so lonely. Finally, I dug the irises up and threw them away.

About that time Mom died unexpectedly. My sister and I sold the farm. I never went back to see the irises. I just couldn’t stand seeing another family living in our home—Mom’s home. Autumn came, then winter. The following spring, as Mom’s birthday approached, I struggled with the question of how to remember her. I stared out of the window and saw a few stubborn irises in my side yard sprouting (发芽), —tall, thin but flowerless. Because of seeing them, I decided to order flowers as I always did on Mom’s birthday, and send them to my sister. I wished so badly I could still send flowers to Mom. But that was impossible.

On the morning of Mom’s birthday, I was in my car ready to work. Something in the yard caught my eye. The irises! One had bloomed with flowers, big, showy and purple, as lovely as they ever had been on Mom’s farm. I smiled and turned my eyes upward. I could no longer send flowers to Mom. But somehow, she’d been able to send them to me.

1.According to the first paragraph, Mom ________.

A. didn’t like the presents from the author

B. wanted to give the author some flowers

C. lived with the author on an Indiana farm

D. got different birthday presents from the author every year

2.At first, the irises in the author’s yard ________.

A. all died quickly

B. grew as well as on Mom’s farm

C. didn’t bloom at all

D. grew better than those on Mom’s farm

3.What troubled the author?

A. She didn’t know how to grow irises.

B. She regretted they had sold Mom’s farm.

C. She couldn’t bear others living in Mom’s home.

D. She didn’t know what to do in memory of Mom.

4.What can be learned from the last paragraph?

A. All the irises in the author’s yard bloomed.

B. The author went to see the irises in Mom’s yard.

C. It was Mom who took care of these irises in the author’s yard.

D. The author thought the blooming irises were gifts from Mom.

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.C

3.D

4.D

【解析】

试题分析: 母亲喜欢花，自己后院里也种着鸢尾花。但是当作者把花移栽到自己家时，花却长不好，从未盛开过，作者索性把花拔掉了。然而当母亲去世后，作者院子中却悄无声息地盛开了鸢尾花，这是母亲送给她的礼物。

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考点：考查故事类短文阅读。