Question

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从16-30各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

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. __16__ to the flower shop were always useless---it was a cash __17__. After a while I stopped trying to __18__ who the sender was and just delighted in the beauty and perfume of the white flower. But I never __19__ imagining who the sender might be.

My mother asked me whether there was someone for whom I had done a(n) __20__ kindness who might be showing __21__. Perhaps the neighbor I helped when she was __22__ a car full of groceries. Or maybe it was the old man __23__ the street whose mail I helped to get during the __24__ so he wouldn’t have to venture down his icy steps. As a teenager, __25__, I had more fun guessing that it might be a __26__ who had noticed me __27__ I didn’t know him.

One month before my high school graduation, my father died of a heart attack. I was completely __28__ in my upcoming graduation and the dance. I forgot the dance and the dress for it. The next day before the dance, I found a dress on the sofa. I didn’t __29__ if I had a new dress or not, but my mother did.

She wanted her children to feel loved and be lovable, imaginative, believing that there was a magic in the world and beauty in the face of hard times. Actually my mother wanted her children to see themselves much like the gardenia---lovable, __30__ and perfect. The gardenia stopped coming when my mother died.

A. Calls           B. Quarrels         C. Messages    D. Letters

A. service         B. deal            C. bargain      D. offer

A. recognize       B. imagine          C. wonder      D. discover

A. failed          B. stopped          C. succeeded   D. enjoyed

A. special         B. common         C. valuable     D. important

A. concern         B. attitude          C. interest       D. appreciation

A. repairing        B. washing         C. unloading   D. starting

A. across          B. through          C. from       D. onto

A. spring         B. summer          C. autumn      D. winter

A. though        B. anyway          C. therefore    D. indeed

A. friend        B. superman       C. teacher       D. boy

A. as if          B. even though       C. in case           D. so that

A. disappointed  B. uninterested       C. discouraged       D. concentrated

A. wonder      B. believe           C. care        D. know

A. strong        B. beautiful         C. smelly     D. lucky

Answer 1

【小题1】A

【小题2】B

【小题3】D

【小题4】B

【小题5】A

【小题6】D

【小题7】C

【小题8】A

【小题9】D

【小题10】A

【小题11】D

【小题12】B

【小题13】B

【小题14】C

【小题15】A

解析:

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