My mother loves flowers. As soon as warm weather comes around, you will find her planting, watering, and weeding over everything. For a number of years we lived next door to each other, and she spent as much time in my garden as she did her own. After the flowers became plentiful each summer, she would cut colorful bouquets(花束) to enjoy inside the house -- both hers and mine. I would often come home from work and find a beautiful arrangement of fresh flowers on my coffee table.
Shortly before Christmas one year, a local flower shop offered a bouquet-a-month special. It seemed to be a made-to-order gift for Mom, a great way to thank her for all of the flowers she had given me through the years.
After the holidays, in early January, I drove her to the flower shop to pick up her first month's bouquet. The small fresh colorful bouquet would hardly fill a small vase.
I was so embarrassed. However, after we returned home, she began to arrange the flowers she had received. "Mom, I'm sorry," I told her. "I can't believe how skimpy that bouquet is." She looked at me and smiled. "It's okay," she said. "It allows me to better enjoy the beauty of each one."
Mom's words helped me to realize something bigger and more important --when we have too many good things, we often fail to enjoy the beauty of each one. 
Thanks, Mom, for helping me understand that less is sometimes more.
【小题1】The author bought her mother flowers to ____.

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Recently I gave my adult students homework．It was to "go to someone you love and tell them you love them．It has to be someone you have   25  said those words to before or at least haven't   26  those words with for a long time．"
Since most of the men were over 35 and were raised in the   27  of men that were taught   28  feelings is not "manly", this was very   29  homework for some．
In our next   30  , I asked if someone wanted to share his story with us．I fully   31 one of the women to volunteer, as was   32  the case, but on this evening one of the men raised his hand．As he   33  out of his chair （all 1．85 metres of him）, he began by saying, "Dennis, I was quite   34  with you last week when you gave us this homework．   35  were you to tell me to do something that personal? But as I began driving home my heart started talking to me, telling me that I knew   36  who I needed to say 'I love you' to．"
"My father and I had a severe   37  five years ago, and since then we had  38 seeing each other unless we had to at Christmas．But even then, we hardly   39  to each other．So last Tuesday I drove to my parents' house after work and said, "Dad, I just    40 to tell you that I love you. '"
"Dad reached out and    41   me and said, 'I love you too, son, but I've never been able to say it．' Two days after my visit, my dad had a heart attack and I don't know if he will  42   it．So, I'm here to tell all of you that my    43   in this is: Don't wait to do the things    44    it is too late．Take the time to do what you need to do and do it now!"

【小题1】

A．ever B．always C．never D．even

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Mr Adamson enjoys playing the violin in his spare time. He is often pleased with his own  21 . But it is a  22 time for his neighbors when Mr Adamson plays the violin, as he  23 so badly.
One day Mr Adamson sat by a  24 and began to play the violin as usual. Mr Adamson seemed to be making  25 instead of music, but he was so  26 that he almost forgot what he was doing. Just  27 , some stones were thrown out of the windows under  28  Mr Adamson was sitting,  29 he did not pay any attention to it. The “music”  30 . After a little while, an empty bottle and a worn-out shoe were thrown out of the window,  31 . Only then did Mr Adamson know this was not the place for him to play in. Mr Adamson was very  32 . He thought, “ 33 no living people can understand my music, I should go to a place where people may appreciate my works.” So he  34 to go to a graveyard（墓地）.
He came to a graveyard where there was no other  35 except the church bell. Mr Adamson sat at a grave and thought  36 , “I must do my best to  37 that my music is outstanding.” The more he thought, the more inspired he was, and  38 he began to play his violin. Suddenly a barefoot（赤脚） stretched out from the graveyard and gave him a heavy  39 which sent him flying. His violin also dropped from his hand. Mr Adamson felt very sad  40 his works were not accepted by anyone, not even the dead.