The family had just moved. The young woman was feeling a little __1__. It was Mother’s Day – and 800 miles separated her from her parents.

She had called them that morning, and her mother had __2__ how colorful their backyard was __3__ spring had arrived. Later, she told her husband how she __4__ those lilacs (丁香花) in her parents’ yard. “I know where we can find some,” he said. “Get the __5__ and come on.” So off they went.

Some time later, they stopped at a hill and there were lilacs all round. The young woman rushed up to the nearest __6__ and buried her face in the flowers. Carefully, she __7__ some. Finally, they returned to their car for the __8__ home. The woman sat smiling, surrounded by her __9__.

When they were near home, she shouted “Stop,” got out quickly and __10__ to a nearby nursing home. She went to the end of the porch (门廊), where a(n) __11__ patient was sitting in her wheelchair, and put the flowers into her lap. The two __12__, bursting into laughter now and then. Later the young woman turned and ran back to her __13__. As the car pulled away, the woman in the wheelchair __14__ with a smile, and held the lilacs __15__.

“Mom,” the kids asked, “__16__ did you give her our flowers?”“It is Mother’s Day, and she seems so __17__while I have all of you. And anyone would be __18__ by flowers.”

This satisfied the kids, but not the husband. The next day he __19__ some young lilacs around their yard.

I was the husband. Now, every May, our yard is full of lilacs. Every Mother’s Day our kids __20__ purple lilacs. And every year I remember that smile of the lonely old woman. And that has become a lasting touching memory of my life.

1.                A．moved         B．worried         C．angry D．depressed

2.                A．learned        B．imagined        C．mentioned    D．realized

3.                A．now that        B．so that          C．as if  D．even if

4.                A．missed         B．planted         C．watered  D．showed

5.                A．cars           B．kids            C．clothes   D．lilacs

6.                A．bush           B．hill            C．yard D．door

7.                A．bought         B．picked          C．sent D．raised

8.                A．break          B．holiday         C．trip  D．dinner

9.                A．friends         B．memory        C．flowers   D．honor

10.               A．responded      B．pointed        C．drove D．hurried

11.               A．loving          B．elderly         C．serious    D．sensitive

12.               A．hesitated       B．waited         C．sat   D．chatted

13.               A．family          B．mother         C．path  D．home

14.               A．nodded        B．waved         C．left   D．continued

15.               A．weakly         B．politely         C．quickly    D．tightly

16.               A．why           B．when          C．how  D．where

17.               A．quiet          B．confused       C．alone D．patient

18.               A．calmed         B．persuaded      C．disappointed   D．cheered

19.               A．arranged       B．dried          C．grew D．hid

20.               A．find           B．gather         C．receive   D．sell

The family had just moved. The young woman was feeling a little__31__. It was Mother's Day — and 800 miles separated her from her parents.

    She had called them that morning, and her mother had__32__ how colorful their backyard was__ 33__ spring had arrived. Later, she told her husband how she__34__ those lilacs（丁香）in her parents' yard. “I know where we can find some,” he said. “Get the__35__ and come on.” So off they went.

    Some time later, they stopped at a hill and there were lilacs all round. The young woman rushed up to the nearest__ 36__ and buried her face in the flowers. Carefully, she__37__ some. Finally, they returned to their car for the__38__ home. The woman sat smiling, surrounded by her__39__.

    When they were near home, she shouted “stop,” got off quickly and__40__ to a nearby nursing home.  She went to the end of the porch(门廊), where a(n)__41__ patient was sitting in her wheelchair, and put the flowers into her lap. The two__42__, bursting into laughter now and then. Later the young woman turned and ran back to her__43__. As the car pulled away, the woman in the wheelchair__44__ with a smile, and held the lilacs__45__.

“Mom,” the kids asked, “__46___ did you give her our flowers?” “It is Mother's Day, and she seems so__47__ while I have all of you. And anyone would be__48__ by flowers.”

This satisfied the kids, but not the husband. The next day he__49__ some young lilacs around their yard.

I was the husband. Now, every May, our yard is full of lilacs. Every Mother's Day our kids__50__ purple lilacs. And every year I remember that smile of the lonely old woman.

1.A. moved   B. worried   C. angry    D. depressed

2.A. learned   B. imagined   C. mentioned   D. realized

3.A. now that   B. so that   C. as if     D. even if

4.A. missed   B. grew     C. watered   D. showed

5.A. cars      B. kids      C. clothes   D. lilacs

6.A. bush     B. hill     C. yard     D. door

7.A. bought   B. picked    C. set        D. raised

8.A. break    B. holiday   C. trip       D. dinner

9.A. friends   B. memory   C. flowers   D. honor

10.A. responded   B. pointed   C. drove   D. hurried

11.A. loving    B. elderly   C. serious   D. sensitive

12.A. hesitated   B. waited    C. sat    D. chatted

13.A. family   B. mother   C. path      D. home

14.A. nodded    B. waved      C. left   D. continued

15.A. sadly    B. politely   C. quickly   D. tightly

16.A. why     B. when     C. how     D. where

17.A. quiet    B. confused   C. alone    D. patient

18.A. calmed   B. persuaded   C. disappointed   D. cheered

19.A. arranged    B. dried    C. planted   D. hid

20.A. find      B. gather    C. receive   D. sell

The school was across the street from our home and I would watch the kids as they   36  during the break. She seemed so small as she,    37   her way through the crowd of boys on the playground. She stood out from them all.     

I began to notice her at other times, basketball in hand, playing   38   . She would practice dribbling（运球）and shooting over and over again, sometimes until dark.  One day I asked her  39  she practiced so much. She looked  40   in my eyes and without a moment of    41    she said, "I want to go to college. The only way I can go is if I get a（an）  42   . I am going to play college basketball. I want to be college. My Daddy told me if the dream is big enough, the facts don't   43  "  

Well, I had to give it in to her―she was   44   . One day, I saw her sitting in the grass, head   45  in her arms. I walked toward her and quietly asked what was the matter. "Oh, nothing, "came a soft reply. "I am just too   46  . "The coach told her that at her height she would probably  47   get to play for a top ranked team much  48   offered a scholarship. So she should stop dreaming about college.   

She was heartbroken and I   49  her disappointment. I asked her if she had talked to her dad about it yet. She told me that her father said those coaches were  50   .   

They just did not understand the   51   of a dream. He told her that if she really wanted to play for a good college, if she truly wanted a scholarship,   52  could stop her except one thing―her own   53  .   

The next year,  as she and her team went to the Northern California Championship game, she was seen by a college coach. She was indeed   54   a scholarship. She was going to get the college education that she had dreamed of and worked    55   it for all those years.   

 (山东省兖州市2009届高三高考仿真考试)

The school was across the street from our home and I would watch the kids as they   36  during the break. She seemed so small as she,    37   her way through the crowd of boys on the playground. She stood out from them all.     ’

I began to notice her at other times, basketball in hand, playing   38   . She would practice dribbling（运球）and shooting over and over again, sometimes until dark.  One day I asked her  39  she practiced so much. She looked  40   in my eyes and without a moment of    41    she said, ‘‘I want to go to college. The only way I can go is if I get a（an）  42   . I am going to play college basketball. I want to be college. My Daddy told me if the dream is big enough, the facts don’t   43  . ”

Well, I had to give it in to her—she was   44   . One day, I saw her sitting in the grass, head   45  in her arms. I walked toward her and quietly asked what was the matter. ‘‘Oh, nothing, "came a soft reply. ‘‘I am just too   46  . ”The coach told her that at her height she would probably  47   get to play for a top ranked team much  48   offered a scholarship. So she should stop dreaming about college.  

She was heartbroken and I   49  her disappointment. I asked her if she had talked to her dad about it yet. She told me that her father said those coaches were  50   .  

They just did not understand the   51   of a dream. He told her that if she really wanted to play for a good college, if she truly wanted a scholarship,   52  could stop her except one thing—her own   53  .  

The next year,  as she and her team went to the Northern California Championship game, she was seen by a college coach. She was indeed   54   a scholarship. She was going to get the college education that she had dreamed of and worked    55   it for all those years.  

36. A. studied             B. relaxed                  C. played                     D. enjoyed

37. A. pushed             B. cleared                  C. lost                         D. gave

38. A. well                 B. freely                    C. together                   D. alone

39. A. how                B. why                      C. where                     D. whether

40. A. brightly            B. bitterly                  C. directly                    D. casually

41. A. argument         B. glance                   C. panic                       D. hesitation

42. A. scholarship        B. reputation                C. occupation               D. graduation

43. A. disappear         B. occur                    C. exist                        D. count

44. A. admired           B. determined              C. ashamed                  D. ignored

45. A. showed            B. nodded                  C. turned                     D. buried

46. A. unique             B. flexible                  C. short                       D. nervous

47. A. never               B. always                  C. ever                        D. still

48. A. more               B. less                       C. too                          D. as

49. A. removed          B. sensed                   C. reduced                   D. imagined

50. A. wrong             B. strict                     C. cautious                  D. important

51. A. nature              B. complex                C. power                     D. result

52. A. something        B. anything                C. everything               D. nothing

53. A. skill                 B. attitude                  C. champion                D. award

54. A. offered            B. required                 C. promoted                 D. gained

55. A. out                  B. with                      C. toward                    D. at