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.   1to the flower shop were always useless – it was a cash   2. After a while I stopped trying to   3who the sender was and just delighted in the beauty and perfume of the white flower. But I never   4imagining who the sender might be. Some of my   5moments were spent daydreaming about it.

My mother asked me whether there was someone for whom I had done a(n)  6kindness who might be showing   7. Perhaps the neighbor I helped when she was   8a car full of groceries. Or maybe it was the old man   9the street whose mail I helped to get during the   10so he wouldn’t have to venture down his icy step.   11a teenager, though, I had more fun guessing that it might be a   12who had noticed me   13I didn’t know him.

One month before my high school graduation, my father died of a heart attack. He was  14some of the most important events in my life. I became completely   15in my upcoming graduation and the dance. When my father died, I   16the dance and the dress for it. The next day before the dance, I found a dress on the sofa. I didn’t  17if I had a new dress or not, but my mother did.

She wanted her children to feel   18and lovable, imaginative, believing that there was a    magic in the world and   19in the face of hard times. Actually mother wanted her children to see themselves much like the gardenia-loveable,   20and perfect. The gardenia stopped coming when my mother died.

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

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

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

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

5.A．saddest          B．painful        C．happiest       D．loneliest

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

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

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

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

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

11.A．As              B．Like           C．Be             D．With

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

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

14.A．considering     B．expecting      C．missing        D．preparing

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

16.A．forgot         B．lost           C．hated          D．expected

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

18.A．contented       B．respected     C．thanked       D．loved

19.A．trouble         B．beauty         C．difficulty       D．love

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

第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1．5分，共30分）

       阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最选项。

       It was the last day of the final examination in a large eastern university．On the steps of one building, a group of engineering seniors gathered, discussing the exam due to begin in a few   16   ．On their faces was confidence．This was their last exam —then on to    17     and jobs．Some talked of jobs they already had; others talked of jobs they   18   get. With the certainty of four years of college, they felt ready and able to take   19   of the world．

       The coming exam, they knew, would be a（n）   20  task．The professor had said they could brine   21   book or note they wanted, requesting only that they did not 22__each other, during the test．

       23   they entered the classroom．The professor passed out the papers．And smiles   24   on the students' faces as they noted there were only five questions．

       Three hours had passed   25   the professor began to collect the papers．The students no longer looked confident On their faces was a frightened expression．Papers in hand, no one spoke as the professor faced the class．

       He looked at the  26   faces before him, and then asked, "How many completed all five questions?"__27__a hand was raised．

       "How many answered four?" Still no hands．

       "Three? Two?" The students moved restlessly in their seats．

       "One, then? Certainly somebody finished   28   ．"But the class remained silent．

       The professor put down the papers．"That is exactly what I   29 ．" he said．"I just want to impress upon you that,   30   you have completed four years of engineering, there are still many things about the   31   you don't know．These questions you couldn't answer are relatively   32   in everyday practice．" Then smiling, he added, "You will all   33   this course, but remember —even though you are now college graduates, your education has just  34．"

       The years have   35   the name of this professor, but not the lesson he taught．

16．A．seconds            B．minutes            C．hours         D．days

17．A．interview           B．discussion           C．education       D．graduation

18．A．would              B．must               C．have to        D．used to

19．A．hold               B．control             C．charge          D．place

20．A．interesting           B．necessary            C．easy           D．unusual

21．A．no                 B．either              C．any            D．all

22．A．listen to            B．look at             C．refer to      D．talk to

23．A．Nervously          B．Joyfully           C．Quickly      D．Curiously

24．A．appeared            B．changed                 C．froze          D．stopped

25．A．then               B．as                  C．before       D．after

26．A．pleased             B．worried             C．surprised       D．moved

27．A．Not                B．once              C．Only          D．Even

28．A．all                 B．none               C．one             D．it

29．A．wondered           B．enjoyed             C．hated          D．expected

30．A．right now           B．as though           C．now that         D．even though

31．A．exam              B．subject             C．question        D．college

32．A．valuable            B．difficult                 C．common       D．strange

33．A．pass               B．fail               C．take           D．start

34．A．begun              B．completed          C．failed           D．succeeded

35．A．forgot              B．remembered      C．strengthened  D．weakened

    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.