55.
A. quiet B.
quick C.
happy D.
careful
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“What’s the matter, mum?”
As soon as I enter the
door, I find that my mother is 36 . It’s unusual –she
usually 37 the door and welcomes me with a smile!
“She’s dying,”mum says sadly. I 38 what she says. The tulip (郁金香)，mother’s 39 is dying.
A month ago, we moved 40 our new house and mum bought a very
beautiful tulip. Mum liked it very much. 41 she was free, she would sit 42 her armchair beside the tulip and enjoys
its beautiful colour 43 inviting smell.
She treated it like a baby
and looked after it 44 .
She put the tulip by window and moved it from one place to 45 to give the tulip enough sunshine. The
first thing she did when she 46
every morning was 47
the tulip, Mum also
fertilized(施肥)it many times.
She hoped that with great care, the tulip
would become more and more beautiful and 48 . But the tulip was dying 49 too much sunshine, water and fertilizer.
It’s true that mother loved
the tulip. But this kind of love 50 be harmful. Love can sometimes kill what
you love.