That Sunday morning I awoke to a quiet house, with warm sun streaming through the windows. I 41 where my husband had gone with our two daughters, Kira, 4, and Sophie,9 months. As I was relaxing in bed, _42 the peace, Kira suddenly burst 43 the bedroom door.
“Look outside, Mommy!” she ordered. There, 44 ,David was digging a hole. Next to him 45 a fragile little tree 46 roots were wrapped in burlap (粗麻布) . “It's a magnolia(木兰) tree,” Kira said, 47 I didn't need to__48 . I raised the window and called out to David. “Happy Mother's Day,” he said. It was. Although I 49 my mother any longer, I had her 50 , and each year since, I've had her enthusiasm. Now when___51 pull up to our house one bright spring day, I say to my daughters, “Oh, look, the magnolia's about to bloom.” And when it 52 , we admire its beauty and use it as a 53 to talk about my mother and her _54 flowers.
By the time Mother's Day 55 , the petals(花瓣) have usually fallen from the branches and the tree _56 in the yard with just its green leaves. But each year it has become stronger, just as I have. _57 instead of a day to miss my mother, Mother's Day has become a time 58 the fact that I am a mother, teaching my daughters 59 things that my mother taught me: to appreciate the small things that 60 life so beautiful. 270w
41 |
A. wandered |
B. wondered |
C. asked |
D. told |
42 |
A. with |
B. enjoying |
C. without |
D. troubled by |
43 |
A. out |
B. into |
C. through |
D. in |
44 |
A. in the yard |
B. in the room |
C. at the door |
D. on the bed |
45 |
A. were |
B. standing |
C. was |
D. lying |
46 |
A. of which |
B. its |
C. which |
D. whose |
47 |
A. and |
B. but |
C. though |
D. because |
48 |
A. tell |
B. be told |
C. be said |
D. say |
49 |
A. didn't have |
B. had |
C. lost |
D. missed |
50 |
A. book |
B. body |
C. tree |
D. house |
51 |
A. he |
B. she |
C. I |
D. we |
52 |
A. does |
B. bloom |
C. has |
D. is |
53 |
A. tool |
B. time |
C. chance |
D. title |
54 |
A. favourite of |
B. love for |
C. hatred for |
D. love |
55 |
A. arrives |
B. have come |
C. will arrive |
D. has gone |
56 |
A. seated |
B. lies |
C. stood |
D. sits |
57 |
A. And |
B. But |
C. However |
D. Although |
58 |
A. suggest |
B. to
celebrate |
C. mean |
D. to
congratulate |
59 |
A. the only |
B. the just |
C. right the |
D. the very |
60 |
A. let |
B. make |
C. leave |
D. cause |
39. Could you _______ me to finish the exercises tonight?
A. consider B. admit C. remember D. remind