阅读下面短文，从各题A、B、C、D中选出一个能填入短文中相应空白处的最佳答案。

“What’s the matter, mum?”

As soon as I enter the door, I find that my mother is 1    . It’s unusual –she usually 2    the door and welcomes me with a smile!

“She’s dying,” mum says sadly. I 3    what she says. The tulip（郁金香），mother’s 4     is dying. A month ago, we moved 5    our new house and mum bought a very beautiful tulip. Mum liked it very much. 6     she was free, she would sit 7    her armchair beside the tulip and enjoys its beautiful colour 8   inviting smell.

She treated it like a baby and looked after it 9   . She put the tulip by window and moved it from one place to 10     to give the tulip enough sunshine. The first thing she did when she 11   every morning was 12    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 13   . But the tulip was dying 14    too much sunshine, water and fertilizer. It’s true that mother loved the tulip. But this kind of love 15    be harmful. Love can sometimes kill what you love.

1.A.happy           B.unhappy       C.pleased       D.pleasure

2.A.coses           B.opens         C.keeps         D.takes

3.A.know            B.love          C.think         D.find

4.A.favourite       B.hate          C.unlike        D.like

5.A.into            B.around        C.across        D.with

6.A.Though          B.Because       C.After       D.Whereever

7.A.at              B.in            C.on           D.under

8.A.but             B.and           C.for          D.or

9.A.happily         B.brightly      C.carefully    D.usually

10.A.other          B.place         C.two places    D.another

11.A.got up         B.made the bed  C.played piano  D.washed her face

12.A.to take        B.to cut        C.to water      D.to pull

13.A.dry            B.strong        C.wet           D.old

14.A.because        B.for           C.since         D.because of

15.A.must           B.should        C.can           D.need