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Every year on my birthday since I was 11,a white gardenia (栀子花) was sent to my house.No card ever came with it.Calls to the flower shop were not helpful at all.After some time I stopped trying to find out the sender's name and was just pleased with the beautiful flower,in soft pink paper.

I couldn't stop imagining who the giver might be.Some of my happiest moments were spent daydreaming(幻想 )about the sender.My mother encouraged these daydreams.She'd ask me if I had been especially kind to someone.Perhaps it was one of my classmates Perhaps it was the old man who I once helped.As a girl,I had more fun imagining that it might be a boy that I had met.

A month before my high school graduation(毕业),my father died.I was so sad that I became completely uninterested in my coming graduation dance,and I didn't care whether I had a new dress or not.My mother,in her own sadness,would not let me miss (过) any of those things.She wanted her children to feel loved.In fact,my mother wanted her children to see themselves much like the gardenia:lovely,strong and perfect.

My mother died ten years after I was married.That was the year the gardenia stopped coming.

1.The writer received on her birthday since she was 11.

A.a white gardenia

B.a card

C.a card and soft pink paper

D.a gardenia and a card

2.The writer was very when she was imagining who sent the flower.

A.happy B.sad

C.worried D.nervous

3.It can be inferred (椎断) from the passage that

A.the writer didn't get a new dress for the dance

B.the writer probably joined in the graduation dance

C.the writer's father died ten years earlier than her mother

D.the writer's father received a gardenia on each of his birthdays

4.The writer got the gardenias from on her birthdays.

A.her classmate B.the old man C.the boy D.her mother

5.The passage mainly talks about

A.what a gardenia meant

B.what a girl dreamed about

C.how a mother loved her children

D.how a daughter missed her father.

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The umbrella is a very common object. It keeps the rain and the sun off the people. Most umbrellas can be folded up, so it is easy to carry them.

However, the umbrella has not always been as an ordinary object. In the past, it was a sign of importance. Some African countries still use umbrellas in this way. Someone carries an umbrella and walks behind the king or important person.

Umbrellas are very old. The Chinese had them more than 3,000 years ago. From there, umbrellas travelled to India and Egypt. In Greece and Rome, men wouldn't use them. They believed umbrellas were only for women.

When the Spanish explorers(探险者) went to Mexico, they saw the kings using umbrellas. English explorers saw Native American princes carrying umbrellas on the east coast(海岸)of North America. It seems that people in different parts of the world invented umbrellas at different times.

England was probably the first country in Europe where common people used umbrellas against the rain. England has a rainy climate and umbrellas are very useful there.

Everybody uses umbrellas today. The next time you carry one, remember that for centuries only great men and women used them. Perhaps you are really a king or queen, a princess or a prince.

1.Today, people use umbrellas for_________.

A.the rain B.a sign of great people C.the sun D.A, B and C

2.India and Egypt learned about umbrellas from_________.

A.England B.African countries C.China D.Spanish explorers

3.In which country are umbrellas not very useful in the 4 pictures below?

A. B. C. D.

4.Paragraph 4 is mainly about________.

A.Spanish explorers went to Mexico to find umbrellas.

B.English explorers found Native American princes used umbrellas.

C.Maybe umbrellas were invented at different times in different places around the world.

D.Explorers from two countries found people used umbrellas in different parts of the world.

5.Which would be the best title for this passage?

A.The Invention(发明)of the Umbrella B.The History of the Umbrella

C.Umbrellas are Useful Today D.The Chinese and the Native Americans Invented Umbrellas.

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