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Young men often give flowers to young women when they are in love. This ______ may have come from Turkey.
In the 1700s in Turkey, it was quite ______ for people in love to send each other baskets full of strange ______ . The baskets were sent ______ to the person who was receiving it. Usually, an old woman who sold flowers or fruit on the street______ the basket beside the person’s door.
These baskets included a variety of “gifts”: flowers, stones, feathers, wax, and even charcoal(木炭). Each thing in the basket had a ______ meaning. By ______ the secret message contained in each item, the person who ______ the basket began to understand little by little what the sender really______ . This idea of sending gifts of love with secret meanings quickly______ to Germany, France, and England. ______, as time passed, only flowers ______ popular.
A bunch of flowers told young ladies about the ______ in the hearts of young men. Each different flower held a different meaning. ______ , the flowers from an orange tree meant, “You are beautiful and pure.” Pink carnations (康乃馨)meant, “My love for you is strong and great.” Yellow roses, on ______ hand, meant, “I saw you with someone else.” so a person had to be ______ about the flowers they chose to send.
By the 1880s, using flowers to send messages ______out of fashion, and ______ , the more direct way of sending love began. Today, flowers are still ______ as a lovely gift, but the meaning for each kind of flower is somewhat ______ .
1.A. story B. tradition C. saying D. hobby
2.A. interesting B. crazy C. strange D. popular
3.A. things B. flowers C. letters D. toys
4.A. carefully B. quickly C. secretly D. honestly
5.A. took B. left C. hid D. made
6.A. difficult B. correct C. positive D. special
7.A. finding out B. passing on C. asking for D. talking about
8.A. sold B. filled C. received D. chose
9.A. said B. meant C. had D. bought
10.A. responded B. led C. turned D. went
11.A. However B. Instead C. Therefore D. Besides
12.A. sounded B. proved C. remained D. seemed
13.A. plans B. feelings C. dreams D. gifts
14.A. As usual B. In fact C. For example D. At first
15.A. the other B. other C. another D. one
16.A. right B. careful C. worried D. meaningful
17.A. felt B. had felt C. had fallen D. has fallen
18.A. cards B. emails C. phones D. letters
19.A. regarded B. wished C. offered D. served
20.A. clear B. true C. deep D. different