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  Every year on my birthday, from the time I turned twelve, a white gardenia(栀子花) was delivered to my house. No card or note came with it.  36  to the flower shop were always useless－it was a cash   37  . After a while I stopped trying to   38   who the sender was and just delighted in the beauty and perfume of the white flower. But I never   39   imagining who the sender might be. Some of my   40   moments were spent daydreaming about it.

My mother asked me whether there was someone for whom I had done a(n) 41    kindness who might be showing   42  . Perhaps the neighbor I helped when she was  43  a car full of groceries (杂货). Or maybe it was the old man   44   the street whose mail I helped to get during the   45   so he wouldn’t have to venture down his icy steps. As a teenager,   46  , I had more fun guessing that it might be a   47   who had noticed me   48   I didn’t know him.

One month before my high school graduation, my father died of a heart attack. He was   49   some of the most important events in my life. I became completely   50   in my upcoming graduation and the dance. When my father died, I   51   the dance and the dress for it. The day before the dance, I found a dress on the sofa. I didn’t   52   if I had a new dress or not, but my mother did.

She wanted her children to feel   53   and lovable, imaginative, believing that there was a magic in the world and   54   in the face of hard times. Actually mother wanted her children to see themselves much like the gardenia－lovable,   55   and perfect. The gardenia stopped coming when my mother died. (304)

36. A.Calls     B. Quarrels            C.Messages            D. Letters

37. A. service  B.deal            C.bargain              D.offer

38. A. recognize     B.imagine              C.wonder              D.discover

39. A.failed    B.stopped              C.succeeded           D.enjoyed

40. A.saddest  B.painful        C.happiest             D.loneliest

41. A .special  B.common             C.valuable             D.important

42. A .concern B.attitude              C.interest Dappreciation

43. A. repairing      B.washing      C.unloading           D.starting

44. A .across   B.through              C.from           D.onto

45. A .spring   B.summer       C.autumn              D.winter

46. A .though  B.anyway              C.therefore            D.indeed

47. A. friend   B.superman           C.teacher        D.boy

48. A.as if      B.even though C.in case        D.so that

49. A.considering   B.expecting           C.missing       D.preparing

50. A.disappointed  B.uninterested        C.discouraged        D.concentrated

51. A. forgot   B.lost             C.hated          D.expected

52. A.wonder  B.believe        C.care            D.know

53. A. contented     B.respected            C.thanked              D.loved

54. A.. trouble       B.beauty         C.difficulty            D.love

55. A.strong    B.beautiful            C.smell          D.lucky

Answer 1

36-40 ABDBC  41-45 ADCAD  46-50 ADBCB  51-55 ACDBB