Every year on my birthday, from the time I turned twelve, a white gardenia was delivered to my house. No card or note came with it.    1    to the flower shop were always useless---it was a cash    2    . After a while I stopped trying to   3     who the sender was and just delighted in the beautiful and perfume of the white flower. But I never    4    imagining who the sender might be. Some of my   5     moments were spent daydreaming about it.

My mother asked me whether there was someone for whom I had done a(n)    6    kindness who might be showing    7     . Perhaps the neighbor I helped when she was    8    a car full of groceries. Or maybe it was the old man    9    the street whose mail I helped to get during the    10    so he wouldn’t have to venture down his icy step. As a teenager,     11   , I had more fun guessing that it might be a  12    who had noticed me    13    I didn’t know him.

One month before my high school graduation, my father died of a heart attack. He was    14    some of the most important events in my life. I became completely    15    in my upcoming graduation and the dance. When my father died, I    16    the dance and the dress for it. The day before the dance, I found a dress on the sofa. I didn’t   17     if I had a new dress or not, but my mother did.

She wanted her children to feel   18     and lovable, imaginative, believing that there was a    19    in the world and beauty in the face of hard times. Actually mother wanted her children to see themselves much like the gardenia-lovely,    20    and perfect. The gardenia stopped coming when my mother died.

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. A. concern          B. attitude          C. interest            D. appreciation

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

19. A. trouble          B. magic            C. tragedy            D. comedy

20. A. strong           B. beautiful          C. smelly            D. lucky

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