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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. 21 to the flower shop were always useless it was a cash 22 . After a while I stopped trying to 23 who the sender was and just delighted in the beauty and perfume of the white flower. But I never 24 imagining who the sender might be. Some of my 25 moments were spent daydreaming about it.
My mother asked me whether there was someone for whom I had done a(n) 26 kindness who might be showing 27 . Perhaps the neighbor I helped when she was 28 a car full of groceries. Or maybe it was the old man 29 the street whose mail I helped to get during the 30 so he wouldn’t have to venture down his icy step. 31 a teenager, though, I had more fun guessing that it might be a 32 who had noticed me 33 I didn’t know him.
One month before my high school graduation, my father died of a heart attack. He was 34 some of the most important events in my life. I became completely 35 in my upcoming graduation and the dance. When my father died, I 36 the dance and the dress for it. The next day before the dance, I found a dress on the sofa. I didn’t 37 if I had a new dress or not, but my mother did.
She wanted her children to feel 38 and lovable, imaginative, believing that there was a magic in the world and 39 in the face of hard times. Actually mother wanted her children to see themselves much like the gardenia-loveable, 40 and perfect. The gardenia stopped coming when my mother died.
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21.A.Calls |
B.Quarrels |
C.Messages |
D.Letters |
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22.A.service |
B.deal |
C.bargain |
D.offer |
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23.A.recognize |
B.imagine |
C.wonder |
D.discover |
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24.A.failed |
B.stopped |
C.succeeded |
D.enjoyed |
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25.A.saddest |
B.painful |
C.happiest |
D.loneliest |
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26.A.special |
B.common |
C.valuable |
D.important |
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27.A.concern |
B.attitude |
C.interest |
D.appreciation |
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28.A.repairing |
B.washing |
C.unloading |
D.starting |
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29.A.across |
B.through |
C.from |
D.onto |
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30.A.spring |
B.summer |
C.autumn |
D.winter |
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31.A.As |
B.Like |
C.Be |
D.With |
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32.A.friend |
B.superman |
C.teacher |
D.boy |
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33.A.as if |
B.even though |
C.in case |
D.so that |
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34.A.considering |
B.expecting |
C.missing |
D.preparing |
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35.A.disappointed |
B.uninterested |
C.discouraged |
D.concentrated |
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36.A.forgot |
B.lost |
C.hated |
D.expected |
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37.A.wonder |
B.believe |
C.care |
D.know |
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38.A.contented |
B.respected |
C.thanked |
D.loved |
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39.A.trouble |
B.beauty |
C.difficulty |
D.love |
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40.A.strong |
B.beautiful |
C.smelly |
D.lucky |