Question

完形填空 　　Every year on my birthday, from the time I turned twelve, a white gardenia was delivered to my house．No card came with it．Calls to the flower shop were not 　　1　　 at all．After a while I stopped trying to 　　2　　 the sender’s name and just delighted in the beautiful white flower in soft pink paper． 　　However, I never 　　3　　 imagining who the giver might be．Some of my happiest 　　4　　 were spent daydreaming about the sender．My mother encouraged these imaginings．She’d ask me if there was someone for whom I had shown special 　　5　　．Perhaps it was the old man across the street whose mail I’d delivered during the winter．As a girl, though, I had more fun imagining that it might be a 　　6　　 I had run into． 　　One month before my graduation, my father died．I felt so sad that I became completely 　　7　　 in my upcoming graduation dance, and I didn’t 　　8　　 if I had a new dress or not．But my mother, despite her own sadness, would not let me 　　9　　 any of those things．She wanted her children not only to be lovable but to feel 　　10　　．In truth, my mother wanted her children to see 　　11　　 much like the gardenia－lovely, strong and perfect with perhaps a bit of mystery(神秘)． 　　My mother died ten days after I was married．I was twenty-two years old．That was the year the gardenia stopped 　　12　　． (1) [　　] A． careful B． helpful C． exciting D． interesting (2) [　　] A． take out B． work out C． find out D． put out (3) [　　] A． stopped B． began C． kept D． loved (4) [　　] A． moments B． festivals C． seasons D． holidays (5) [　　] A． practice B． housework C． kindness D． exercise (6) [　　] A． visitor B． child C． lady D． boy (7) [　　] A． uncomfortable B． uninterested C． unbelievable D． unimportant (8) [　　] A． want B． hope C． know D． care (9) [　　] A． leave B． miss C． have D． hear (10) [　　] A． needed B． noticed C． loved D． moved (11) [　　] A． herself B． myself C． ourselves D． themselves (12) [　　] A． coming B． sending C． giving D． growing

Answer 1

答案：1．B;2．C;3．A;4．A;5．C;6．D;7．B;8．D;9．B;10．C;11．D;12．A;