题文

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 night be. Some of my happiest  4  were spent day dreaming 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       (     )2. A. take out      (     )3. A. stopped       (     )4. A. moments       (     )5. A. practice      (     )6. A. visitor       (     )7. A. uncomfortable (     )8. A. want          (     )9. A. leave         (     )10. A. needed       (     )11. A. herself      (     )12. A. coming       B. helpful      B. work out     B. began        B. festivals    B. housework    B. child        B. uninterested B. hope         B. miss         B. noticed      B. myself       B. sending      C. exciting     C. find out     C. kept         C. seasons      C. kindness     C. lady         C. unbelievable C. know         C. have         C. loved        C. ourselves    C. giving       D. interesting D. put out     D. loved       D. holidays    D. exercise    D. boy         D. unimportant D. care        D. hear        D. moved       D. themselves  D. growing

题型：完形填空  难度：中档

答案

1-6     BCAACD       7-12     BDBCDA

据专家权威分析，试题“完形填空。Every year on my birthday, from the time I turned ..”主要考查你对  日常生活类阅读  等考点的理解。关于这些考点的“档案”如下：

日常生活类阅读

考点名称：日常生活类阅读

• 日常生活类阅读：
  日常生活这一话题主要涉及人们衣食住行等方面的活动。这一话题的选材主要针对人们日常的工作，生活以及学习情况。
  做这一类题时，最主要的是要把握好人物的活动内容，时间和地点。