Every year on my birthday

Every year on my birthday
Every year on my birthday

Every year on my birthday
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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
( )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 1-5 B C A A C 6-10 D B D B C 11-12 DA

Every year on my birthday, a white gardenia(栀子花)was __1__ to my house. But no card or note came with it. Calls to the flower shop were always __2__ —— it was a cash purchase. After a while I stopped t...

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Every year on my birthday, a white gardenia(栀子花)was __1__ to my house. But no card or note came with it. Calls to the flower shop were always __2__ —— it was a cash purchase. After a while I stopped trying to
__3__ the sender's identity and just __4__ in the beauty and heady perfume of that one magical, perfect white flower lying in __5__ pink paper.

But I never stopped __6__ who the giver might be. My mother __7__ to these imgines. She asked me if there was someone for whom I had done a special __8__ who might be showing appreciation. I had more fun imagining that it might be a boy I fell in love with or one who had __9__ me even though I didn't know him.
One month __10__ my high-school graduation, my father died. My feelings __11__ from sorrow to fear and __12__: my dad was missing some of the most important events in my life. I became completely ____13___ in my coming graduation, the senior-class play and the ball. But my mother would not hear of my ___14___ any of those things. Mother and I had gone shopping and found an impressive dress, but it was the ____15___ size. When my father died, I forgot about the dress.
The day before my ball, I found that dress------ in the right size------over the living room sofa. It was ___16____ to me so lovingly. I didn't
___17____ if I had a new dress or not. But my mother did. She wanted her children to feel ____18____, filled with a sense that there was a beauty even in the face of ___19____.
My mother died ten days after I was married. The following year the gardenia stopped ___20___.
（ ）1.A. given B. delivered C. taken D. brought （ ）
2.A. useful B. helpful C. useless D. hopeful （ ）
3.A. recognize B. realize C. check D. discover （ ）
4.A. delighted B. pleasant C. pleasing D. satisfied （ ）
5.A. hard B. tough C. soft D. light
（ ）6.A. considering B. remembering C. imagining D. recalling （ ）
7.A. referred B. led C. preferred D. contributed （ ）
8.A. kindness B. job C. favor D. happiness （ ）
9.A. observed B. watched C. noticed D. hated （ ）
10.A. after B. before C. later D. ago
（ ）11.A. ranged B. differed C. suffered D. judged
（ ）12.A. shock B. happiness C. depressing D. anger
（ ）13.A. uninterested B. interested C. unhappy D. disappointing
（ ）14.A. lacking B. disappearing C. losing D. lost （ ）15.A. wrong B. false C. proper D. right
（ ）16.A. provided B. presented C. introduced D. awarded （ ）17.A. doubt B. wonder C. desire D. care （ ）18.A. loving B. loved C. respected D. honored （ ）19.A. sorry B. difficulty C. hardship D. sorrow
（ ）20.A. coming B. appearing C. following D. presenting
Key: 1--5 BCDAC 6--10 CDACB 11--15 ADACA 16--20 BDBDA

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