The family had just moved. The young woman was feeling a little __1__. It was Mother’s Day – and 800 miles separated her from her parents.
She had called them that morning, and her mother had __2__ how colorful their backyard was __3__ spring had arrived. Later, she told her husband how she __4__ those lilacs (丁香花) in her parents’ yard. “I know where we can find some,” he said. “Get the __5__ and come on.” So off they went.
Some time later, they stopped at a hill and there were lilacs all round. The young woman rushed up to the nearest __6__ and buried her face in the flowers. Carefully, she __7__ some. Finally, they returned to their car for the __8__ home. The woman sat smiling, surrounded by her __9__.
When they were near home, she shouted “Stop,” got out quickly and __10__ to a nearby nursing home. She went to the end of the porch (门廊), where a(n) __11__ patient was sitting in her wheelchair, and put the flowers into her lap. The two __12__, bursting into laughter now and then. Later the young woman turned and ran back to her __13__. As the car pulled away, the woman in the wheelchair __14__ with a smile, and held the lilacs __15__.
“Mom,” the kids asked, “__16__ did you give her our flowers?”“It is Mother’s Day, and she seems so __17__while I have all of you. And anyone would be __18__ by flowers.”
This satisfied the kids, but not the husband. The next day he __19__ some young lilacs around their yard.
I was the husband. Now, every May, our yard is full of lilacs. Every Mother’s Day our kids __20__ purple lilacs. And every year I remember that smile of the lonely old woman. And that has become a lasting touching memory of my life.
| 小题1: | | A．moved | B．worried | C．angry | D．depressed |
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| 小题2: | | A．learned | B．imagined | C．mentioned | D．realized |
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| 小题3: | | A．now that | B．so that | C．as if | D．even if |
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| 小题4: | | A．missed | B．planted | C．watered | D．showed |
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| 小题5: | | A．cars | B．kids | C．clothes | D．lilacs |
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| 小题7: | | A．bought | B．picked | C．sent | D．raised |
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| 小题8: | | A．break | B．holiday | C．trip | D．dinner |
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| 小题9: | | A．friends | B．memory | C．flowers | D．honor |
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| 小题10: | | A．responded | B．pointed | C．drove | D．hurried |
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| 小题11: | | A．loving | B．elderly | C．serious | D．sensitive |
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| 小题12: | | A．hesitated | B．waited | C．sat | D．chatted |
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| 小题13: | | A．family | B．mother | C．path | D．home |
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| 小题14: | | A．nodded | B．waved | C．left | D．continued |
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| 小题15: | | A．weakly | B．politely | C．quickly | D．tightly |
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| 小题17: | | A．quiet | B．confused | C．alone | D．patient |
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| 小题18: | | A．calmed | B．persuaded | C．disappointed | D．cheered |
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| 小题19: | | A．arranged | B．dried | C．grew | D．hid |
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| 小题20: | | A．find | B．gather | C．receive | D．sell |
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