Question

Every year on my birthday since I was 11，a white gardenia （栀子花） was sent to my house．No card ever came with it．Calls to the flower shop were not helpful at all．After some time I stopped trying to find out the sender's name and was just pleased with the beautiful flower，in soft pink paper．

I couldn't stop imagining who the giver might be．Some of my happiest moments were spent daydreaming（幻想 ）about the sender．My mother encouraged these daydreams．She'd ask me if I had been especially kind to someone．Perhaps it was one of my classmates Perhaps it was the old man who I once helped．As a girl，I had more fun imagining that it might be a boy that I had met．

A month before my high school graduation（毕业），my father died．I was so sad that I became completely uninterested in my coming graduation dance，and I didn't care whether I had a new dress or not．My mother，in her own sadness，would not let me miss （过） any of those things．She wanted her children to feel loved．In fact，my mother wanted her children to see themselves much like the gardenia：lovely，strong and perfect．

My mother died ten years after I was married．That was the year the gardenia stopped coming．

1.The writer received   on her birthday since she was 11．

A. a white gardenia

B. a card

C. a card and soft pink paper

D. a gardenia and a card

2.The writer was very   when she was imagining who sent the flower．

A. happy    B. sad

C. worried    D. nervous

3.It can be inferred （椎断） from the passage that   ．

A. the writer didn't get a new dress for the dance

B. the writer probably joined in the graduation dance

C. the writer's father died ten years earlier than her mother

D. the writer's father received a gardenia on each of his birthdays

4.The writer got the gardenias from   on her birthdays．

A. her classmate    B. the old man    C. the boy    D. her mother

5.The passage mainly talks about   ．

A. what a gardenia meant

B. what a girl dreamed about

C. how a mother loved her children

D. how a daughter missed her father．

Answer

1.A

2.A

3.B

4.D

5.C

【解析】短文大意：本文主要描述了母亲对作者的爱，通过事例阐述了母亲如何爱孩子的。

1.根据文章第一句Every year on my birthday since I was 11，a white gardenia （栀子花） was sent to my house.可知，作者自从十一岁以来生日上会收到一束栀子花。 故选：A。

2.根据第二段前两句I couldn't stop imagining who the giver might be．Some of my happiest moments were spent daydreaming（幻想 ）about the sender可知，作者在想是谁送的花时非常高兴。故选：A。

3.根据第三段My mother，in her own sadness，would not let me miss （过） any of those things．She wanted her children to feel loved...的描述可推知，作者的妈妈可能会让作者参加毕业聚会，她想让她的孩子感受到爱，希望孩子像栀子花一样：可爱、坚强、完美。故选：B。

4.根据短文最后一段My mother died ten years after I was married．That was the year the gardenia stopped coming可知，作者的妈妈去世后，就没再收到栀子花，说明生日收到的栀子花是其妈妈送的。故选：D。

5.根据短文大意可知，本文主要描述了母亲对作者的爱，阐述了母亲如何爱孩子的。所以how a mother loved her children为本文题目最合适。故选：C。