Question

Every year on my birthday, from the time I turned 12, a white gardenia was delivered to my house. No card came with it Calls to the flower-shop were not helpful at all. After a while I stopped trying to discover the sender’s name and just delighted in the beautiful white flower in soft pink paper.

But I never stopped imagining who the giver might be. Some of my happiest moments were spent daydreaming about the sender. My mother encouraged these imaginings. She’d ask me if there was someone for whom I had done special kindness. 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 boy I had run into.

One month before my graduation, my father died. I felt so sad that I became completely uninterested in my upcoming graduation dance, and I didn’t care if I had a new dress or not. But my mother, in her own sadness, would not let me miss any of those things. She wanted her children to feel loved and lovable. In truth, my mother wanted her children to see themselves 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 22. That was the year the gardenia stopped coming.

1.Which of the following would be the best title for the text?

    A．A childhood Dream.               B．A Mother’s Love.

    C．A Graduation Party.              D．A Special Birthday.

2.The mother insisted that her daughter go to the graduation dance because _________.

    A．she could take care of things herself             

B．she hoped she would find a boyfriend

    C．she wanted her to be happy and strong             

D．she thought education was most important

3.Who was the sender of the flower?

    A．A boy the writer had run into.   B．One of the writer’s neighbors.

    C．One of the writer’s classmates. D．The writer’s mother.

Answer

1.B

【详解】本题是考察主旨大意。要求既要概括全篇，又要切中内容。从整篇文章可以看出，作者字里行间都写出了母亲的无私的爱。A，C，D只不过都是母亲无私爱的具体形式和例证而已，真正能概括全文大意的应该是A

2.C

【详解】这是细节理解题，根据这句my mother wanted her children to see themselves much like the gardenia-lovely, strong and perfect with perhaps a bit of mystery可以看出“我”的母亲希望我开心和坚强。

3.D

【详解】推理判断题。根据最后一段话，我母亲过世后，我开始生日收不到栀子花，还有全文中，母亲平时对我那种a bit of mystery可以推断出。