完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从下列各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Every year on my birthday, a white gardenia (栀子花) was 31 to my house. But no card or note came with it. Calls to the flower shop were always 32 －it was a cash purchase. After a while I stopped trying to 33 the sender’s identity and just 34 in the beauty and heady perfume of that one magical，perfect white flower lying in 35 pink paper．
But I never stopped 36 who the giver might be．My mother 37 to these imaginations．She asked me if there was someone for whom I had done a special 38 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 39 me even though I didn’t know him．
One month 40 my high-school graduation．my father died．My feelings 41 from sorrow to fear and 42 ：my dad was missing some of the most important events in my life．I became completely 43 in my coming graduation，the senior-class play and the ball．But my mother would not hear of my 44 any of those things．Mother and I had gone shopping and found an impressive dress，but it was the 45 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 46 to me so lovingly．I didn’t 47 if I had a new dress or not．But my mother did．She wanted her children to feel 48 ，filled with a sense that there was a beauty even in the face of 49 ．In truth，my mother wanted her children to see themselves much like the gardenia——lovely，strong and perfect——with an aura of magic and perhaps a bit of mystery．
My mother died ten days after l was married．The following year the gardenia stopped 50 ．
1.A．delivered B．taken C．brought D．given
2.A．helpful B．useless C．hopeful D．useful
3.A．realize B．check C．discover D．recognize
4.A．pleasant B．pleasing C．satisfied D．delighted
5.A．tough B．soft C．light D．hard
6.A．remembering B．imagining C．recalling D．considering
7.A．asked B．preferred C．contributed D．refer
8.A．job B．thing C．happiness D．kindness
9.A．watched B．noticed C．hated D．observed
10.A．before B．later C．ago D．after
11.A．differed B．suffered C．judged D．ranged
12.A．happiness B．depressing C．anger D．shock
13.A．interested B．unhappy C．disappointing D．uninterested
14.A．disappearing B．losing C．lost D．lacking
15.A．false B．proper C．right D．wrong
16.A．presented B．introduced C．awarded D．provided
17.A．wonder B．desire C．care D．doubt
18.A．loved B．respected C．honored D． loving
19.A．difficulty B．hardship C．sorrow D．sorry
20.A．appearing B．following C．presenting D． coming
You can’t go out because it is a stormy night; , your homework hasn’t been done.
A．moreover B．however C．nevertheless D．therefore
He makes it a to put some money aside each month.
A．principal B．principle C．essential D．discipline
It’s wonderful to have a month in the faraway village, all worries and responsibilities.
A．contrary to B．free from C．far away D．far from
There are some when you have to change your mind just before doing it.
A．situations B．occasions C．circumstances D．conditions
He was a much older tennis player, but he had a (n) over other players in experience.
A．profit B．power C．advantage D．benefit
