Question

  The best Mother's gift I ever received was a magnolia(玉蘭)tree. At first,it was a little thing，but it was mine，and I knew I would  1   it.

  Magnolia trees,you see,were my mother's 2 . We had one in the front yard of our house when I was growing up. I can still remember Mom's 3 in seeing it. "Oh,look!" she 4 shout every year. "The magnolia tree is going to  5 . ”O(jiān)n April 6 , her birthday,the pink-and-white flowers would be all over the branches,  6 the arrival of spring.

  Back then,I didn't find the blooming of a tree to be an event worthy of    7   . But my mother had a way of appreciating the    8 things. A baby's smile,or a call from an old friend  9 her with happiness.

On the first Mother's Day 10her death six years ago,I wasn't sure11 Fd live. I felt my mother was    12 .

That Sunday morning I awoke, 13 where my husband David had gone with our two daughters, Kira,4，and Sophine, 9 months. As I was lying in bed,enjoying the 14 ，Kira suddenly burst through the bedroom door.

"Look outside, Mommy!" she said. I 15the window. Next to David was a little tree."It's a magnolia tree," Kira said."Happy    16   ，" David said.

 Although I don't have my 17any longer, I have her tree. When the magnolia blooms, we18 its beauty and use it as a 19 to talk about my mother and her love for flowers. These moments help keep her spirit very much alive. I'm always 20 to appreciate the small things that make life so beautiful！

(   ) 1. A. leave    B. treasure C. follow    D. miss

(   ) 2. A. gift      B. hope C. favorite      D. reliance

(   ) 3. A. shock      B. sorrow   C. doubt      D. pleasure

(   ) 4. A. would    B. should   C. might    D. could

(   ) 5. A. grow      B. bloom   C. die      D. fall

(   ) 6. A. announcing   B. informing   C. promising      D. concluding

(   ) 7. A. speech    B. memory    C. celebration    D. praise

(   ) 8. A. worst    B. smallest   C. most common    D. earliest

(   ) 9. A. gave    B. rang     C. touched    D. filled

(   ) 10. A. following    B. approaching   C. attaching    D. passing

(   ) 11. A. why    B. what      C. when    D. how

(   ) 12. A. somewhere    B. anywhere   C. nowhere    D. everywhere

(   ) 13. A. wondering    B. knowing    C. thinking    D. suspecting

(   ) 14. A. music    B. loneness    C. peace    D. landscape

(   ) 15. A. closed    B. raised     C. lowered    D. left

(   ) 16. A. Christmas    B. Mothers' Day   C. Thanks-giving Day D. weekend

(   ) 17. A. time      B. tree   C. mother      D. family

(   ) 18. A. admit    B. admire   C. accompany    D. affect

(   ) 19. A. present    B. permission   C. place    D. chance

(   ) 20. A. told    B. reminded     C. remained    D. asked

Answer 1

1-5 BCDAB      6-10 ACBDA

11 -15 DDACB 16 -20 BCBDB

一棵玉蘭樹串起了三代人的愛。

1. B通過下文可以看出作者非常喜愛玉蘭樹，而且通過"the best Mother's gift"也可以看出那棵小玉蘭樹在作者心中的分量。treasure"珍惜"。

2. C此處談論母親對玉蘭樹的態(tài)度，通過后面的內容可以看出母親也非常喜愛玉蘭樹，fa?vorite"最喜愛的"。

3. D此處和favorite呼應。

4. A根據后面的"every year"，這里應表示習慣。would"過去常常會"。

5. B 根據后面的"I didn't find the blooming of a tree" —句可以看出。

6. A announce"宣告"。inform''通知";prom?ise"承諾" ;conclude"斷定"，顯然announce更符合句意。

7. C通過后一句"But my mother had a way of appreciating the smallest things."可以確定。

8. B文章最后一句"appreciate the small things that make life so beautiful!"和此處呼應。

9. D fill... with"使……充滿"，這里意為"使母親十分快樂"。

10. A母親節(jié)顯然在母親死后，要注意此處是回憶母親。

11. D當母親去世后，作者身處極度悲痛之中，不知"怎樣"才能活下去,故選how。

12. D此處描寫對母親的思念，母親似乎還生活在作者身邊，所以似乎處處都有母親的影子。

13. A根據后面的where—詞可以確定wonder正確。

14. C此題用排除法可知，其他三項不合適。

15. B要看外面，得打開窗子。raised the win?dow，"把 窗子升起來"。

16. B為母親慶祝的節(jié)日應是"母親節(jié)"。

17. C由上文可知。

18. B從"appreciate the small things that make life so beautiful！"這句話可以看出,admire 此處為appreciate同義詞。

19. D當玉蘭花開，家人在一起訴說對母親的回憶，chance"機會"。

20. B睹物思人，玉蘭樹讓我想起母親的生活態(tài)度。remind... of..."讓某人想起••••••"。