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閱讀理解 　　Every year on my birthday, from the time 1 turned 12, a white gardenia(梔子花)was sent to my house．It did not come with a card or note of any kind, but I loved the beauty and sweet smell of the flower． 　　And I never stopped imaging who the giver might be．My mother helped me to imagine．She’d ask me if I had done something kind for anyone．Perhaps the neighbor I’d helped carry heavy bags for, or one of my classmates who I helped the lessons with．As a teenager, though, I had more fun thinking that it might be a boy I liked at school． 　　When I was 17, a boy broke my heart and I cried myself to sleep．When I woke up in the morning, there was a message on my mirror, “If we let sadness go, happiness will surely come to you．” I thought about those words for a long time．When I finally went to get the glass cleaner, my mother knew everything was all right again． 　　One month before I finished high school, my father left us forever．I lost interest in all the celebrating activities such as the class play, taking photos with classmates before leaving the high school where I had studied for three years．Although my mother was very sad, she still encouraged me to take part in all those．She wanted her child to have a sense that there was still beauty in the face of bad luck, just like the gardenia－lovely, strong and perfect． 　　My mother died 10 days after I was married．I was 26．That was the year gardenias stopped coming． (1) From the age of _________, the writer began to receive a gardenia every year on her birthday． [　　] A． 17 B． 12 C． 26 D． 10 (2) What can we infer(推斷)from the underlined sentence in Paragraph 3? [　　] A． Mother was clever． B． I was still sad． C． The glass was dirty． D． Mother really understood me． (3) The writer lost interest in activities before leaving high school because _________． [　　] A． no flowers were sent to her B． a boy broke her hear C． her father died D． there was no beauty in her life (4) In fact it was _________ who sent the flowers． [　　] A． the writer’s father B． the writer’s mother C． a boy classmate D． one of the neighbors (5) The passage mainly talks about _________． [　　] A． mother’s love B． the writer’s bad luck C． teenagers’ problems while growing up D． how to pace difficulties

Answer 1

答案：1．B;2．D;3．C;4．B;5．A;