题目内容：

Every year on my birthday, from the time I turned twelve, a bunch of white gardenia (栀子花) was delivered to my house. No card or note came with it. _______ to the flower shops were not helpful at all—it was a cash _______. After a while I stopped trying to _______ who the sender was and just delighted in the beauty and perfume of the white flowers in soft pink paper.

But I never _______ imagining who the sender might be. Some of my _______ moments were spent daydreaming about it. My mother_______to these imaginings. She would ask me whether there was someone for whom I had done a(n) _______ kindness and said that he/ she might be showing _______. Perhaps the neighbor I helped when she was _______ a car full of groceries. Or maybe it was the old man ________ the street whose mail I helped to get during the ________ so he wouldn’t have to risk down his icy steps. As a young girl, ________, I tended to guess that it might be a boy who had noticed me a long time ________ I didn’t know him.

One month before my high school graduation, my father died of a heart attack. My feelings ranged from grief to abandonment and fear. He was ________ some of the most important events in my life. And I became completely ________ in my upcoming dance in my graduation ceremony.

The day before my father died, my mother and I had gone shopping for a dress. We’d found a splendid one, but it was the wrong size. When my father died, I ________ about the dress. My mother didn’t. The day before the graduation ceremony, I found that beautiful dress, in the right size, on the sofa. I didn’t ________ whether I had a new dress or not, but my mother did. She wanted her children to feel ________ and lovable, believing that there was a magic in the world and ________ in the face of hard times. In truth, Mother wanted her children to see themselves much like the gardenia—lovely, ________ and perfect with perhaps a bit of mystery.

My mother passed away ten days after I was married. I was 22. That was the year the gardenia stopped coming.

1.A. Calls    B. Quarrels    C. Messages    D. Complaints

2.A. service    B. deal    C. bargain    D. offer

3.A. recognize    B. imagine    C. clarify    D. discover

4.A. tried    B. stopped    C. succeeded    D. enjoyed

5.A. saddest    B. worst    C. happiest    D. loneliest

6.A. devoted    B. occurred    C. assisted    D. contributed

7.A. special    B. common    C. valuable    D. important

8.A. concern    B. attitude    C. interest    D. appreciation

9.A. repairing    B. washing    C. unloading    D. starting

10.A. across    B. through    C. over    D. onto

11.A. spring    B. summer    C. autumn    D. winter

12.A. however    B. besides    C. therefore    D. otherwise

13.A. only if    B. even though    C. so that    D. as if

14.A. considering    B. attending    C. missing    D. arranging

15.A. absorbed    B. uninterested    C. discouraged    D. disappointed

16.A. lost    B. hated    C. forgot    D. expected

17.A. suspect    B. believe    C. care    D. realize

18.A. contented    B. respected    C. supported    D. loved

19.A. trouble    B. beauty    C. challenge    D. struggle

20.A. strong    B. cautious    C. splendid    D. fortunate