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四、语法填空

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空（每空不多于2个单词）。

It 1.（be） Mother’s Day, but the young mother was a little unhappy, because she was 800 miles away 2. her parents. In the morning she phoned her mother 3.（wish） her a happy Mother’s Day, and her mother told her about the beautiful lilacs（丁香花） in the garden. Later that day, when she told her husband about the lilacs, he said, “I know where we can find all that you want. Get our 4.（child） Peter and Lily, and come on.” So they went to drive down the country roads.

There on a small hill, they saw a lot of beautiful purple lilacs. The young woman ran 5.（quick） to enjoy the flowers. She picked a few here and a few there. On 6. （they） way home there was a smile on her face.

7. they were passing a nursing home（敬老院）, the young woman saw an old granny 8. （sit） in a chair. She had no kids with her. They stopped the car and the young woman walked to the old woman, put the flowers in her hands, and smiled at her. The old granny thanked her again and again. She smiled happily, too.

When the young mother came back to her car, her children asked her, “Who is that old granny? Why did you give our flowers to her?”

“I don’t know her,” their mother said. “But it’s Mother’s Day, and she has no kids. I have 9. of you, and I still have my mother. Just think how 10.those flowers meant to her.”