“What’s the matter, mum?” As soon as I enter the door, I find that my mother is   26  . It’s unusual, she usually    27  the door and welcomes me with a smile!
“She’s dying,” mum says sadly. I   28  what she says. The tulip (郁金香), mother’s   29 is dying.
A month ago, we moved   30  our new house and mum bought a very beautiful tulip. Mum liked it very much.   31  she was free, she would sit   32  her armchair beside the tulip and enjoys its beautiful colour   33  inviting smell.
She treated it like a baby and looked after it   34 . She put the tulip by window and moved it from one place to   35 to give the tulip enough sunshine. The first thing she did when she   36  every morning was   37 the tulip, Mum also fertilized (施肥) it many times.
She hoped that with great care, the tulip would become more and more beautiful and   38  . But the tulip was dying   39  too much sunshine, water and fertilizer.
It’s true that mother loved the tulip. But this kind of love can be ___40___.Love can sometimes kill what you love.

A．happy B．unhappy C．pleased D．pleasure

A．closes B．opens C．keeps D．takes

A．know B．love C．think D．find

A．favourite B．hate C．unlike D．like

A．into B．around C．across D．with

A．Though B．Because C．After D．Whenever

A．at B．in C．on D．under

A．but B．and C．for D．or

A．happily B．brightly C．carefully D．usually

A．other B．place C．two places D．another

A．got up B．made the bed C．played piano D．washed her face

A．to take B．to cut C．to water D．to pull

A．dry B．strong C．wet D．old

A．because B．for C．since D．because of

A．helpful B．useful C．harmful D．hopeful