完形填空,阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A, B, C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
The family had just moved. The young woman was feeling a little ________ .It was Mother's Day—and 800 miles separated her from her parents.
She had called them that morning, and her mother had ________ how colorful their backyard was ________ spring had arrived. Later, she told her husband how she________ those lilacs (丁香) in her parents' yard. “I know where we can find some,” he said. “Get the ________ and come on.” So off they went.
Some time later, they stopped at a hill and there were lilacs all round. The young woman rushed up to the nearest ________and buried her face in the flowers. Carefully, she________ some. Finally, they returned to their car for the________ home. The woman sat smiling, surrounded by her ________ .
When they were near home, she shouted “stop,” got off quickly and ________ to a nearby nursing home. She went to the end of the porch (门廊), where a(n) ________patient was sitting in her wheelchair, and put the flowers into her lap. The two ________ ,bursting into laughter now and then. Later the young woman turned and ran back to her ________ . As the car pulled away, the woman in the wheelchair ________ with a smile, and held the lilacs________ .
“Mom,”the kids asked, “________did you give her our flowers?” “It is Mother's Day, and she seems so________ while I have all of you. And anyone would be ________by flowers.”
This satisfied the kids, but not the husband. The next day he ________some young lilacs around their yard.
I was the husband. Now, every May, our yard is full of lilacs. Every Mother's Day our kids ________purple lilacs. And every year I remember that smile of the lonely old woman.
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A.moved |
B.worried |
C.angry |
D.depressed |
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A.learned |
B.imagined |
C.mentioned |
D.realized |
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A.now that |
B.so that |
C.as if |
D.even if |
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A.missed |
B.grew |
C.watered |
D.showed |
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A.cars |
B.kids |
C.clothes |
D.lilacs |
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A.bush |
B.hill |
C.yard |
D.door |
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A.bought |
B.picked |
C.set |
D.raised |
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A.break |
B.holiday |
C.trip |
D.dinner |
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A.friends |
B.memory |
C.flowers |
D.honor |
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A.responded |
B.pointed |
C.drove |
D.hurried |
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A.loving |
B.elderly |
C.serious |
D.sensitive |
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A.hesitated |
B.waited |
C.sat |
D.chatted |
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A.family |
B.mother |
C.path |
D.home |
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A.nodded |
B.waved |
C.left |
D.continued |
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A.sadly |
B.politely |
C.quickly |
D.tightly |
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A.why |
B.when |
C.how |
D.where |
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A.quiet |
B.confused |
C.alone |
D.patient |
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A.calmed |
B.persuaded |
C.disappointed |
D.cheered |
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A.arranged |
B.dried |
C.planted |
D.hid |
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A.find |
B.gather |
C.receive |
D.buy |
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