Every year on my birthday，from the time I was 12，a white gardenia（栀子花）was sent to my house．No card ever came with it．I made calls to the flower﹣shop，but the owner didn't know who the sender was，either．After a while I stopped trying to find out the sender's name and was just pleased with the beautiful white flower，in soft pink paper．

I never stopped imagining who the giver might be，though．Some of my happiest moments were spent daydreaming about the sender．My mother encouraged these daydreams．She'd asked me if I had been especially kind to someone．Perhaps it was one of my classmates．Perhaps it was the old man．He lived across the street．I'd sent his mail during the winter．As a girl，though，I had more fun imagining that it might be a boy that I had met．

One month before my high school graduation，my father died．I was so sad that I became competely uninterested in my upcoming graduation dance，and I didn't care whether I had a new dress or not．My mother，in her own sadness，however，would not let me miss any of those things．She wanted her children to feel loved．In fact，my mother wanted her children to see themselves much like the gardenia：lovely，strong and perfect，with perhaps a bit of mystery．

I got married at the age of 22．My mother died ten years after I was married．That was the year the gardenia stopped coming．

46．Which is NOT right according to the first paragraph？ 　 　

A．	I received a white gardenia on my 12th birthday．
B．	I never stopped trying to find out the sender's name
C．	I didn't know who sent the gardenia to me
D．	I was happy to receive the beautiful flower．

47．According to the third paragraph，I was sad because 　 　．

A．	my father died before my high school graduation
B．	I wasn't interested in my graduation dance
C．	I didn't have a new dress for my graduation dance
D．	my mother was very sad

48．My mother wanted her children to be 　 　．

①lovely      ②beautiful       ③strong      ④a little mysterious     ⑤perfect

A．	①②③④
B．	①②④⑤
C．	①③④⑤
D．	②③④⑤

49．I no longer received a white gardenia at the age of 　 　．

A．	10
B．	12
C．	22
D．	32

50．It was 　 　who sent me a gardenia every year on my birthday．

A．	my father
B．	my mother
C．	a boy that I had met
D．	the old man who lived across the street．