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Every year on my birthday, from the time I turned 12,a white gardenia(栀子花)was sent to my house. No card came with it.Calls to the flower shops were not helpful at all. After a while I stopped trying to discover the sender's name and was just very pleased with the beautiful white flower in soft pink paper.
But I never stopped imagining who the giver might be, Some of my happiest moments were  spent daydreaming about the sender. My mother encouraged this imagining. She'd ask me if there was someone for whom I had done a special kindness. Perhaps it was the old man who I looked afier when he was ill. As a girl, I had more fun imagining that it might be a boy.
One month before my graduation, my father died. I felt very sad and didn't want to go to the  coming graduation dance at all. And I didn't care whether I had a new dress or not. But my mother, in her own sadness, would not let me miss any of those things. She wanted her children to feel loved and lovable. In truth, my mother wanted her children to see themselves much like the gardenia-lovely, strong and perfect with perhaps a bit of mystery.
My mother died ten days after l was married.1 was 22. That was the year the gardenia stopped coming.
【小题1】Which statement is true according to the passage?

A.The author found the sender by calling the flower shops.
B.In fact, the flower was sent by a boy.
C.It was a pleasant moment for the girl to imagine the sender.
D.The author got a gardenia every year after she was married.
【小题2】The mother let her daughter go to the graduation dance because_______.
A.She hoped she would miss her father.
B.She thought education was most important.
C.She hoped she would find a friend.
D.She wanted her to be happy and strong.
【小题3】Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
A.A Childhood Dream.B.A Mother's Love.
C.A Graduation Party.D.A Special Birthday.


【小题1】C
【小题2】D
【小题3】B

解析试题分析:这篇短文中作者主要介绍了妈妈通过匿名给女儿在每年过生日时都送来鲜花一事,让女儿感觉到被人关爱的幸福,即使爸爸离开了她们,妈妈仍然希望孩子们幸福,结局揭示了本文的中心。
【小题1】细节理解题。根据短文第一段Calls to the flower shops were not helpful at all.可知A错误;根据第二段最后一句话可知,送花的人可能是一个男孩,是女孩的一种主观想象;所以B也可排除;第二段Some of my happiest moments were spent daydreaming about the sender.可知女孩对送花人的猜测时光是美好的;故C正确;开头第一句Every year on my birthday, from the time I turned 12,a white gardenia(栀子花)was sent to my house. 可知D项表述错误;故选C。
【小题2】细节理解题。根据短文第三段In truth, my mother wanted her children to see themselves much like the gardenia-lovely, strong and perfect with perhaps a bit of mystery.可知妈妈是希望看到自己的孩子坚强和幸福的;故选D。
【小题3】主旨大意题。根据短文最后一段的内容可知,妈妈去世以后,再也没有鲜花送来,可知,是妈妈在一直给孩子一种美好的期待和向往,所以B项妈妈的爱最能体现本文的中心意思;故选B。
考点:情感类短文阅读。

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