10．My mother loves flowers．We live next door to each other，so she often spends much time planting flowers in my garden．In summer，she often makes colourful bouquets（花束） and puts them inside the houses---both hers and mine．
One year，shortly before Christmas，a local flower shop offered an activity for mothers in each month of the next year．It seemed to be a great way to thank her for all of the flowers she had given me through the years．I couldn't wait the new year so that I could give a bouquet to her!
After the Christmas，in early January．I drove her to the flower shop to pick up her first month's bouquet．The small bouquet would hardly fill a small vase．I was so embarrassed．"Mum，I'm sorry，"I told her．"I didn't know how skimpythat bouquet was．"She looked at me and smiled．"It's okay，"she said．"It allows me to enjoy the beauty of each one better．"
I was amazed at what she said．It helped me realized something more important---we often fail to enjoy the beauty of each thing when we have too many good things．
Mum!Thanks for helping me understand that less is sometimes more．
36．The mother often spends much timeC．
A．cleaning her son's house
B．planting flowers in her own garden
C．planting flowers in her son's garden
D．making bouquets in a flower shop
37．We can infer（推断） from the story thatC．
A．the writer couldn't afford a big bouquet
B．the mother was unhappy when receiving the bouquet
C．the writer would pick up another bouquet the next month
D．the mother would send back the bouquet to the flower shop
38．The underlined word"skimpy"meansA．
A．small
B．cheap
C．beautiful
D．colourful
39．What is the mother like？C
A．She is a lazy woman．
B．She is a strict mother．
C．She is always optimistic（乐观的）．
D．Sometimes she isn't honest．
40．What did the writer learn from his mother？D
A．How to buy flowers．
B．How to enjoy flowers．
C．How to grow flowers．
D．How to consider things in another way．
分析 文讲的是妈妈跟女儿之间的故事，本来妈妈在她跟女儿的院子里种了花，并用花女儿装饰了房子，女儿为感谢妈妈而去花店为妈妈买了一束花，但是这一束花太少了，女儿对妈妈感到抱歉，但是妈妈却教给女儿一个道理；有时候有些东西不是越多越好，数量少一点，对个体的关注就多一些．
解答 36-40 CCACD
36题答案：C考查细节理解题，根据文中的第一段so she often spends much time planting flowers in my garden所以她经常花很多时间在我的花园里种花可知 栽花，故答案是C．
37题答案：C考判断题，根据文中的第三段I drove her to the flower shop to pick up her first month's bouquet可知 我开车把第一个月的花束送她去花店，可知下个月还会，故答案是C．
38题答案：A词汇题，根据文中的第三段．前面句子：The small bouquet would hardly fill a small vase小小的花束很难填满一个小花瓶可知后面的："I didn't know how skimpythat bouquet was应该是我不知道这朵花多么小，故答案是A．
39题答案：C考查细节理解题，根据文中的第二段She looked at me and smiled．"It's okay，"she said．"It allows me to enjoy the beauty of each one better．"
她看着我，微笑着说："没关系，它让我更好地享受每一个人的美丽．可知 是乐观的，故答案是C．
40题答案：D考查主旨题，根据文中的大意可知要用另一种眼光看事情，故答案是D．
点评 本文是一篇日常生活类阅读，题目涉及多道细节理解题，做题时结合原文和题目有针对 性找出相关语句进行仔细分析，结合选项选出正确答案．推理判断也是要在抓住关键句子的基础上合理的分析才能得出正确的答案．
