Question

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 after 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. I was22. That was the year the gardenia stopped coming.

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1.The girl got _____________ on her birthday every year since she was 12.

A. A white flower with a card. B. A white flower in pink paper.

C. A card with some best wishes. D. A book with a white cover

2.Who was the sender?

A. The shop owner B. Someone who had got the help from the girl.

C. A boy who loved the girl secretly. D. The girl’s mom

3.What happened one month before the girl’s graduation?

A. She missed the graduation dance B. She didn’t have a new dress.

C. Her father died D. Her mother died

4.What did the mother want her children to be like?

A. Lovely, strong and prefect B. Successful, strong and mysterious

C. Lovable, successful and funny D. Happy, mysterious and helpful

5.What’s the best title for this passage?

A. Gardenia’s love B. A birthday present

C. A girl’s imagination D. A mother’s love

Answer 1