17．Every year on my birthday，from the time I turned twelve，a white gardenia（栀子花） was delivered to my house．No card or note came with it．（36）Ato the flower shop were always useless-it was a cash （37）B．After a while I stopped trying to （38）Dwho the sender was and just delighted in the beauty and perfume of the white flower．But I never（39）B imagining who the sender might be．Some of myC（40）Cmoments were spent daydreaming about it．
My mother asked me whether there was someone for whom I had done a（n） （41）A kindness who might be showing （42）D．Perhaps the neighbor I helped when she was（43）C a car full of groceries （杂货）．Or maybe it was the old man （44）A the street whose mail I helped to get during the （45）Dso he wouldn't have to venture down his icy steps．As a teenager，（46）A，I had more fun guessing that it might be a （47）D who had noticed me （48）B I didn't know him．
One month before my high school graduation，my father died of a heart attack．He was （49）C some of the most important events in my life．I became completelyB（50）B in my upcoming graduation and the dance．When my father died，I （51）A the dance and the dress for it．The day before the dance，I found a dress on the sofa．I didn't （52）C if I had a new dress or not，but my mother did．
She wanted her children to feel （53）D and lovable，imaginative，believing that there was a magic in the world and （54）Bin the face of hard times．Actually mother wanted her children to see themselves much like the gardenia-lovable，（55）A and perfect．The gardenia stopped coming when my mother died．（304）

36．A．Calls	B．Quarrels	C．Messages	D．Letters
37．A．service	B．deal	C．bargain	D．offer
38．A．recognize	B．imagine	C．wonder	D．discover
39．A．failed	B．stopped	C．succeeded	D．enjoyed
40．A．saddest	B．painful	C．happiest	D．loneliest
41．A．special	B．common	C．valuable	D．important
42．A．concern	B．attitude	C．interest	D．appreciation
43．A．repairing	B．washing	C．unloading	D．starting
44．A．across	B．through	C．from	D．onto
45．A．spring	B．summer	C．autumn	D．winter
46．A．though	B．anyway	C．therefore	D．indeed
47．A．friend	B．superman	C．teacher	D．boy
48．A．as if	B．even though	C．in case	D．so that
49．A．considering	B．expecting	C．missing	D．preparing
50．A．disappointed	B．uninterested	C．discouraged	D．concentrated
51．A．forgot	B．lost	C．hated	D．expected
52．A．wonder	B．believe	C．care	D．know
53．A．contented	B．respected	C．thanked	D．loved
54．A..trouble	B．beauty	C．difficulty	D．love
55．A．strong	B．beautiful	C．smell	D．lucky

16．Police have arrested six people accused of the attack，       took place on December sixteenth．（　　）

A．

what

B．

who

C．

which

D．

that

15．It is unbelievable that your sister______ French so quickly---she only lived there for 3 months．（　　）

A．

made up

B．

picked up

C．

set up

D．

put up

14．In many places，a blanket of clean white snow covers the ground on Christmas Day．This is         is meant by a"White Christmas．"（　　）

A．

which

B．

that

C．

what

D．

why

13．It's a great honor for the student           in front of all the students．（　　）

A．

speaking

B．

speak

C．

to speak

D．

spoke

12．Mary has many faults，but we all like her very much．
Mary has many faults，but we're all veryfondofher．

11．I can go to that place if you draw me a simple map．
I canmake/findmywayto that place if you draw me a simple map．

10．Daniel didn't explain why he was late．
Daniel gavenoexplanationfor his being late．

9．They say that he succeeds because he works very hard．
They say that hissuccessisdue/owingto his hard work．

8．Most parents believe that young people need to experiencelife and make their own choices in order to develop and grow．