完形填空 (共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分)

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

Every year on my birthday, a white gardenia (栀子花) was     1     to my house. But no card or note came with it. Calls to the flower shop were always     2     -- it was a cash purchase. After a while I stopped trying to discover the sender’s identity and just     3     in the beauty and heady perfume of that one magical, perfect white flower lying in soft pink paper.

But I never stopped     4     who the giver might be. My mother     5      to these imaginations. She asked me if there was someone for whom I had done a special kindness who might be showing     6     . I had more fun imagining that it might be a boy I fell in love with or one who had     7     me even though I didn’t know him.

One month before my high-school graduation, my father died. My feelings      8      from sorrow to fear and     9    : my dad was missing some of the most important events in my life. I became completely     10     in my coming graduation, the senior-class play and the ball. But my mother would not hear of my losing any of those things. Mother and I had gone shopping and found an impressive dress, but it was the     11     size. When my father died, I forgot about the dress.

The day before my ball, I found that dress-- in the right size—hanging over the living room sofa. It was     12      to me so lovingly. I didn’t     13     if I had a new dress or not. But my mother did. She wanted her children to feel     14    , filled with a sense that there was a beauty even in the face of     15   .

My mother died ten days after I was married. The following year the gardenia stopped coming.

1. A. given         B. delivered            C. taken            D. brought

2. A. useful            B. helpful          C. in vain      D. hopeful

3. A. delighted     B. pleasant         C. pleasing     D. satisfied

4. A. considering       B. remembering      C. imagining        D. recalling

5. A. referred      B. led              C. preferred        D. contributed

6. A. appreciation  B. honor            C. grateful     D. respect

7. A. observed      B. watched          C. noticed      D. hated

8. A. ranged            B. differed         C. suffered     D. judged

9. A. shock         B. happiness            C. depressing   D. anger

10. A. uninterested B. interested           C. unhappy      D. disappointing

11. A. wrong            B. false                C. proper       D. right

12. A. provided     B. presented            C. introduced   D. awarded

13. A. doubt            B. wonder           C. desire       D. care

14. A. loving           B. loved                C. respected        D. honored

15. A. trouble      B. despair          C. problem      D. sorrow

完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从下列各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Every year on my birthday, a white gardenia (栀子花) was   31  to my house. But no card or note came with it. Calls to the flower shop were always   32  －it was a cash purchase. After a while I stopped trying to  33  the sender’s identity and just  34  in the beauty and heady perfume of that one magical，perfect white flower lying in  35  pink paper．

    But I never stopped  36  who the giver might be．My mother  37  to these imaginations．She asked me if there was someone for whom I had done a special  38  who might be showing appreciation．I had more fun imagining that it might be a boy I fell in love with or one who had  39  me even though I didn’t know him．

    One month  40  my high-school graduation．my father died．My feelings  41  from sorrow to fear and  42  ：my dad was missing some of the most important events in my life．I became completely  43  in my coming graduation，the senior-class play and the ball．But my mother would not hear of my  44  any of those things．Mother and I had gone shopping and found an impressive dress，but it was the  45  size．When my father died，I forgot about the dress．

    The day before my ball，I found that dress——in the right size——over the living room sofa．It was  46  to me so lovingly．I didn’t  47  if I had a new dress or not．But my mother did．She wanted her children to feel  48  ，filled with a sense that there was a beauty even in the face of  49  ．In truth，my mother wanted her children to see themselves much like the gardenia——lovely，strong and perfect——with an aura of magic and perhaps a bit of mystery．

    My mother died ten days after l was married．The following year the gardenia stopped  50  ．

1.A．delivered        B．taken          C．brought        D．given

2.A．helpful          B．useless        C．hopeful        D．useful

3.A．realize          B．check          C．discover       D．recognize  

4.A．pleasant         B．pleasing       C．satisfied      D．delighted

5.A．tough            B．soft           C．light          D．hard  

6.A．remembering      B．imagining      C．recalling      D．considering

7.A．asked            B．preferred     C．contributed    D．refer

8.A．job              B．thing          C．happiness      D．kindness

9.A．watched          B．noticed        C．hated          D．observed

10.A．before          B．later          C．ago            D．after  

11.A．differed        B．suffered       C．judged         D．ranged 

12.A．happiness       B．depressing     C．anger          D．shock 

13.A．interested      B．unhappy        C．disappointing D．uninterested   

14.A．disappearing   B．losing         C．lost           D．lacking

15.A．false           B．proper         C．right          D．wrong

16.A．presented       B．introduced                       C．awarded    D．provided 

17.A．wonder          B．desire         C．care           D．doubt   

18.A．loved           B．respected      C．honored        D． loving  

19.A．difficulty      B．hardship       C．sorrow         D．sorry   

20.A．appearing     B．following        C．presenting   D． coming

Shopping for clothes is not the same experience for a man as it is for a woman. A man goes shopping   36   he needs something. His purpose is settled and decided in   37 . He knows what he wants, and his goal is to find it and　38　it. All men  39  walk into a shop and ask the shop assistant for what they want. If the shop has it in stock(库存), the deal can be done and    40   is completed in less than five minutes, with hardly any chat to everyone’s   41   .

For a man, slight problems may begin when the shop doesn’t have what he wants. In that  42   , the salesman tries to sell something else—he    43  the nearest to the article required. A good salesman brings out such a substitute(替代品)   44   , and he may say, “I know this jacket is not the style you want, sir, but would you like to try it for size? It   45   to be the color you mentioned.” Few men have   46    with this treatment, and the usual response is “This is the right color and may be the right size, but I shouldn’t be   47   my time and yours by trying it on.”

For a woman, buying clothes is always done in the   48   way. Her shopping is not often   49   on need. She has never fully decided what she wants, and she is only “having a look round”. She is always  50  to persuasion, willing to try on any number of things. Deep in her mind is the thought of finding something that   51    thinks suits her. Most women have an excellent sense of value and are always on the look-out for the unexpected  52  . Faced with a roomful dresses, a woman may easily spend an hour going from one rail to another      53  selecting the dress she wants to try on. It is a tiresome process, but apparently a(n)   54    one. Most dress shops provide chairs for the waiting    55   .

When you buy a T-shirt, or a fur coat in a store, it often carries a label （标签），telling who made it or from which store it was bought . Indeed, some labels show the dress is famous and it is very expensive, so buyers secretly wish they might be carried forever. On the other hand, buyers who deal with the cheapest products would be pleased to do away with labels entirely.
However, there is another label more important than the one showing from which store the dress was bought. When a person buys a fur coat, or a jacket from a store, a label telling what the product is made of should be carried on it.
This label is required by law. Besides telling what the product on show is made of, the label should be in clear English and be where one can find it easily. The information on the label must be the truth.
The reason for this label is that most buyers today aren’t expert enough to know exactly what kind of fur or material they buy. The buyer must believe in the store that sells the products or in what the labels say.
56. The passage is mainly about_________.
A. some knowledge of clothing labels    
B. some advice on how to get dressed
C. some advice on buying clothes    
D. some knowledge of the quality of clothes
57. According to the passage, from a label we can know all of the following EXCEPT_________.
A. who made the clothes           B. where one bought the clothes
C. how much the clothes cost       D. what material the clothes are made of
58. The law requires that a product should carry a _________.
A. clean label    B. clear label     C. white label   D. secret label
59. The author probably thinks that_________.
A. all buyers want their clothes to wear labels forever
B. many buyers depend on labels when buying clothes
C. most stores don’t sell clothes with labels
D. most labels don’t tell buyers the truth