1 . Geraniums of Love
As the fifth of seven children, I went to the same public school as my three elder sisters and brother. Every year, my mother went to the same ceremony and had parent-child interviews(亲子交流会)with the same teachers. The only thing different was the child. And every child _______ an old
Geraniums school tradition—the annual plant sale(拍卖会)held in early May, just in time for
_______ Day.
Third grade was the first time that I was allowed to take part in the plant sale. I wanted to surprise my mother. _______, I didn't have any money. I went to my eldest sister and _______ the secret, and she gave me some money. When I arrived at the plant sale, I carefully made my _______. I agonized(苦苦思索)over that decision, _______ each plant to ensure that I had indeed found the best geranium. The moment I had smuggled it home, with the help of my sister, I _______ it on the upstairs neighbor’s porch. I was very afraid my mother would find it before Mother's Day, but my sister assured me that she wouldn't, and _______ she did not.
When Mother's Day arrived, I was bursting with pride when I gave her that geranium. I remember how bright her eyes were, and how delighted she was with my _______.
The year I was fifteen, my younger sister reached third grade. In early May, she came to me full of wonder and secrecy and told me that there was going to be a plant sale at school and she wanted to __________ our mother. Like my __________ sister did for me, I gave her some money and off she went. She arrived at home full of __________ excitement, the geranium hidden in a paper bag __________ her sweater. “I looked at every plant,” she explained, “and I know I got the __________ one!”
I helped my little __________ hide that geranium on the upstairs neighbor's porch, assuring that our mother wouldn't find it before Mother's Day. I was there when she gave my mother the geranium, and I watched them both bursting with pride and __________. It was like being in a dream I had already dreamed. My mother noticed me __________, and she gave me a soft secret smile. Shocked and puzzled, I __________ back. I had been wondering how my mother could __________ to be surprised at this gift from her sixth child. But as I watched her eyes light up with delight as she was __________ with that most precious gift, I knew she was not pretending.
1. A.passed down | B.participated in | C.broke with | D.carried on |
2. A.Women’s | B.Father’s | C.Children’s | D.Mother's |
3. A.Besides | B.Moreover | C.However | D.Therefore |
4. A.shared | B.discovered | C.guarded | D.unlocked |
5. A.plan | B.preparation | C.present | D.selection |
6. A.watering | B.growing | C.inspecting | D.protecting |
7. A.showed | B.potted | C.packaged | D.hid |
8. A.indeed | B.instead | C.properly | D.anyhow |
9. A.performance | B.grades | C.gift | D.presence |
10. A.inspire | B.surprise | C.satisfy | D.relax |
11. A.youngest | B.eldest | C.cleverest | D.bravest |
12. A.nervous | B.youthful | C.increasing | D.false |
13. A.on | B.beside | C.behind | D.under |
14. A.shortest | B.rarest | C.best | D.strongest |
15. A.sister | B.brother | C.cousin | D.friend |
16. A.confusion | B.anxiety | C.delight | D.astonishment |
17. A.listening | B.watching | C.smelling | D.tasting |
18. A.waved | B.smiled | C.signed | D.called |
19. A.pretend | B.continue | C.appear | D.try |
20. A.impressed | B.satisfied | C.associated | D.presented |