5 . As an insurance(保险)agent, I have to visit clients(客户)at their homes. I had a(n) ______ client named Ms. Gooden. She is a sweet lady and always does her best to keep me at her home as long as she can. One day, she told me that her children lived far away from her and she felt ______. As I was leaving, she ______ the flowers she wished she had in her yard. She said that when she was a child the ______ flowers she could remember seeing were the ones ______ on the large flour sacks (面粉袋). I asked her, “If you had flowers what ______ would you have?” She answered me back that any color would be ______ to her.
One day when I knew she had a(n) ______ with her doctor, I went to a flower shop and bought many colorful flowers. I went to her home and ______ them in an area of the yard ______ when she looked out of the window, she would ______ different kinds of beautiful flowers.
The next time I visited her home, she asked if I knew anything about the ______. I told her no and we both smiled ______ at each other. While I was sitting there she began to tell me about all of the butterflies and bees that came to ______ her garden. She continued to talk about her ______ “friends” in her life.
As I was about to leave I ______ she was watching over her garden and its visitors ______. She didn’t even try to keep me from ______. I realized at that moment that Ms. Gooden had been suffering from what a lot of elderly people suffer from — ______. The few dollars spent on the flowers were well worth the ______ those flowers brought to her face and to my heart.
1. A.elderly | B.honest | C.embarrassed | D.annoying |
2. A.upset | B.worried | C.helpless | D.lonely |
3. A.forgot | B.mentioned | C.referred | D.watched |
4. A.beautiful | B.expensive | C.only | D.unusual |
5. A.described | B.written | C.stuck | D.pictured |
6. A.price | B.shape | C.size | D.color |
7. A.important | B.favorite | C.suitable | D.special |
8. A.quarrel | B.discussion | C.appointment | D.lesson |
9. A.planted | B.dropped | C.buried | D.hung |
10. A.in fear that | B.so that | C.in case that | D.even though |
11. A.see | B.search | C.touch | D.smell |
12. A.trees | B.lawns | C.gardens | D.flowers |
13. A.mysteriously | B.satisfyingly | C.knowingly | D.unnaturally |
14. A.destroy | B.find | C.visit | D.appreciate |
15. A.new | B.common | C.noisy | D.huge |
16. A.heard | B.noticed | C.told | D.judged |
17. A.carefully | B.quickly | C.unconcernedly | D.peacefully |
18. A.enjoying | B.entering | C.exploring | D.leaving |
19. A.illness | B.loneliness | C.weakness | D.headaches |
20. A.darkness | B.calm | C.joy | D.sadness |