Valentine’s Day was the time my father chose to show his love for the special people in his life. Over the years I fondly (天真地) thought 21 him as my “Valentine man”.
My first memory of the 22 he could bring to Valentine’s Day came when I was six. That morning at the breakfast table I found a card and a gift-wrapped package at my chair. The card was 23 “Love, Dad” and the gift was a ring with a small piece of red glass to 24 my birthstone, a ruby (紅寶石). There is 25 difference between red glass and rubies to a child of six, and I remember 26 that ring with pride that all the cards in the world 27 not surpass (超越).
28 I grew older, the gifts gave 29 to heart-shaped boxes filled with my 30 chocolate and always included a 31 card signed “Love, Dad”. In those years my “thank-you” became 32 of a perfunctory (敷衍) response. The cards seemed less 33 , and I took for granted that the Valentine would 34 be there. I had 35 my hopes and dreams in receiving cards and gifts from “significant others” and “Love Dad” just didn’t seem quite 36 .
His final card remains on my desk today. It’s a 37 of how special fathers can be and how important it has been to me to know that I had a father who continued a tradition of 38 with simple acts of understanding of the people in his life.
Those things never 39 , nor does the memory of a man who never 40 being my Valentine man.
21. A. of | B. about | C. up | D. over |
22. A. hope | B. magic | C. puzzle | D. present |
23. A. read | B. written | C. shown | D. signed |
24. A. recover | B. return | C. represent | D. remain |
25. A. much | B. little | C. great | D. less |
26. A. filling | B. keeping | C. wearing | D. staring |
27. A. could | B. needed | C. must | D. should |
28. A. Because | B. Since | C. Though | D. As |
29. A. room | B. way | C. honour | D. seat |
30. A. favorite | B. lovely | C. dear | D. precious |
31. A. usual | B. common | C. strange | D. special |
32. A. less | B. little | C. none | D. much |
33. A. important | B. beautiful | C. familiar | D. standard |
34. A. hardly | B. always | C. regularly | D. often |
35. A. lost | B. kept | C. placed | D. shared |
36. A. suitable | B. enough | C. effective | D. timely |
37. A. method | B. certificate | C. consequence | D. reminder |
38. A. love | B. pride | C. home | D. silence |
39. A. lose | B. die | C. cost | D. appear |
40. A. risked | B. imagined | C. tried | D. stopped |
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Nothing says love like a dozen long – stemmed roses on Valentine’s Day. More than a million roses will be sold during this festival for lovers, the biggest day of the year for the nation’s rose industry. It’s going to remain the most popular flower because love never goes out of style.
Yes, a rose is a rose is a rose. But selling them is no longer a beautiful experience for traditional flower shops. Supermarkets now offer convenience to the busy and discount rose shops help those hopelessly in love save money. Roses only is a good example of a discount rose retailer that was transformed from a traditional shop to answer the challenge in the’ 90s.
Inside this store on Sixth Avenue near 40 th Street, contemporary white furniture and wall – to – wall mirrors give it an expensive look. Customers move about freely among the counters, looking eagerly at the roses in more than 50 colors from shelf to shelf. Some customers say it’s the high quality of the roses that attracts them there. “I spent $ 20 but the flowers looked like I paid 60 or 70 dollars,” says one customer.
Studies show more people are buying roses in ones, two and threes these days. In fact, more than half of all roses are sold in bunches of fewer than a dozen. But Roses Only's low prices encourage people to spend. Even on Valentine's Day, when the price of a dozen roses and delivery can soar as high as $150, 12 of Roses Only's most expensive flowers sell for just $35. The company's key to success is to hold prices down by controlling every link in the rose chain. It grows its own roses in the sunshine of the Andes Mountains. In addition, the company also sells other items such as ballons and stuffed animals.
While discount rose retailers are witnessing their business bloom, U.S. rose growers aren’t able to compete with the fierce foreign competition. More than 57% of roses sold in the USA are grown in other countries. The biggest foreign producers are Colombia and Ecuador, which accounted for almost 90% of the total imported last year. The trend has hurt domestic rose growers such as Johnson Flowers of California, considered to be this country's leading producer.
Now, instead of fighting overseas rivals, the Johnsons are trying to work with them. "We have a few big fighting overseas rivals, the Johnsons are trying to work with them. “We may also widen our business to include the service area and be a representative for overseas flower producers.”
As a result of severe competition, those in the rose business long for the good old days, whereas ordinary people benefit from the low price.
60．What is the central theme of this text?
A．The US rose business is going from bad to worse in spite of the efforts made.
B．The rose will remain the most popular flower as love never goes out of date.
C．The rose business is trying to meet the challenges in the market to succeed.
D．The rose industry plays an important role in American economy.
61．How does Roses Only obtain success in the discount rose retailing field?
A．By setting up more chain stores across the country.
B．By selling roses in supermarkets.
C．By selling high quality roses at a low price.
D．By selling roses by the dozen.
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