Question

Mom’s birthday present? It may be a difficult thing for some people, but for me, it is an easy thing. Mom loved flowers, so every year I sent her flowers. Actually she had a bed of irises (鳶尾花) in the backyard of her small, Indiana farm. They were beautiful. “Take some,” she said, “Dig some up and plant them on the side of your own house.”

But in my yard they became lacking in energy. A year passed, then two, but not one flower appeared. I cut back all their green leaves. I was tired of seeing them so lonely. Finally, I dug the irises up and threw them away.

About that time Mom died unexpectedly. My sister and I sold the farm. I never went back to see the irises. I just couldn’t bear seeing another family living in our home—Mom’s home. Autumn came, then winter. The following spring, as Mom’s birthday approached, I struggled with the question of how to remember her. I stared out the window and saw a few stubborn irises in my side yard sprouting (發(fā)芽), —tall, thin but flowerless. Because of seeing them, I decided to order flowers as I always did on Mom’s birthday, and send them to my sister. I wished so badly I could still send flowers to Mom. But that was impossible.

In the morning of Mom’s birthday, I was in my car ready to work. Something in the yard caught my eye. The irises! One had bloomed with flowers, big, showy and purple, as lovely as they ever had been on Mom’s farm. I smiled and turned my eyes upward. I could no longer send flowers to Mom. But somehow, she’d been able to send them to me.

1.According to the first paragraph, Mom ________.

A. wanted to give the author some flowers

B. didn’t like the presents from the author

C. lived with the author on an Indiana farm

D. got different birthday presents from the author every year

2.At first, the irises in the author’s yard ________.

A. all died quickly

B. didn’t bloom at all

C. grew as well as on Mom’s farm

D. grew better than those on Mom’s farm

3.What troubled the author?

A. She didn’t know how to grow irises.

B. She regretted they had sold Mom’s farm.

C. She didn’t know what to do in memory of Mom.

D. She couldn’t bear others living in Mom’s home.

4.After seeing the irises sprouting, the author________.

A. decided to send flowers to her sister on Mom’s birthday

B. dug them out because they were flowerless

C. decided to send them to Mom after they bloom

D. ordered flowers for the people living in Mom’s home

5.What can be learned from the last paragraph?

A. All the irises in the author’s yard bloomed.

B. The author went to see the irises in Mom’s yard.

C. It was Mom who took care of these irises in the author’s yard.

D. The author thought the blooming irises were gifts from Mom.

 

Answer 1

1.A

2.B

3.C

4.A

5.D

【解析】

試題分析: 母親喜歡花，自己后院里也種著鳶尾花。但是當(dāng)作者把花移栽到自己家時(shí)，花卻長不好，從未盛開過，作者索性把花拔掉了。然而當(dāng)母親去世后，作者院子中卻悄無聲息地盛開了鳶尾花，這是母親送給她的禮物。

1.細(xì)節(jié)理解題根據(jù)文章首段“Take some,” she said, “Dig some up and plant them on the side of your own house.”可知選A。

2.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第二段內(nèi)容But in my yard they became lacking in energy. A year passed, then two, but not one flower appeared.可知當(dāng)作者開始把鳶尾花移栽到自己家時(shí)，鳶尾花沒有開過一朵，選B。

3.推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章第三段內(nèi)容可知The following spring, as Mom’s birthday approached, I struggled with the question of how to remember her.以前在生日時(shí)候送花給母親的作者不知道如何去紀(jì)念母親，選C。

4.細(xì)節(jié)理解題Because of seeing them, I decided to order flowers as I always did on Mom’s birthday, and send them to my sister. 判斷選A。

5.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。從文章末段末句But somehow, she’d been able to send them to me.可以推測(cè)作者把院子里長出的鳶尾花看做是母親送給她的禮物，選D。

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