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 (天真的) thought 1 him as my “Valentine man”.
My first recollection of the 2 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 3 “Love, Dad” and the gift was a ring with a small piece of red glass to 4 my birthstone, a ruby (红宝石). There is 5 difference between red glass and rubies to a child of six, and I remember 6 that ring with pride that all the cards in the world 7 not surpass (超越).
8 I grew older, the gifts gave 9 to heart-shaped boxes filled with my 10__ chocolate and always included a 11 card signed “Love, Dad”. In those years my thank-you became 12 of a perfunctory (敷衍) response. The cards seemed less 13 , and I took for granted that the Valentine would 14 be there. I had 15 my hopes and dreams in receiving cards and gifts from “significant others” and “Love Dad” just didn’t seem quite 16 .
His final card remains on my desk today. It’s a 17 of how special fathers can be and how important it has been to me over the years to know that I had a father who continued a 18_ of love with simple acts of understanding and an ability to express happiness over the people in his life.
Those things never 19 , nor does the memory of a man who never 20 being my Valentine.
1. A. of B. about C. up D. over
2. A. memory B. magic C. puzzle D. presents
3. A. read B. written C. shown D. signed
4. A. recover B. resemble C. represent D. replace
5. A. much B. little C. great D. less
6. A. having B. owning C. wearing D. watching
7. A. could B. did C. must D. should
8. A. Because B. Since C. When D. As
9. A. room B. way C. honour D. seat
10. A. favorite B. lovely C. dear D. precious
11. A. usual B. common C. strange D. special
12. A. less B. little C. more D. much
13. A. important B. beautiful C. familiar D. standard
14. A. surely B. always C. regularly D. often
15. A. let B. kept C. placed D. remembered
16. A. suitable B. enough C. effective D. sacred
17. A. signal B. certificate C. consequence D. reminder
18. A. tradition B. hobby C. habit D. custom
19. A. lose B. die C. miss D. appear
20. A. thought B. wanted C. tried D. stopped
1-- 20 ABDCB CADBA DCABC BDABD
1. A think of … as …是固定短语，意为“把……视为／看作……”。
2. B 该句大意为“我对情人节的记忆最早是从我六岁那年开始的。”
3. D 卡片上有父亲的签名。该选项从下文也可得到提示。
4. C 戒指上红玻璃象征／代表着我的诞生石——红宝石。
5. B 对一个六岁的孩子而言，红玻璃和红宝石没有什么不同。
6. C 表示佩戴首饰只能用wear。
7. A 世界上所有的卡片都不能超过它。
8. D as在此处引导时间状语从句，意为“随着”。
9. B give way to是固定短语，意为“为……所代替”。
10. A 该题可采用排除法，修饰巧克力不能用“可爱的；亲爱的；宝贵的”但可以用“最喜爱的”。
11. D 父亲的卡片是特殊的。
12. C 该句句意为“而我的感谢越来越成为一种敷衍的回应。”从上下文可知，此处是与以前相对比。
13. A 这些卡片看起来已经不是那么重要。
14. B 我想当然地认为情人节年年都有。
15. C 我把梦想和希望放在收到那些来自“重要的其他人”的卡片和礼物上。
16. B 来自父亲的贺卡似乎远远不能够（满足女儿的需要）。
17. D 父亲送我的最后一张卡片在提醒着我：父亲对子女的爱是多么特别又是多么重要。
18. A 父亲表达的是一种传统的爱。
19. B 该句句意为“这些事情永远不会消逝，就如同我对一位男子的记忆，他永远是我的情人。”这句话表达了女儿对父亲永远的怀念。
20. D 根据该句句意，stop doing sth.符合语境。
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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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