Every year on my birthday, from the time I turned twelve, a white gardenia was delivered to my house. No card or note came with it.    1    to the flower shop were always useless---it was a cash    2    . After a while I stopped trying to   3     who the sender was and just delighted in the beautiful and perfume of the white flower. But I never    4    imagining who the sender might be. Some of my   5     moments were spent daydreaming about it.

My mother asked me whether there was someone for whom I had done a(n)    6    kindness who might be showing    7     . Perhaps the neighbor I helped when she was    8    a car full of groceries. Or maybe it was the old man    9    the street whose mail I helped to get during the    10    so he wouldn’t have to venture down his icy step. As a teenager,     11   , I had more fun guessing that it might be a  12    who had noticed me    13    I didn’t know him.

One month before my high school graduation, my father died of a heart attack. He was    14    some of the most important events in my life. I became completely    15    in my upcoming graduation and the dance. When my father died, I    16    the dance and the dress for it. The day before the dance, I found a dress on the sofa. I didn’t   17     if I had a new dress or not, but my mother did.

She wanted her children to feel   18     and lovable, imaginative, believing that there was a    19    in the world and beauty in the face of hard times. Actually mother wanted her children to see themselves much like the gardenia-lovely,    20    and perfect. The gardenia stopped coming when my mother died.

1. A. Calls            B. Quarrels         C. Messages         D. Letters

2. A. service          B. deal             C. bargain           D. offer

3. A .recognize        B. imagine          C. wonder           D. discover

4. A. failed           B. stopped          C. succeeded         D. enjoyed

5. A. saddest          B. painful          C. happiest           D. loneliest

6. A. special          B. common         C. valuable           D. important

7. A. concern          B. attitude          C. interest            D. appreciation

8. A. repairing         B. washing          C. unloading          D. starting

9. A. across           B. through          C. from              D. onto

10.A. spring            B. summer         C. autumn            D. winter

11. A. though          B. anyway           C. therefore          D. indeed

12. A. friend           B. superman         C. teacher            D. boy

13. A .as if             B. even though       C. in case            D. so that

14. A. considering       B. expecting         C. missing           D. preparing

15. A. disappointed      B. uninterested       C. discouraged        D. concentrated

16.A. forgot           B. lost               C. hated             D. expected

17. A. wonder          B. believe           C. care              D. know

18. A. contented        B. respected          C. thanked           D. loved

19. A. trouble          B. magic            C. tragedy            D. comedy

20. A. strong           B. beautiful          C. smelly            D. lucky

She looks forward every spring to ________ the flower-lined garden.

A. visit      B. paying a visit    C. walk in     D. walking in

假定你是李华，希望通过外籍教师Peter找一个英语笔友。请写一封短信，描述一下你理想中笔友的条件，并说明为什么选这样的笔友。具体条件包括：

年龄；

性别；

爱好（旅游、运动、宠物等）。

注意：1．词数100 左右；

     2． 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

     3． 开头语已为你写好。

Dear Peter,

I am writing to ask whether you are able to do me a favor.

                                             Best regards,

                                             Li Hua

No bread eaten by man is as good as ________ got by his own labor.

A. one         B. that               C. it          D. those

Years of hard work ___ his character.

  A. built       B. increased         C.raised         D. made

Tom’t uncle must be an engineer, ____?

  A. mustn’t he    B. can't he   C.isn’t he    D.needn’t he

---Go now?

--- It's too late; tomorrow will be a _________time for you to visit them.

A. better           B. good          C. best          D. More

The meal over, the managers went back to the meeting room to ______ their discussion.

  A. put away        B. take down    C. look over       D. carry on

When　he　realized　the　police　had　spotted　him，the　man＿＿the　exit　as　quickly　as　possible．

A)made　off　         B)made　for　        C)made　out　     D)made　up

--- How did you find your visit to the museum, John?

   　--- ______

   　A. By taking a No. 3 bus.   

     B. Oh, wonderful, indeed.

　   C. I went there alone.   

　   D. A classmate of mine showed me the way.