阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I had driven home to celebrate my 38th birthday with my mother. When I arrived, I found her___1___ proudly at the kitchen table, a chocolate cake and two boxes wrapped orange ribbon (丝带) in front of her. “Happy birthday!” she said, ___2___at the boxes. “Open them.”
As she knows me better than anyone, she’d gotten me exactly what I wanted-running clothes. I ___3___ her and thanked her and proceeded (接着) to eat the cake.
For me that day came two weeks later, when I drove back for another short visit. I came upon exactly the same ___4___: my mom sitting at the kitchen table; a chocolate cake resting next to two boxes wrapped in curly ribbon. The ribbon was green this time. That was the only ___5___. “Happy birthday!” my mom said.
I was totally ___6___. “What’s going on?” I asked.
Mom smiled. “Can’t I celebrate my daughter’s birthday?”
This was no trick. This was real life, and since my mother clearly only wanted to make me happy, I pushed aside my fear and fulfilled my role as the ___7___ daughter. I hugged her, thanked her and ___8___ the clothes... I did not mention to her that we’d done all this two weeks ago.
My house is her world now. My mother and I have the ___9___ conversation almost 10 times a day. ___10___, I consider it a pleasure, because every minute is new to her.
1. A. cooking B. sitting C. singing D. dancing
2. A. shouting B. running C. buying D. pointing
3. A. paid B. hugged C. comforted D. ignored
4. A. day B. idea C. scene D. celebration
5. A. color B. choice C. attraction D. difference
6. A. moved B. confused C. embarrassed D. excited
7. A. friendly B. successful C. forgetful D. grateful
8. A. admired B. washed C. declined D. wrapped
9. A. previous B. annoying C. only D. same
10. A. Therefore B. Instead C. However D. Moreover
【答案】1. B 2. D 3. B 4. C 5. D 6. B 7. D 8. A 9. D 10. C
