The family had just moved. The young woman was feeling a little __1__. It was Mother’s Day – and 800 miles separated her from her parents. She had called them that morning, and her mother had __2__ how colorful their backyard was __3__ spring had arrived. Later, she told her husband how she __4__ those lilacs (丁香花) in her parents’ yard. “I know where we can find some,” he said. “Get the __5__ and come on.” So off they went. Some time later, they stopped at a hill and there were lilacs all round. The young woman rushed up to the nearest __6__ and buried her face in the flowers. Carefully, she __7__ some. Finally, they returned to their car for the __8__ home. The woman sat smiling, surrounded by her __9__. When they were near home, she shouted “Stop,” got out quickly and __10__ to a nearby nursing home. She went to the end of the porch (门廊), where a(n) __11__ patient was sitting in her wheelchair, and put the flowers into her lap. The two __12__, bursting into laughter now and then. Later the young woman turned and ran back to her __13__. As the car pulled away, the woman in the wheelchair __14__ with a smile, and held the lilacs __15__. “Mom,” the kids asked, “__16__ did you give her our flowers?”“It is Mother’s Day, and she seems so __17__while I have all of you. And anyone would be __18__ by flowers.” This satisfied the kids, but not the husband. The next day he __19__ some young lilacs around their yard. I was the husband. Now, every May, our yard is full of lilacs. Every Mother’s Day our kids __20__ purple lilacs. And every year I remember that smile of the lonely old woman. And that has become a lasting touching memory of my life.
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小题1:D
小题2:C
小题3:A
小题4:A
小题5:B
小题6:A
小题7:B
小题8:C
小题9:C
小题10:D
小题11:B
小题12:D
小题13:A
小题14:B
小题15:D
小题16:A
小题17:C
小题18:D
小题19:C
小题20:B
题目分析：本文主要讲了一家人对紫丁香的回忆。如今，每年五月, 每逢母亲节，作者的孩子都要采摘紫丁香花束。每年作者都会记起那位孤独的老太太脸上露出的笑容，那是妻子善良的体现。
小题1:根据It was Mother’s Day – and 800 miles separated her from her parents.故选D，depressed沮丧的。
小题2:这里想说随后，她的母亲向她提起，因为春天已经来临，所以院子里的色彩是多么绚丽。故选C，mentioned提到。
小题3:这里想说随后，她的母亲向她提起，因为春天已经来临，所以院子里的色彩是多么绚丽，故选A，now that 既然。
小题4:这里想说后来，她向丈夫说起她是如何怀念那些紫丁香时，故选A，missed想念。
小题5: 根据“Mom,” the kids asked，故选B。
小题6:根据Some time later, they stopped at a hill and there were lilacs all round.故选A，bush灌木丛。
小题7:这里想说她小心翼翼的摘下一些，故选B。
小题8:这里想说然而，他们终于还是返回了汽车，走上了回家的路。故选C，trip旅游，出行。
小题9:根据Carefully, she picked some，故选C。
小题10:这里想说女士就已经下了车，匆匆走向附近的一家疗养院，故选D，hurried
匆忙地。
小题11:这里想表达那个年轻女人走到门廊的尽头，只见那里有一个上了年纪的病人正坐在轮椅里，故选B，elderly上了年纪的。
小题12:这里想表达两个人聊了一会儿，都兴高采烈，故选D，chatted聊天。
小题13:这里想表达随后,那个年轻女人转身跑回到家人的身边，故选A，family家人。
小题14:这里想表达当汽车开动时，坐在轮椅里的那个女人挥动着手，手里紧紧地握着那束紫丁香花，故选B，waved挥手。
小题15:这里想表达当汽车开动时，坐在轮椅里的那个女人挥动着手，手里紧紧地握着那束紫丁香花，故选D，tightly紧紧地。
小题16:这里想表达"妈妈，"孩子们问，"你为什么把我们的花送给她？"，故选A。
小题17:这里想表达但今天是母亲节，她看起来是那么孤独，故选C，alone孤独的。
小题18:这里想表达鲜花会给任何人带来好心情。故选D，cheered使……高兴。
小题19:根据I was the husband. Now, every May, our yard is full of lilacs.故选C，grew种植。
小题20:这里想说每逢母亲节，我们的孩子都要采撷紫丁香花束。故选B，gather采摘。
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