【題目】My mother loves flowers. As soon as warm weather comes around, you will find her planting, watering and weeding over everything .For many years we lived next door to each other, and she spent as much time in my garden as she did her own. After the flowers became plentiful each summer, she would cut colorful bouquets(花束)to enjoy inside the house—both hers and mine . I would often come home from work and find a beautiful arrangement(布置)of fresh flowers on my coffee table.

Shortly before Christmas one year, a local flower shop offered a bouquet-a-month special. It seemed to be a great way to thank her for all of the flowers she had given me through the years.

After the holidays, in early January, I drove her to the flower shop to pick up her first month’s bouquet. the small fresh colorful bouquet would hardly fill a small vase(花瓶).

I was so embarrassed(尷尬的).However, after we returned home, she began to arrange the flowers she had received.“Mom, I’m sorry, ”I told her.“I can’t believe how skimpy that bouquet is.”She looked at me and smiled.“It’s okay,”she said“It allows me to better enjoy the beauty of each one.”

Mom’s words helped me to realize something bigger and more important—when we have too many good things, we often fail to enjoy the beauty of each one.

Thanks, Mom ,for helping me understand that less is sometimes more.

【1】According to paragraph 1 ,which of the following is TRUE?

A. The author’s mother put fresh flowers on the author’s coffee table.

B. The author used to buy some fresh flowers on her way home.

C. The author’s mother usually bought flowers for her daughter.

D. The author and her mother shared a beautiful garden.

【2】The author bought her mother flowers to_______.

A. celebrate the coming Christmas

B. express thanks for all her mother’s done

C. bring more flowers to her mother’s garden

D. arrange her mother’s new house

【3】The underlined word“skimpy”in Paragraph 4 means_______.

A. beautiful B. colorful C. cheap D. small

【4】What did the author learn from her mother?

A. How to grow flowers.

B. How to arrange flowers

C. Enjoying life if possible

D. Considering things in other ways.

【答案】

【1】A

【2】B

【3】B

【4】D

【解析】

試題解析：本文講的是媽媽跟女兒之間的故事，本來媽媽在她跟女兒的院子里種了花，并用花女兒裝飾了房子，女兒為感謝媽媽而去花店為媽媽買了一束花，但是這一束花太少了，女兒對媽媽感到抱歉，但是媽媽卻教給女兒一個(gè)道理；有時(shí)候有些東西不是越多越好，數(shù)量少一點(diǎn)，對個(gè)體的關(guān)注就多一些。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。第一段最后一句 I would often come home from work and find a beautiful arrangement of fresh flowers on my coffee table.我每次放學(xué)回家，總會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)咖啡桌上布置了漂亮的花束�？梢娛撬龐寢屧谒淖雷由戏畔逻@些花的。故選A

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。第二段第一句話It seemed to be a great way to thank her for all of the flowers she had given me through the years.這似乎是個(gè)感謝媽媽這些年為她所做的好機(jī)會(huì)。故選B

【3】細(xì)節(jié)分析題。第三段最后一句the small fresh colorful bouquet would hardly fill a small vase.小花束很難填滿這個(gè)小花瓶。她感到很窘迫，因?yàn)樗杏X到自己松的花束太小了，這里根本沒有提及價(jià)格。Skimpy，就是瘦小的。故選D

【4】推測題。作者開始覺得自己的花束小而感到尷尬，在聽了媽媽的話之后，從另一個(gè)角度看，發(fā)現(xiàn)每一朵都很美，所以從媽媽身上學(xué)會(huì)了換一個(gè)方式看問題。故選D

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