My mother loves flowers.As soon as warm weather comes around.you will find her p

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 bouquet­a­month 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 (尴尬的)．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.

46．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

47．What can we infer from the passage?

A．The author couldn’t afford a big bouquet.

B．The mother was not happy when receiving the bouquet.

C．The author would pick up another bouquet the next month.

D．The mother would send back the bouquet to the flower shop.

48．The underlined word “skimpy” in Para.4 means________.

A．beautiful                                             B．colorful 

C．cheap                                                 D．small

49．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.

试题答案

作者给妈妈买了一束鲜花，可是数量太少，连一个小花瓶都装不满，但妈妈却很喜欢。

46．B　细节理解题。根据第二段的a great way to thank her for all of the flowers she had given me through the years可知。   

47．C　推理判断题。由第三段．..to pick up her first month’s bouquet可知，这是第一个月的花，以后作者还会送妈妈花。

48．D　词义猜测题。由第三段的The small fresh colorful  bouquet would hardly fill a small vase可知，那束花连一个小花瓶都装不满，可见花束很小。

49．D　推理判断题。尽管花的数量很少，妈妈却说这样她可以更好地欣赏每一朵花。文章最后一段升华了主题。由此推断作者从她母亲那里学会从另一个角度去看事情。