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A man stopped his car at the door of a flower shop. He planned to order flowers and asked the shopkeeper to deliver (递送) them to his mother, who was far away in the man’s hometown.
The man saw a little girl crying on the road when he was about to enter the shop. The man asked her: “Why are you crying?”
“I want to buy a rose for my mother, but I haven’t got enough money,” said the girl.
The man took the girl’s hand and entered the flower shop. He first ordered the bouquet (花束) for his mother and bought a rose for the girl. 
Walking out of the shop, the man asked the girl if she would like a ride home. 
“Will you really drive me home?” she asked.
“Of course,” the man replied.
“Then drive me to my mother. But the place where my mother lives is very far.”
The man drove along the mountain road and finally came to the cemetery (墓地).
The little girl put the flower onto a new grave. In order to present a rose to her mother who had passed away a month before, she had gone on a very long journey.
The man drove the girl to her home and then returned to the flower shop. He cancelled the bouquet and bought a big bunch of fresh flowers instead. He drove directly to his mother’s home, a five-hour drive from where he was. He would present the flowers to his mother in person.
51. Whom did the man go to a flower shop to order flowers for?
A. His girlfriend.  B. His mother.  C. His wife.   D. A little girl.
52. Why was the little girl crying?
A. She lost her way home.             B. She was late for school. 
C. She couldn’t afford a rose.           D. Her mother died a month ago.
53. What changed the man’s mind?
A. Roses in the shop.                 B. The girl’s behavior. 
C. The girl’s mother.                   D. The shopkeeper.
54. What can we infer from the passage?
A. The man didn’t love his mother.  
B. The man didn’t live very far from his mother. 
C. The little girl loved her mother very much. 
D. The man was a friend of the little girl’s mother’s.
55. What does the story mainly tell us?
A. We should often give flowers to our mothers.  
B. We should help those people who need help.
C. It’s a good idea to deliver flowers to one’s mother. 
D. Expressing our love in person is best.
第二节 任务型阅读：很多人在谈话中喜欢引用名人的话，恰当地使用名言能使你的表达增色不少。请仔细阅读方框中A-E这些名言，然后将它们与56-60题中的话语配对。
56. Sarah: Don’t care too much about what they have said. Tony. ________.
57. Stephen: Thanks for helping me, Amy. ________. I’m proud of having a friend like you.
58. Mr. Lee: Teachers should tell the kids not only what to do, but also how to do that. ________.
59. Alan: Don’t be upset, Jeff. ________. The great success is just in front of you. 
60. Sally: I don’t want to hear the tour guide introduce the paintings in the gallery. ________. Don’t you think so?

A. A friend in need is a friend indeed. 
B. If winter comes, can spring be far behind?
C. Follow your own course(路径), and let people talk. 
D. Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will eat for the rest of his life.
E. Good painting is like good cooking; it can be tasted, but not explained.