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Mrs. White was wealthy. She lived alone in a large comfortable house where her children and
grandchildren frequently (定期) came to visit her. However she was  1  . She spent a lot of time
thinking about her old age and about her dead husband. Her children  2  about her and asked
Dr. Green to see her.
Mrs. Green was an experienced doctor, She knew old people became sad in their ways and don't
like to be  3  what to do. She decided to get to know Mrs. White before she said anything. During
the visit, Dr. Green asked Mrs. White to give her a  4  of the house. Mrs. White was  5  her house
and happily agreed. As they walked from room to room, Dr. Green noticed that there were a lot of
violets (紫罗兰) in every window. She asked, "Why do you have so many violets?" Mrs. White replied,
"I love these flowers and they grow so fast that I have more and more." When the tour of the house
was over, Dr. Green said "I have one  6  to make. Whenever you  7  a friend or a neighbour that is
ill or getting married, give them one of your violets."
Mrs. White said nothing about the doctor's advice and for a few months  8  the visit, she didn't
give away any of her violets. Then one day she was invited to the  9  of her neighbour's daughter. She
put a ribbon (彩带) on one of her potted (盆栽的) plants and took it to party. Later one of her friends
was sick so she took a violet plant to him in the hospital. Gradually (渐渐地) she began to give more
and more her potted violets to her 10 .
Over the years she 11 so many that she became known as the 12 lady.

(     )1. A. unhappy      (     )2. A. talked        (     )3. A. told           (     )4. A. view            (     )5. A. familiar with   (     )6. A. decision        (     )7. A. watch           (     )8. A. during          (     )9. A. wedding         (     )10. A. grandchildren    (     )11. A. sold out        (     )12. A. first

B. lonely     B. thought    B. invited      B. tour         B. interested in       B. agreement    B. need         B. after         B. lecture      B. children     B. set up       B. famous

C. bored         C. worried        C. ordered         C. sight          C. fond of         C. suggestion       C. want            C. before         C. meeting         C. neighbors      C. kept on         C. violet

D. surprised    D. learned      D.made          D.picture       D. proud of                            D. plan         D. hear         D. until        D. funeral      D. relations    D. gave away    D. helpful

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