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Mom was diagnosed with Stage 4 lung cancer in November, 2015. The doctor told me he was afraid the next Christmas would be her __1__ one. After getting the news, I wondered what __2__ I could possibly give her to show her how much I __3__ her. Then an idea hit me. I could give her a caring __4__ shower. I put a note in my Christmas cards, asking friends to send Mom and Dad cards to make them __5__.
Well, my little idea spread __6__ thanks to my daughter and social media. She posted the __7__ for cards on her Facebook page. In turn, her friends picked up the idea and __8__ it with their friends.
Near the end of November, I asked Mom __9__ she had been getting any Christmas cards. She said she had got a few. Well, the flood __10__ in early December. Some days the mail carrier delivered a bag of cards to my parents' front door because he couldn't fit them into their __11__.
My husband and I live about a hundred miles from my parents and we __12__ them every week after Mom was diagnosed with cancer. Mom __13__ the cards she received each week so that I could __14__ them, too.We would sit at the kitchen table, and she'd __15__ every card, often saying how __16__ they were.Sometimes Mom had to __17__ because there were too many cards for her to read at a time.
__18__，Mom passed away in early March, 2016.I __19__ when I remember her opening the cards and her total delight while enjoying strangers'__20__.
作者发动朋友给肺癌晚期的妈妈寄卡片，结果卡片如雪花般飞来。来自陌生人的问候温暖了妈妈在人世最后的日子。
1．A.noisiest B．worst
C．shortest D．last
答案：D
解析：根据“Stage 4 lung cancer”可知，医生担心作者的妈妈下一个圣诞节会是她的最后(last)一个。
2．A.medicine B．wish
C．gift D．advice
答案：C
解析：根据语境圣诞节要到了，作者想着该送她妈妈什么礼物(gift)。
3．A.needed B．understood
C．loved D．respected
答案：C
解析：作者是想送一个能表达她很爱(love)妈妈的礼物。
4．A.flower B．book
C．phone D．card
答案：D
解析：根据下文可知，作者想让妈妈沐浴在关爱的卡片(card)中。
5．A.thankful B．happy
C．beautiful D．lovely
答案：B
解析：作者希望通过这种方式可以让她的父母高兴(happy)。
6．A.widely B．slowly
C．carefully D．formally
答案：A
解析：根据后文卡片如雪花般寄来的语境可知，作者的这个想法传播得很广(widely)。
7．A.request B．reason
C．exchange D．charge
答案：A
解析：作者的女儿在Facebook上请求(request)大家给作者的妈妈寄卡片。
8．A.competed B．enjoyed
C．shared D．compared
答案：C
解析：根据后文很多人给妈妈寄来卡片可知，那些朋友又跟他们的朋友分享(share)了那个主意。
9．A.when B．how
C．why D．if
答案：D
解析：根据“She said she had got a few.”可知，作者问她妈妈是否(if)收到了卡片。
10．A.remained B．struggled
C．continued D．began
答案：D
解析：根据“Some days the mail carrier delivered a bag of cards...”可知，这里是指卡片真正开始(begin)大量寄来的是在十二月初。
11．A.house B．mailbox
C．toolbox D．office
答案：B
解析：根据“delivered a bag of cards to my parents' front door”可推知，因为爸妈的邮筒(mailbox)已经装不下了，所以邮差才把一袋卡片放到前门。
12．A.visited B．invited
C．missed D．called
答案：A
解析：根据后文作者跟妈妈一起看卡片可知，作者每周去看望(visit)她父母一次。
13．A.sent B．decorated
C．saved D．wrote
答案：C
解析：妈妈把那些卡片都保留(save)了起来，因此作者可以看到。
14．A.learn B．answer
C．post D．see
答案：D
解析：根据上题解析可知选see。
15．A.buy B．copy
C．read D．play
答案：C
解析：作者的妈妈很喜欢那些卡片，每一张她都会读(read)。
16．A.hardworking B．heartwarming
C．expensive D．strange
答案：B
解析：这些卡片都是关爱妈妈的卡片，所以妈妈觉得它们很暖心(heartwarming)。hardworking“勤勉的”。
17．A.rest B．cry
C．walk D．sigh
答案：A
解析：根据“because there were too many cards for her to read at a time.”可知，妈妈一次要读太多的卡片，所以她读一些后需要休息(rest)一会儿。
18．A.Suddenly B．Honestly
C．Sadly D．Clearly
答案：C
解析：根据“Mom passed away in early March,2016.”可知应选C项。
19．A.agree B．regret
C．worry D．smile
答案：D
解析：作者的妈妈很喜欢那些卡片，作者向她表达了对她的爱，所以每当回想起妈妈看那些卡片时高兴的神情时，作者都会微笑(smile)。
20．A.kindness B．happiness
C．praise D．coldness
答案：A
解析：作者的妈妈看那些卡片很高兴，是因为她感受到了来自陌生人的善良(kindness)。
