Question

A man stopped his car at the door of a flower shop. He planned to order flowers and asked the shopkeeper to deliver (遞送) 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.

1.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.

2.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.

3.What changed the man’s mind?

A. Roses in the shop. B. The girl’s behavior.

C. The girl’s mother. D. The shopkeeper.

4.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.

5.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.

Answer 1

1.B

2.C

3.B

4.C

5.D

【解析】

試題分析：文中敘述了一個年輕人原本打算讓花店給自己的母親送花。但是看到一個小女孩為了給去世的母親當面獻上一枝玫瑰花，走了很遠的路途，他深受感動，最后決定自己親自回家，當面把花給自己的母親。

1. planned to order flowers and asked the shopkeeper to deliver (遞送) them to his mother,可知這個男人去花店給他的母親訂花，故選B。

2. want to buy a rose for my mother, but I haven’t got enough money,” said the girl.可知這個小女孩因為買不起一枝玫瑰花而哭，故選C。

3.

4. order to present a rose to her mother who had passed away a month before, she had gone on a very long journey.可知這個小女孩為了給去世的母親送上一枝玫瑰花，走了很遠的路途，因此推斷她非常愛她的母親。故選C。

5. would present the flowers to his mother in person.可知作者將當面把花給他的母親而不是讓花店的人去送花，故推斷本文主要講的是當面表達自己的愛是最好的，故選D。

考點：人生百味類短文閱讀。