动词填空:    I bought a jasmine（茉莉花） plant for my office. When I bought i

动词填空:

   I bought a jasmine（茉莉花） plant for my office. When I bought it， I 1.__________(tell) it would bloom（开花） and the sweet smell 2._________(fill) my office. I had the plant for two months， and every day I looked at it， but there 3.__________( be not) any flowers or pleasant smell. I was not happy， so I gave the plant to my friend Linda.

　　One day， another friend Mary called and 4._________( invite) me to her office. When I walked in， her jasmine flowers surprised me. I reached out 5.___________(touch) the flowers. Mary cut some and gave them to me. I couldn't help smelling them. Surrounded by the sweet smell of only a handful of these flowers， I suddenly 6______(understand) something.

　　Mary bought her plant the same time I did. It took a year for her jasmine 7.___________(bloom). I was so impatient for mine to bloom； regretfully， I gave it away.

　　In a way my life is like the jasmine plant. I need 8. _______(be) patient and let things happen.

Last Sunday Linda told me that she 9._________(go) abroad the next week. Before she left， she returned the plant to me. This time I am going to wait. 

I 10____________(learn) that when we want something in our life， we have to be patient. I am slowly learning to have that patience to wait for my jasmine to bloom.

1. was told  2.would fill   3.weren’t   4.invited   5. to touch

6.understood  7.to bloom 8. to be  9. would go 10. have learned