The family had just moved. The young woman was feeling a little__31__. It was Mother's Day — and 800 miles separated her from her parents.
She had called them that morning, and her mother had__32__ how colorful their backyard was__ 33__ spring had arrived. Later, she told her husband how she__34__ those lilacs（丁香）in her parents' yard. “I know where we can find some,” he said. “Get the__35__ and come on.” So off they went.
Some time later, they stopped at a hill and there were lilacs all round. The young woman rushed up to the nearest__ 36__ and buried her face in the flowers. Carefully, she__37__ some. Finally, they returned to their car for the__38__ home. The woman sat smiling, surrounded by her__39__.
When they were near home, she shouted “stop,” got off quickly and__40__ to a nearby nursing home. She went to the end of the porch(门廊), where a(n)__41__ patient was sitting in her wheelchair, and put the flowers into her lap. The two__42__, bursting into laughter now and then. Later the young woman turned and ran back to her__43__. As the car pulled away, the woman in the wheelchair__44__ with a smile, and held the lilacs__45__.
“Mom,” the kids asked, “__46___ did you give her our flowers?” “It is Mother's Day, and she seems so__47__ while I have all of you. And anyone would be__48__ by flowers.”
This satisfied the kids, but not the husband. The next day he__49__ some young lilacs around their yard.
I was the husband. Now, every May, our yard is full of lilacs. Every Mother's Day our kids__50__ purple lilacs. And every year I remember that smile of the lonely old woman.
31. A. depressed B. worried C. angry D. moved
32. A. learned B. mentioned C. imagined D. realized
33. A. as if B. so that C. now that D. even if
34. A. watered B. grew C. missed D. showed
35. A. cars B. clothes C. kids D. lilacs
36. A. door B. hill C. yard D. bush
37. A. bought B. raised C. set D. picked
38. A. trip B. holiday C. break D. dinner
39. A. friends B. memory C. flowers D. honor
40. A. pointed B. responded C. hurried D. drove
41. A. loving B. sensitive C. serious D. elderly
42. A. hesitated B. waited C. sat D. chatted
43. A. path B. mother C.family D. home
44. A. nodded B. left C. waved D. continued
45. A. sadly B. tightly C quickly D. politely
46. A. why B. when C. how D. where
47. A. quiet B. alone C. confused D. patient
48. A. cheered B. persuaded C. disappointed D. calmed
49. A. arranged B. dried C. hid D.planted
50. A. find B. receive C. gather D. sell