阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。
Mary had her own special kind of joy, and she knew exactly how to spread it around. She lifted children from 31 into laughter, love, and belonging. Each time she found a new 32 for a child, she gave the family one of her little homemade paper roses. It had become a 33 for her, and the families didn't ever forget it.
One evening, Mary was 34 a meeting for adoptive parents. One of the 35 fathers stood up to introduce himself. But before he spoke, he reached into his coat pocket and held up a 36 , red paper rose.
“Twenty years ago today, I felt alone and 37 . I didn't know the talents inside me or what was possible for me.
Then Mary 38 two wonderful people into my life. They taught me what it was like to feel 39 . They not only loved me 40 . They opened a world of 41 that I didn't know existed. My new parents told me, ‘Reach for your dreams!’
I did, and today I'm 42 to be giving that chance to a child who 43 just like me. My mother gave me this little rose. By now, all of you 44 where she got it so long ago.
Mary sent me a new rose just yesterday. And my new rose 45 a new spring, a beautiful new 46 for my own little girl. It 47 me to show her what unconditional love is, and to teach her to reach for her own beautiful dreams.
Thank you, Mary, for the special little things like roses that 48 our lives together. And thank you for all you've done for me and so many families over the years!”
One brief even can send our spirits soaring or 49 us in quiet to ponder a new beginning. 50 it is also the very small things, like Mary's roses, that tie together the meaningful things.
A. poverty B. loneliness C. misery D. suffering
A. home B. place C. school D. life
A. glory B. favor C. habit D. tradition
A. organizing B. planning C. hosting D. attending
A. new B. grateful C. kind D. active
A. broken B. faded C. treasured D. dried
A. tasteless B. powerless C. priceless D. worthless
A. directed B. introduced C. brought D. accepted
A. loved B. protected C. cared D. cheered
A. silently B. continuously C. unintentionally D. unconditionally
A. necessities B. possibilities C. beauties D. riches
A. eager B. willing C. proud D. lucky
A. started out B. came up C. turned out D. grew up
A. understand B. guess C. tell D. know
A. replaces B. symbolizes C. equals D. creates
A. chance B. mystery C. challenge D. beginning
A. reminds B. helps C. accompanies D. drives
A. fix B. close C. tie D. gather
A. cause B. push C. put D. leave
A. Yet B. Besides C. Otherwise D. Therefore