备战天津2023英语高考训练之完形填空50篇其三

备战天津2023英语高考训练之完形填空50篇其三 21 From the age of 13，I always received a bunch of sunflowers as a birthday gift.With no card or note，I （1） ______ who sent me the flowers.After a while，I（2） ______ discovering the sender's （3） ______ and just delighted in the beauty and （4） ______ of them.But I never stopped （5） ______ the giver.As a teenager，I imagined that it might be a （6） ______ who had noticed and loved me（7） ______ .I had even been （8） ______ someone wonderful but too（9） ______ to make known his name. When I was 17，a boy （10） ______ my heart.One morning when I awoke，I saw a（11） ______ on my mirror in red lipstick： "If we let sadness go，happiness will surely come to you." And I（12） ______ the quotation where my mother had written it （13） ______ my heart healed.When I finally wiped it away，my mother knew everything was all right again. One month before my high-school graduation，my father died of a heart attack.I became completely uninterested in everything，even my graduation ceremony.But my mother，in the midst of her own （14） ______ ，would not let me （15） ______ any of those things.The day before my father died，my mother and I had gone shopping for a dress and （16） ______ a spectacular one for my ceremony，which made me feel like a princess，but it was the wrong size.When my father died the next day，I forgot about the （17） ______ . My mother didn't.The day before the ceremony，I noticed that dress—in the（18） ______ size，lying over the sofa.It was presented to me—I didn't （19） ______ whether I had a new dress or not.But my mother did. My mother died ten days after I got married.I was 22.That was the year the sunflowers （20） ______ coming. (1) A. recommended B. believed C. wondered D. prayed (2) A. gave up B. held back C. came across D. discussed about (3) A. secret. B. identity C. address D. favour (4) A. perfume B. shape C. prize D. appearance (5) A. protecting B. missing C. supporting D. guessing (6) A. friend B. boy C. owner D. neighbor (7) A. publicly B. secr