For some time I’ve had a church member provide me with a rose to pin on my suit every Sunday. __1__ I always got a flower on Sunday morning, I really did not__2__ much of it. It was a nice gesture that became__3__. One Sunday, however, what I considered__4__ became very special.
As I was leaving the Sunday service, a little boy__5__ and said, “Sir, what are you going to do with your flower?” “Do you__6__ this?” I said, pointing to the rose pinned to my coat.
He said, “Yes sir. I would like it if you are__7__ going to throw it away.” The little boy said, “Sir, I’m going to give it to my granny. My mother and father got_8__ last year. I was living with my mother, but I could not__9__, so she sent me to live with my grandmother. She has been so good to me that I want to give that pretty flower to her for__10__ me.”
When the little boy finished I could hardly__11__. My eyes filled with tears and I knew I had been touched in the__12__ of my soul. I reached up and__13__ my flower. With the flower in my hand, I looked at the boy and said, “Son, that is the__14__ thing I have ever heard, but you can’t have this flower because it’s not__15__. If you’ll look in front of the platform, you’ll see a big__16__ of flowers. Different families buy them for the__17__ each week. Please take those flowers to your granny because she__18__ the very best.”
If I hadn’t been__19__ enough already, he made one last statement and I will always treasure it. He said, “What a__20__ day! I asked for one flower but got a beautiful bouquet.”
1. A. Because         B. Although    C. If                     D. Once
2. A. speak                   B. think          C. remind              D. care
3. A. rule                     B. practice             C. custom              D. routine
4. A. valuable        B. useless              C. ordinary            D. normal
5. A. approached        B. stopped             C. interrupted D. followed
6. A. notice                  B. see             C. like            D. mean
7. A. always          B. just            C. ever           D. already
8. A. divorced        B. lost            C. disturbed    D. troubled
9. A. stand                    B. understand  C. stay           D. help
10. A. comforting  B. adopting            C. supporting  D. loving
11. A. move          B. speak         C. breathe              D. refuse
12. A. depths         B. back          C. bottom              D. corner
13. A. uncovered           B. unloaded    C. unpinned  D. unwrapped
14. A. sweetest              B. nicest         C. saddest              D. strangest
15. A. real                    B. fresh          C. expensive   D. enough
16. A. pile                    B. bouquest    C. collection   D. chain
17. A. relatives             B. old            C. poor          D. church
18. A. deserves             B. proves        C. sounds              D. matches
19. A. challenged          B. surprised    C. touched             D. taught
20. A. sunny          B. special              C. lucky         D. wonderful