“What’s the matter, mum?” As soon as I enter the door, I find that my mother is 26 . It’s unusual, she usually 27 the door and welcomes me with a smile! “She’s dying,” mum says sadly. I 28 what she says. The tulip (郁金香), mother’s 29 is dying. A month ago, we moved 30 our new house and mum bought a very beautiful tulip. Mum liked it very much. 31 she was free, she would sit 32 her armchair beside the tulip and enjoys its beautiful colour 33 inviting smell. She treated it like a baby and looked after it 34 . She put the tulip by window and moved it from one place to 35 to give the tulip enough sunshine. The first thing she did when she 36 every morning was 37 the tulip, Mum also fertilized (施肥) it many times. She hoped that with great care, the tulip would become more and more beautiful and 38 . But the tulip was dying 39 too much sunshine, water and fertilizer. It’s true that mother loved the tulip. But this kind of love can be ___40___.Love can sometimes kill what you love. 小题1: A．happy B．unhappy C．pleased D．pleasure 小题2: A．closes B．opens C．keeps D．takes 小题3: A．know B．love C．think D．find 小题4: A．favourite B．hate C．unlike D．like 小题5: A．into B．around C．across D．with 小题6: A．Though B．Because C．After D．Whenever 小题7: A．at B．in C．on D．under 小题8: A．but B．and C．for D．or 小题9: A．happily B．brightly C．carefully D．usually 小题10: A．other B．place C．two places D．another 小题11: A．got up B．made the bed C．played piano D．washed her face 小题12: A．to take B．to cut C．to water D．to pull 小题13: A．dry B．strong C．wet D．old 小题14: A．because B．for C．since D．because of 小题15: A．helpful B．useful C．harmful D．hopeful