第二节 完型填空 阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的[A]、[B]、[C]三个选项中选择能填入相应空白处的最佳

第二节 完型填空

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的[A]、[B]、[C]三个选项中选择能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。

"What’s the matter, mum？"

As soon as I enter the door, I find that my mother is. It’s unusual—she usually【C1】______the door and welcomes me with a smile!

"She’s dying," mum says sadly. I【C2】______what she says. The tulip(郁金香), mother's favorite flower, is dying.

A month ago, we moved【C3】______our new house and mum bought a very beautiful tulip. Mum liked it very much.【C4】______she was free, she would sit in her armchair beside the tulip and enjoy its beautiful color【C5】______inviting smell.

She treated it like a baby and looked after it【C6】______. She put the tulip by the window and moved it from one place to【C7】______to give the tulip enough sunshine. The first thing she did when she【C8】______every morning was to water 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【C9】______. But the tulip was dying because of too much sunshine, water and fertilizer.

It’s true that mother loves the tulip. But this kind of love【C10】______be harmful. Love can sometimes kill what you love.

【C1】

A．closes

B．opens

C．keeps