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I was nine when my father first sent me flowers.I had been taking tap dancing(踢踏舞)lessons for six months,and the school was givi
I was nine when my father first sent me flowers.I had been taking tap dancing(踢踏舞)lessons for six months,and the school was givi
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I was nine when my father first sent me flowers.I had been taking tap dancing(踢踏舞)lessons for six months,and the school was giving its yeady recital.As an excited member of the beginners’chorus line,I was aware of my lowly status.
So it was a surprise to have my name called out at the end of the show along with the lead dancers and to find my arms full of long-stemmed red roses.I can still feel myself standing on that stage,blushing furiously and gazing over the footlights to see my father’s grin as he applauded loudly.
Those roses were the first in a series of large bouquets(花束,宴会)that accompanied all the milestones in my life.They brought a sense of embarrassment.I enjoyed them.but was flustered by the extravagance.
Not my father.He did everything in a big way.If you sent him to the bakery for a cake.he came back with three.Once,when mother told him I needed a new party dress,he brought horne a dozen.
His behavior often left us without funds for other more important things.After the dress incident,there was no money for the winter coat I really needed——or the new ice skates I wanted.
Sometimes I would be angry with him,but not for long.Inevitably he would buy me something to make up with me.The gift was so apparently an offering of love he could not verbalize that I would throw my arlTlS around him and kiss him—an act that undoubtedly perpetuated(保持)his behavior.
Then came my 16th birthday.It was not a happy occasion.I was fat and had no boyfriend.And my well—meaning parents furthered my misery by giving me a party.As I entered the dining room,there on the table next to my cake was a huge bouquet of flowers,bigger than any before.
I wanted to hide. Now everyone would think my father had sent flowers because I had no boyfriend
to do
it .Sweet 16,and I felt like crying.I probably would have,but my best friend.Phyllis,whispered,“Boy,you’re lucky to have a father like that”.
As the years passed,other occasions birthdays,recitals,awards,graduations—were marked with Dad’s flowers.My emotions continued to seesaw between pleasure and embarrassment.
When I graduated from college,though,my days of ambi valence(矛盾情绪)were 0ver.1 was embarking on a new career and was engaged to be married.Dad’s flowers symbolized his pride,and my triumph.They evoked only great pleasure.
Now there were bright—orange mums for Thanksgiving and a huge pink poinsettia at Christmas.White lilies at Easter,and velvety red roses for birthdays.Seasonal f10wers in mixed bouquets celebrated the births of my children and the move to our first house.
As my fortunes grew,my father’s waned,but his gifts of flowers continued until he died 0f a heart attack a few months before his 70th birthday.Without embarrassment,I covered his coffin with the largest,reddest roses I could find.
Often in the dozen years since,I felt an urge to go out and buy a big bouquet to fill the living room,but I never did.I knew it would not be the same.
Then one birthday,the doorbell rang.I was feeling blue because I was alone.My husband was playing golf,and my two daughters were away.My 13一year.old son,Matt,had run out earlier with a see you later”,never mentioning my birthday.So 1 was surprised to see his large frame at the door.“Forgot my key,”he said,shrugging.“Forgot your birthday too.Well,I hope you like flowers,Mum.”He pulled a bunch of daisies from behind his back.
“Oh,Matt,”I cried,hugging him hard.“I love flowers!”
Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?
选项
A、The writer received her father’s flowers for the first time at the age of nine.
B、The father bought her gifts when she got angry with him.
C、The father’s flowers always made the writer happy but embarrassed.
D、The writer came to realize that her father loved her very much.
答案
B
解析
从文章第一句话可以明显知道选项A正确;根据文章第三段“They brought a sense of embarrassment.I enjoyed them,but was flustered by the extravagance”,可知收到那些鲜花,“我”的心情总是很矛盾:既高兴,又有些不自在。喜爱鲜花,可又为这种奢侈而不安,因此C项正确;根据第六段“The gift was so apparently an offering of love he could not verbalize that I would throw my arms around him and kiss him”,可知作者渐渐明白父亲一直用鲜花表达他不善言辞的爱。文中提到当她生日、演出、获奖、毕业的时候都会得到父亲送的花,但没说她生气时父亲会送她,所以选项B不正确。
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