最后的生日
When I was approaching 50， I announced to my three grown children that I no longer wanted to celebrate my birthday and that they could phone me instead of sending a gift. At first they protested， but finally they agreed to go along with my wish. So when the doorbell rang on the morning of my birthday， I was surprised to see the florist delivering a huge， beautiful plant. Suddenly， without a word， she rushed back to the truck and ， with a sad look， turned once to glance at me. Puzzled， I read the card attached to the plant： “To Mom-with lots of love-on your very last birthday.
Notes：
（1） approach v. 接近 （4） florist n.花商；經營花卉業者
（2） protest v.反對 （5） glance at瞥視；匆匆一看
（3） go along with 同意 （6） attach v.附上；系上
Exercises：
根據短文判斷下列句子正（T）、誤（F）：
① The mother was more than 50 when she decided that she no longer wanted to celebrate her birthday.
② She still hoped that her children could send her gifts.
③ The mother was very glad to see the florist delivering a huge， beautiful plant.
④ The florist felt sad because she thought that the woman was going to die.
⑤ The florist mistook the meaning of the words on the card.
最后的生日
接近五十歲的時候，我對我的三個成年孩子宣布說我不再想慶祝我的生日，并說他們可以給我打電話，不要再送禮物。開始他們反對，但終于他們同意隨我愿。所以我生日那天早上門鈴響的時候，我驚奇地發現花店營業員送來一束又大又美的鮮花。突然她一聲不響地跑回到車上，并回過頭來悲哀地看了我一眼。我感到納悶，我看了一下花上的卡片，上面寫著：“獻給媽媽――無盡的愛――在您最后的生日里。”
練習參考答案：
①F②F③F④T⑤T
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