第一部分  完形填空

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

 I bought a jasmine(茉莉) plant for my office.When I bought it, someone told me that it would bloom and the sweet smell would __1__ my office. I had the plant for two months, and every day I __2__ it, but there weren’t any flowers __3__ pleasant smell. I was not happy,so I gave the __4__ to my friend Linda.

One day, __5__ friend Mary rang me up and invitedme to her office. __6__ I walked in, her jasmine flowers surprised me. Ireached out to touch the flowers. Mary cut some and gave them to me. I couldn’thelp __7__ them. When I enjoyed the sweet smell of only a handful ofthese flowers, I suddenly understood __8__.

    Mary bought her plant the same time I did.It __9__ a year for her jasmine to bloom. I was so impatient for mine tobloom. I regretted I __10__.

    In a way my life is like the jasmine plant.I need to be patient and let things happen.