It was Cathy’s birthday last Tuesday. Her husband, Paul, bought her a beautiful ___1___ of flowers with what seemed to be an unusual flower as the center piece. Cathy was delighted ____2__ the flowers. They looked wonderful and smelled wonderful, ___3___. Cathy got very ____4__ when she saw the beautiful flower in the center of the bunch. She bent over to smell it when it seemed to ___5___ her in the nose. Paul was amazed. He become so interested in the flower ___6___ he took it to the botanical garden at Kew to find out about it. An expert examined the flower and told him that it was a king of orchid called a Cymbidium. This flower seizes anything that looks __7____ an insect so that it will carry its pollen. If you try to smell it, the Cymbidium will try to grab your nose! __8____ next time you ____9__ a rare orchid, hold your nose-just in case it proves to be a Cymbidium. It is not as innocent ___10___.
1. A. bunch B. bush C. bundle D. handle
2. A. in B. in C. with D. for
3. A. either B. so C. too D. also
4. A. exciting B. excited C. excite D. excitement
5. A. blow B. beat C. hiss D. hit
6. A. so that B. that C. therefore D. as
7. A. for B. as C. the same D. like
8. A. So B. So that C. However D. Whenever
9. A. like to sniff B. liking to sniff
C. like sniffing D. liking sniffing
10. A. as it seems to be B. like it seems to
C. that it seems to D. than it seems

1 A
2 C
3 C
4 A
5 D
6 B
7 D
8 C
9 C
10 A