第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I’ve loved my mother’s desk since I was just tall enough to see above the top of it as mother sat doing letters. Standing by her chair, looking at the ink bottle, pen, and white paper, I decided that the act of ___21___ must be the most ___22___ thing in the world.
Years later, during her final illness, mother ___23__ different things for my sister and brother. “But the ___24___”, she said, “is for Elizabeth”.
I never saw her angry, and never saw her cry. I knew she ___25___ me, she showed it in action. But ___26___ a young girl, I wanted heart-to-heart talks ___27___ mother and daughter. They never happened. And a gulf(深渊) opened between us. I was “too emotional”. ___28___ she lived “on the surface”.
As years passed and I graduated from college, I loved my mother and I wrote to her in ___29__ words and asked her to let me know in any way she chose that she did ___30___ me.
I posted the letter and waited for her answer. ___31___ came. My hope turned to ___32___, then little interest, finally, peace --- it seemed that nothing happened. I couldn’t be sure that the ___33___ had even got to Mother. I only knew that I had written it, and I could ___34___ trying to make her into someone she was not.
Now the ___35___ of her desk told me, as she’d ___36___ been able to, that she was ___37___ that writing was my chosen work. I ___38___ the desk carefully and found some papers ___39___---- a photo of my father and a one-page letter, folded and refolded many times.
“Give me an answer”, my letter asks, “in any way you chose”. Mother, you always chose the ___40___ that speaks louder than words.
21. A．Speaking B．writing C．looking D．listening
22. A．Wonderful B．tiring C．funny D. Productive
23. A. bought B. gave C. designed D. kept
24. A. pen B. paper C. chair D. desk
25. A. loved B. disliked C. appreciated D. sympathized
26. A. like B. as C. be D. unlike
27. A. with B. among C. beside D. between
28. A. So B. And C. But D. Or
29. A. careful B. active C. thankful D. serious
30. A. ignore B. accept C. forgive D. dislike
31. A. No one B. None C. Something D. Neither
32. A. surprise B. joy C. disappointment D. happiness
33. A. ides B. information C. news D. letter
34. A. stand B. stop C. continue D. practice
35. A. present B. appearance C. shape D. sight
36. A. always B. ever C. never D. often
37. A. sorry B. encouraged C. regretful D. pleased
38. A. moved B. cleaned C. fixed D. emptied
39. A. inside B. outside C. below D. above
40. A. gesture B. method C. action D. way