完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从下列各小题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳 选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
In the doorway of my home, I looked closely at my 23-year-old son, Daniel. In a few hours he would be flying to France to ______a different life. It was a transitional(过渡的)time in Daniel's life. I wanted to______him some words of significance. But nothing came from my lips, and this was not the ______time I had let such moment pass.
When Daniel was five, I took him to the bus stop on his first day of kindergarten. He asked, "What is it going to be like, Dad? Can I do it?" Then he walked ______ the steps of the bus and disappeared ii\side. The bus drove away and I said nothing. A decade later, a similar . ______ played itself out. I drove him to college. As I started to leave, I tried to think of something to say to give him ______and confidence as he started this new stage of life. Again, words
me.
Now, as I stood before him, I thought of those ______opportunities. How many times have I let such moments______ ？ I don't ^nd a quiet moment to tell him what they have ______to me, or, in the years ahead what he might ______to face. Maybe, I thought it was not necessary to say anything.
What does it matter in the course of a lifetime if a father never tells a son what he really thinks of him?
______ as I stood before-Daniel, I knew that it did matter. My father and I loved each other. Yet, I always ______ never in all my life hearing him put his feelings into ______ . Now I could feel my palms sweat and my throat tightien. Why was it so 50 to tell a son something from the heart?
My mouth turned dry，and 1 knew I would he able to get______ only a few words clearly. "Daniel,‘' I said, "if I could have picked, I would have picked von." That's all I could say. He hugged me. For a moment, the
world ______ , and there were just Daniel and me. He was saying something, hut tears misted my eyes, and I couldn't understand what he was saying. All 1 was______of was the stubble (短须）on his chin as his ______pressed against mine. What I had said to Daniel was ______ . It was nothing. And yet, it.was everything.
| 小题1: | | A．experience | B．exj>ress | C．spend | D．shape |
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| 小题3: | | A．last | B．first | C．second | D．next |
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| 小题5: | | A．sign | B．scene | C．scenery | D．sight |
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| 小题6: | | A．interest | B．instruction | C．courage | D．direction |
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| 小题7: | | A．failed | B．discouraged | C．struck | D．troubled |
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| 小题8: | | A．missed | B．embarrassed | C．gone | D．lost |
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| 小题9: | | A．last | B．pass | C．stay | D．remain |
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| 小题10: | | A．counted | B．meant | C．valued | D．earned |
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| 小题11: | | A．think | B．want | C．expect | D．wish |
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| 小题13: | | A．wondered | B．regretted | C．minded | D．tried |
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| 小题14: | | A．arguments | B．attitudes | C．words | D．works |
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| 小题15: | | A．important | B．essential | C．hard | D．complex |
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| 小题17: | | A．disappeared | B．changed | C．progressed | D．advanced |
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| 小题18: | | A．sensitive | B．convinced | C．aware | D．tired |
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| 小题19: | | A．eye | B．face | C．nose | D．forehead |
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| 小题20: | | A．clumsy | B．gentle | C．ridiculous | D．fluent |
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