I was sitting in the surgical waiting area at the hospital waiting for word of my wife's operation. The small room was filled with other families and friends who were
36 waiting to hear how their loved ones were doing.
There was a young boy sitting quietly in the
__37__.He held a small box of
__38__in one hand and a tablet( 写字板)in the other. Every so often he'd place the tablet on his lap and draw something. As the hours passed I began to see the room almost_
_39__.And there was a strange silence.
“Daddy，when is Mommy going home？”the young boy asked，breaking the_
_40__.
“Tomorrow，”his father replied. The boy picked up his crayons and_
_41__something on the tablet.
I _
42__him as he moved his feet back and forth，looking up at the ceiling and then toward the sunshine－filled window.“When's_
_43__，Daddy？”he asked. His father_
_44__him over to sit by him. “Come，
_45__here next to me，”he said with a gentle tone in his voice.
_
_46__his things，the little boy walked slowly to his father's side from the corner.
The man_
47__out and held his son by his shoulders.
“There are three days in life. Yesterday，today and tomorrow. One is over and done，one we live in，the other we_
_48__.We can't live in yesterday，but if we are happy enough today，we will be even happier tomorrow，”he said in an attempt to_
_49__the boy.
The little boy looked at him for a moment and said，“If Mommy is going home tomorrow，I'll be_
_50__. So，I want it to be tomorrow already, Daddy.”
Now hanging on every word of this_
_51__，I leaned forward to hear his response. It was__
52__.
“Son，the one great thing about today is once it_
_53__，it is already almost tomorrow.”
I thought about how_
_54__it was. Even in my adult life. I still live waiting for what tomorrow may_
_55__.Now I know that it is already “almost tomorrow.”
| 小题1: | | A．eagerly | B．patiently | C．happily | D．curiously |
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| 小题2: | | A．chair | B．corner | C．distance | D．shadow |
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| 小题3: | | A．gifts | B．toys | C．chalks | D．crayons |
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| 小题4: | | A．dark | B．full | C．empty | D．clean |
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| 小题5: | | A．promise | B．rule | C．record | D．silence |
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| 小题6: | | A．wrote | B．drew | C．printed | D．carved |
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| 小题7: | | A．followed | B．found | C．watched | D．caught |
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| 小题8: | | A．today | B．yesterday | C．future | D．tomorrow |
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| 小题9: | | A．knocked | B．ordered | C．called | D．pulled |
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| 小题11: | | A．Gathering | B．Forgetting | C．Saving | D．Choosing |
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| 小题12: | | A．got | B．took | C．set | D．reached |
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| 小题13: | | A．spend | B．waste | C．kill | D．expect |
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| 小题14: | | A．frighten | B．satisfy | C．persuade | D．warn |
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| 小题15: | | A．happier | B．calmer | C．smarter | D．sadder |
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| 小题16: | | A．story | B．argument | C．conversation | D．discussion |
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| 小题17: | | A．humorous | B．silly | C．positive | D．perfect |
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| 小题18: | | A．ends | B．starts | C．passes | D．lasts |
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| 小题19: | | A．meaningful | B．important | C．interesting | D．fantastic |
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| 小题20: | | A．happen | B．come | C．bring | D．need |
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