完形填空（共20 小题，每小题1 分, 满分20分）
Returning from a trip overseas, I sensed that something was wrong between Keith, one of my two sons, and me. So I asked him, “Keith, have I done anything that really
41 your feelings?”
Immediately, he said, “Yes, last Christmas you promised us a special
42 that I really wanted but you
43 gave it to me.”
The
44 was that I’d completely forgotten about it. I
45 , “Is there anything else I’ve done wrong, but I haven’t apologized
46 ?”
Again, his
47 was immediate, “Remember last Christmas when Mom said you had to go to the
48 because Kate, my little sister, was going to be born? You left us at home and
49 in a hurry. Remember?”“Well, you left and forgot the suitcase.” I couldn’t believe he
50 all the details! “After you came back from the hospital you were
51 to see the suitcase had been opened and
52 had been thrown all over the place, and then you
53 me.”
“And you didn’t do it?” I asked.
“No, I didn’t. I was just searching for my gift.”
My heart sank. I felt
54 . I hugged Keith and asked him to
55 me. His honesty made me think of my other son, Kevin. Maybe I’d hurt his feelings, too. I went to ask him the
56 question. Kevin answered as immediately as his
57 , “Last Christmas you promised us a special toy, but you forget about it.”
58 Christmas had passed, I took my two sons to the store that day and bought them what I had promised. The
59 thing wasn’t the toy. The problem was that I’d made a promise too
60 and didn’t keep it as their mother.
| 小题1: | | A．showed | B．hurt | C．attended | D．expressed |
|
| 小题2: | | A．candy | B．book | C．picture | D．toy |
|
| 小题3: | | A．never | B．often | C．always | D．ever |
|
| 小题4: | | A．challenge | B．message | C．idea | D．fact |
|
| 小题5: | | A．complained | B．apologized | C．continued | D．explained |
|
| 小题7: | | A．suggestion | B．answer | C．memory | D．blame |
|
| 小题8: | | A．hospital | B．church | C．school | D．garden |
|
| 小题9: | | A．settled down | B．went on | C．set off | D．got up |
|
| 小题10: | | A．knew | B．imagined | C．discovered | D．remembered |
|
| 小题11: | | A．angry | B．worried | C．happy | D．satisfied |
|
| 小题12: | | A．nothing | B．somebody | C．everything | D．nobody |
|
| 小题13: | | A．praised | B．punished | C．helped | D．educated |
|
| 小题14: | | A．terrible | B．hopeless | C．inspired | D．encouraged |
|
| 小题15: | | A．support | B．criticize | C．suspect | D．forgive |
|
| 小题16: | | A．easy | B．direct | C．same | D．funny |
|
| 小题17: | | A．mother | B．brother | C．sister | D．father |
|
| 小题18: | | A．Though | B．Because | C．Since | D．Until |
|
| 小题19: | | A．strange | B．interesting | C．important | D．difficult |
|
| 小题20: | | A．lightly | B．rudely | C．equally | D．truly |
|