II. 完形填空

Coming home from school that dark winter day so long ago, I was filled with excitement of having the weekend off. But I was   31   into stillness by what I saw. Mother, seated at the far end of the sofa, was    32   , with the second--hand green typewriter on the table. She told me that she couldn't    33    fast and then she was out of work. My shock and embarrassment at finding Mother in tears was a perfect proof of how    34    I understood the pressure on her. Sitting beside her on the sofa, I began very slowly to understand. "I guess we all have to   35   something," Mother said quietly. I could   36    her pain and the tension of   37   the strong feeling that were interrupted by my   38    . Suddenly, something inside me lit up. I reached out and put my arms around her. She broke then. She put her face    39   my shoulder and sobbed. I held her   40   and didn't try to talk. I knew I was doing what I should, what I could and that was   41   . At that moment, feeling Mother's   42    with feelings, I understood for the first time her being easy to   43   . She was still my mother,   44   she was something   45    : a person like me, capable of fear,   46   and failure. I could feel her pain as she must have felt mine on a thousand occasions when I sought   47   in her arms.

A week later Mother took a job selling dry goods at half the salary the radio station   48   .

"It's a job I can do, though." She said simply. But the evening practice on the green typewriter continued. I had a very   49   feeling now when I passed her door at night and heard her  50   away across the paper. I knew there was something more going on in there than a woman learning to type.

31. A. fooled  B. tricked       C. puzzled      D. shocked

32. A. crying  B. smiling      C. thinking     D. whispering

33. A. write    B. type    C. run     D. wash

34. A. eagerly B. worriedly   C. hurriedly    D. happily

35. A. fail      B. win     C. forget D. gain

36. A. realize  B. understand  C. sense   D. recognize

37. A. holding back       B. putting away      C. holding on  D. stopping from

38. A. pain     B. laughter     C. arrival D. cry

39. A. by      B. upon   C. beside D. against

40. A. tightly  B. rudely C. carefully    D. politely

41. A. enough B. little   C. all      D. nothing

42. A. hand     B. face    C. hair    D. back

43. A. content B. break  C. fall     D. shout

44. A. therefore      B. although     C. yet      D. however

45. A. more    B. excellent    C. strange       D. huge

46. A. wound  B. pride   C. success       D. hurt

47. A. kindness      B. memory     C. comfort      D. support

48. A. supplied       B. offered       C. paid    D. contributed

49. A. different      B. hard    C. pleasant      D. serious

50. A. crying  B. laughing     C. tapping      D. sewing

Coming home from school that dark winter day so long ago, I was filled with excitement of having the weekend off. But I was   1   into stillness by what I saw. Mother,   2   at the far end of the sofa, was crying, with the secondhand green typewriter on the table. She told me that she couldn’t type fast and then she was fired and   3   off. My shock and embarrassment at finding mother in tears a perfect proof of   4   little I understood the pressure on her. Sitting beside her on the sofa, I began very slowly to understand. “I guess we all have to   5   something,” mother said quietly. I could   6   her pain and the tension of   7   the strong feeling that were interrupted by my   8  . Suddenly, something inside me lit up. I reached out and put my arms around her. She broke then. She put her face   9   my shoulder and sobbed. I held her    10   and didn’t try to talk. I knew I was doing what I should, what I could   11   was enough. At that moment, feeling mother’s   12   with feelings, I understood for the first time her being easy to   13  . She was still my mother,   14   she was something   15  ; a person like me, capable of fear and   16   and failure. I could feel her pain as she must have felt mine on a thousand occasions when I sought   17   in her arms.

A week later mother took a job selling dry goods at half the salary the radio station   18  . “It’s a job I can do, though.” She said simply. But the evening practice on the green typewriter continued. I had a very   19   feeling now when I passed her door at night and heard her   20  . Away across the paper, I knew there was something more going on in there than a woman learning to type.

1．A．tired                     B．ashamed              C．lazy                    D．shocked

1,3,5

2．A．seated                   B．seating                C．sat                      D．was sitting

3．A．lain                       B．laid                     C．lying                   D．lay

4．A．what                     B．such                   C．how                    D．not a

5．A．fail                       B．win                     C．forget                 D．obtain

6．A．kill                        B．watch                 C．sense                  D．recognize

7．A．holding back          B．putting away        C．sitting up             D．stopping from

8．A．pain                      B．laughter               C．arrival                 D．feeling

9．A．to                         B．up                       C．through               D．against

10．A．tightly                 B．thoughtfully         C．carefully              D．politely

11．A．so that                 B．now that              C．but that               D．and that

12．A．hand                   B．face                    C．hair                     D．back

13．A．content               B．break                  C．fall                      D．shout

14．A．therefore             B．although              C．yet                      D．however

15．A．more                   B．excellent              C．strange                D．huge

16．A．wound                B．defeat                  C．cut                     D．hurt

17．A．kindness              B．memory              C．comfort              D．support

18．A．supplied              B．offered                C．paid                    D．contributed

19．A．different              B．hard                    C．pleasant               D．serious

20．A．crying               B．laughing              C．tapping              D．sewing