完形填空(共20小题；每小题l．5分，满分30分)

  阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(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。

Tears clouded my eyes as I stood in our washing room, holding Brett’s jeans and full of burn holes.

Tired and defeated, I   21   to the floor. The clothes were just one more thing Brett had   22   .He often got almost everything in the house out of    23   .Many windows in our house needed repair due to his breaking   24   to steal money when he chose to live on the street. Yet none of this could compare to the emotional   25         Brett had done to our once quiet home.

Brett came to live with us when he was 12 years old. During the next few years I had dealt with Brett a   26   as possible, but inside I was shouting.“I don’t want him in my house another day, Lord! I just can’t   27   him!” Having wiped my tears, I continued   28   him as before.

When Brett was nearly 18, he landed again in Juvenile Hall(少管所).After that, my husband and I had to send Brett to a boarding school for helping   29   teens.

At the   30   ceremony, each graduate held a white rose to give to the person who had   31   the most to him or her.

Brett spoke   32   to his parents and then spoke to me, “You did so much. You were always there, no matter   33   .My mom and dad, I was their kid. But you,   34         troubled enough by me, always   35   me such love. And I want you to know I love you for it.”

   36   , I stood as Brett placed the white rose in my hand and hugged me   37   .

    At that moment, tears   38   in my eyes again, this time not for disappointment but for   39   . Although I had struggled with silent   40   toward my stepson, Brett had seen only my actions. Love is action. We may not always have positive feelings about certain people in our lives, but we can love them.

21. A. sat   B. sank   C. bent   D. dropped

22. A. ruined   B. lost   C. torn   D. broken

23. A. danger   B. place   C. trouble   D. order

24. A. off   B. in   C. up   D. away

25. A. pain   B. injury   C. damage   D. harm

26. A. patiently   B. willingly   C. strictly   D. rudely

27. A. forgive   B. educate   C. stand   D. control

28. A. parenting   B. pardoning   C. comforting   D. feeding

29. A. lazy   B. troublesome   C. disappointing   D. careless

30. A. opening   B. official   C. victory   D. graduation

31. A. afforded   B. meant   C. supplied   D. owed

32. A. lovingly   B. sadly   C. proudly   D. nervously

33. A. where   B. how   C. what   D. who

34. A. unless   B. although   C. because   D. when

35. A. cost   B. lent   C. taught   D. showed

36. A. Astonished   B. Puzzled   C. Encouraged   D. Interested

37. A. surely   B. roughly   C. tightly   D. fiercely

38. A. fell   B. flowed   C. moved   D. gathered

39. A. pity   B. happiness   C. luck   D. success

40. A. love   B. anxiety   C. anger   D. care

  第三节  完形填空(共20小题；每小题l．5分，满分30分)

  阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(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。

Tears clouded my eyes as I stood in our washing room, holding Brett’s jeans and full of burn holes.

Tired and defeated, I   21   to the floor. The clothes were just one more thing Brett had   22   .He often got almost everything in the house out of    23   .Many windows in our house needed repair due to his breaking   24   to steal money when he chose to live on the street. Yet none of this could compare to the emotional   25  Brett had done to our once quiet home.

Brett came to live with us when he was 12 years old. During the next few years I had dealt with Brett a   26   as possible, but inside I was shouting.“I don’t want him in my house another day, Lord! I just can’t   27   him!” Having wiped my tears, I continued   28   him as before.

When Brett was nearly 18, he landed again in Juvenile Hall(少管所).After that, my husband and I had to send Brett to a boarding school for helping   29   teens.

At the   30   ceremony, each graduate held a white rose to give to the person who had   31   the most to him or her.

Brett spoke   32   to his parents and then spoke to me, “You did so much. You were always there, no matter   33   .My mom and dad, I was their kid. But you,   34         troubled enough by me, always   35   me such love. And I want you to know I love you for it.”

   36   , I stood as Brett placed the white rose in my hand and hugged me   37   .

    At that moment, tears   38   in my eyes again, this time not for disappointment but for   39   . Although I had struggled with silent   40   toward my stepson, Brett had seen only my actions. Love is action. We may not always have positive feelings about certain people in our lives, but we can love them.

21. A. sat        B. sank          C. bent             D. dropped

22. A. ruined     B. lost           C. torn             D. broken

23. A. danger     B. place          C. trouble          D. order

24. A. off        B. in            C. up              D. away

25. A. pain       B. injury         C. damage          D. harm

26. A. patiently    B. willingly      C. strictly          D. rudely

27. A. forgive     B. educate       C. stand            D. control

28. A. parenting   B. pardoning      C. comforting       D. feeding

29. A. lazy       B. troublesome    C. disappointing     D. careless

30. A. opening    B. official        C. victory          D. graduation

31. A. afforded    B. meant        C. supplied         D. owed

32. A. lovingly    B. sadly         C. proudly          D. nervously

33. A. where     B. how           C. what            D. who

34. A. unless     B. although       C. because          D. when

35. A. cost       B. lent           C. taught           D. showed

36. A. Astonished  B. Puzzled       C. Encouraged       D. Interested

37. A. surely     B. roughly        C. tightly           D. fiercely

38. A. fell       B. flowed         C. moved          D. gathered

39. A. pity      B. happiness       C. luck             D. success

40. A. love      B. anxiety         C. anger           D. Care