II．完形填空
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（1） My father was an ill-humored man．I knew he loved me and his love was deep．He just didn’t know how to   36   it.
One evening we went out for a night on the town．We were sitting in an elegant restaurant that had a small but lively   37 ．When it played a familiar waltz tune I decided to   38   him for a dance.
“Dad, you know I’ve never   39   with you before．I begged you but you   40   wanted to．How about right now?”
I waited for the   41   refusal．But instead, he considered thoughtfully and then said, “Let’s hit the floor and I’ll   42   you just what kind of moves an old guy like me can still make.”
My father took me in his   43   and I felt overcome by emotion.
As we danced I looked up at my father carefully but he   44   my eyes.
“Dad,” I finally  45  , tears in my eyes, “Why is it so hard for you to look at me?” At last his eyes dropped to my face．“  46   I love you so much.” he whispered back．I was struck dumb by his   47 ．It wasn’t what I had thought．But it was of course exactly what I needed to   48 ．I had always known that he loved me．I just hadn’t understood that his vast emotion had   49   him and made him silent．“I love you too, Dad!” I whispered back softly．He stumbled （结结巴巴地说） over the next few words: “I’m sorry that I’m not open．It’s   50   for me, but just remember how much I love you.”
When the dance ended I excused myself to the ladies’ room and during my absence   51   changed．
When I came back, Dad sat in his chair   52   his body leaning forward, very pale．Everything was really too late．He was   53 ．
That night all I saw was his leaning body and pale face．But it’s a totally different scene    that I   54   now．I remember him saying “I love you” and my saying it back．The three words   55  on forever long after we are gone．
36．A．answer        B．express        C．mention       D．understand
37．A．band         B．hall           C．sofa          D．bar
38．A．invite        B．teach         C．help          D．show
39．A．chatted       B．sang           C．danced        D．stayed
40．A．still         B．even         C．also          D．never
41．A．final           B．normal        C．rough         D．usual
42．A．tell          B．show          C．ask          D．explain
43．A．arms           B．hands          C．heart           D．mind
44．A．noticed       B．ignored       C．avoided       D．greeted
45．A．complained     B．whispered       C．explained        D．shouted
46．A．Because      B．Though       C．If            D．While
47．A．response     B．advise         C．promise        D．excuse
48．A．find          B．know        C．hear          D．think
49．A．surprised     B．pleased       C．inspired      D．frightened
50．A．clear           B．important        C．impossible       D．hard
51．A．everything      B．something       C．nothing       D．anything
52．A．for          B．with               C．on           D．from
53．A．moved        B．tired               C．lost           D．gone
54．A．discover       B．remember       C．remind         D．consider
55．A．depend       B．carry          C．live             D．take

My son was badly hurt in a fire．After he__36__from a series of treatments，the doctors told him they would not do any operation for six months__37__it took long for the skin to stop shrinking （收缩）. So, he had to return to college with a visible 10­inch__38__on his face.

I said to my son, “Keaston，__39__will pay any more attention to your scar__40__you do. If it does not bother you, it will not bother__41__.” He took my advice to heart and returned to school with his head__42__high—glad he was alive.

__43__, everyone has scars and shortcomings．Some of you may spend much time thinking that people would like you better, __44__you looked different, or dressed differently, or could have a different and newer__45__.

But you see, like Keaston’s scar，people will only judge you by your looks，or your__46__, or your car, if you are judging yourself by these same false__47__.

One of my friends in college was very__48__. At first, when people met him, they noticed his__49__for about 10 seconds. This man felt__50__about himself and spent most of his time__51__about other people’s comfort and welfare.__52__, people ignored his looks. What people__53__was his kindness and his concern for them. He didn’t act in an ugly way so people didn’t treat him as an ugly man.

Therefore, concentrate on what you value__54__yourself, because if you can see that beautiful person, everyone you are in contact with will see the same__55__.

Heroes come in different forms. They are the people who save lives and the people who can stand 36   times. My hero is my mother. When she was diagnosed（诊断）with breast cancer, I was 37  . I didn’t understand how she could appear so healthy 38   a deadly disease existed inside.
My mother went 39  a mastectomy（乳房切除手术）to remove the cancerous cells. For a month after her surgery (外科手术) she was unable to do anything.
It was after this surgery that my mother 40  me the most. Her inactivity really made her  frustrated (沮丧), but she never 41  . She is a strong woman. Unlike some, she never 42  why she had got cancer. Instead, she 43  it and remained optimistic(乐观的).
44   my mother’s illness, I had to step in to do the housework. Previously I would have 45  not to, but I knew this was my 46  .
Those weeks passed slowly but in the end I had a new 47  for my mom. I had never 48  all the things she does on a regular basis. Simple things like cleaning, cooking, laundry and bills really started to become great 49   .
During this special period, I saw the amazing supportive group we have. My parents’ friends couldn’t have done 50   .They stopped by on a regular basis, cooked meals, and supplied us with anything we 51  .They let me know that we will always be there 52   each other.
My mother is healthier now and back to her 53   activities. Our lives are busy but I am a little more willing to 54  around the house. I   55 my mother’s ability to stay optimistic and I only hope that some day I can be lucky enough to be like her.

I can still remember the first day when I met my best friend. I hid behind my mother and she hid behind her grandmother,   1  to look at each other. But we soon lost the  2   and started playing with each other. In the 7th grade, I first lost touch with her. She was   3   family problems and I deserted her to be with the “cooler people”.   4  of my new friends like her as much as I did  5  they knew she had “problems”. However, every summer we would   6   sit at each other’s house and watch soap operas and talk about everything we liked.

It was last year when I   7    the problem. I guessed I was just too busy to catch up in high school to realize she   8   someone there for her. Well, she made a new “best friend” and so did I. Then I didn’t know why, but she started cutting herself！

She was diagnosed with clinical depression（抑郁症）. I was very  9   at first, but with the late night calls, we still stayed in   10  . I wanted to be there for her since her new best friend   11   deserted her, since people were calling her   12  , and I knew I still   13 her like a sister.

Yesterday she came   14  me and said this, “I never knew what a best friend was   15  you were the only person that would stop me from cutting; the only person that ever made me feel better about myself and my  16  . You don’t know this but I was trying to kill myself one night when you   17  me and I was crying. I   18   you so much, and you didn’t even know you were   19  me.”

We both cried. And I guess a kind of lesson from my life so far is to never   20   your friends.

1．A．pleased       B．excited     C．afraid       D．disappointed

2．A．happiness   B．kindness   C．shyness     D．sadness

3．A．working out       B．answering for C．helping with  D .going through

4．A．All            B．None   C．No   D．Every

5．A．because      B．though      C．while D．yet

6．A．sometimes  B．seldom     C．just   D．always

7．A．solved B．noticed     C．faced D．understood

8．A．asked         B．needed      C．had   D．left

9．A．mad           B．cardless    C．hopeful     D．upset

10．A．touch              B．bed   C．hospital    D．love

11．A．luckily     B．successfully      C．basically   D．calmly

12．A．selfish      B．crazy C．brave      D．lonely

13．A．believed in       B．waited for   C．cared about     D．replied to

14．A．with         B．after     C．upon   D．to

15．A．until         B．when    C．since   D．if

16．A．mistakes   B．parents        C．friends         D．problems

17．A．visited      B．encouraged    C．called      D．prevented

18．A．tell           B．owe       C．give  D．show

19．A．helping     B．reminding     C．cheating   D．praising

20．A．give up on       B．look back at   C．drop in at   D．look down on

Life became hard when I was 14. My mother and I moved to New York to 36 my father, who’d moved there to find  37  work when I was three years old. He had a job at a restaurant and only visited us  38  every couple of years.

Before I moved, I knew that people in the US spoke English. But honestly, I didn’t stop to analyze the  39  when I was  40  to leave. Just like I assumed I could easily become a doctor or a lawyer. I assumed that I had the skills to learn English in a few weeks. 

When I  41  in the US and started 8^th grade at Ditmas Middle School in Brooklyn, everyone was speaking a(n)  42  language I couldn’t understand. I  43  that life had subtitles, like in foreign movies. School was such a serious place here. Sometimes I felt like I was in a geek（呆子） class. The teachers were always  44  my moves so I couldn’t even throw a paper ball at a classmate’s head. And the worst thing was having to read  45

46  after almost seven months of complaining about everything, I realized that complaining didn’t change things.  47  just made my life worse. If I was going to  48   in this new concrete jungle, I had to  49  . I began to learn English by reading newspapers on my own  50  school. After about four months, I started enjoying reading the crime and sports stories. After six months of studying, my teachers  51  my improvement and moved me into a more  52  English class. I could go to the store and ask for things that I wanted to buy without  53  frustration. For the first time I felt like I was living on earth again  54  .I didn’t hear foreign talk. I  55  understand people.