25．A．pity　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．sadness　　　　　　　　　 C．apology　　　　　　　　　　 D．love

24．A．reply　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．promise　　　　　　　　　 C．request　　　　　　　　　　 D．agreement

23．A．along　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．above　　　　　　　　　　　 C．against　　　　　　　　　　 D．aside

22．A．annoying　　　　　　　　　 B．astonishing　　　　　　 C．delighting　　　　　　　　 D．disappointing

21．A．lie　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．bend　　　　　　　　　　　　 C．look　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．fall

55．A．Still　　　　　　 B．However　　　 　　 C．Instead 　　 　　 D．Moreover

答案：

36-40 CAADB　 41-45 DCADB 　 46-50 CBCBA 　 51-55 DADBC

Passage 2

(四川省绵阳中学2010届高三高考模拟)

Night after night, my mother came to my bed, even long after my childhood years. She would 　21　 down and push my long hair out of the way, and then kiss my forehead.

　I don’t remember when it first started　 22　 me-her hands pushing my hair that way, for they felt work-worn and rough　 23　 my young skin. Finally , one night, I shouted out at her, “Don’t do that any more-your hands are too rough!” she made no　 24　 and left quietly.

But never again did my mother do it with that familiar expression of her　 25　 .

With the passing years, my 　26　 returned to that night time after time. By then I 　27　 my mother’s hands and her goodnight kiss. Sometimes the incident seemed very　 28　 , sometimes far away, but always it was　 29　 in the back of my mind.

The years have passed, and I’m not a little girl any more. Mom is in her seventies, and those hands I once　 30　 to be so rough are still doing things for me and my family.

Now, Mom no longer has Dad and lives　 31　 . One night on Thanksgiving Eve, I found myself　 32　 to her house to spend the night with her. As I slept in the bedroom of my youth, a familiar hand hesitantly ran across my face to　 33　 the hair from my forehead. Then a 　34　 , ever so gently , touched my forehead. I burst into tears.

In my memory, thousands of times, I 　35　 the night my young voice complained. Catching Mom’s hand in hand, I told her how　 36　 I was for that night. I thought she’d remember　 37　 I did. But Mom didn’t know what I was talking about. She had already forgotten and 　38　 long ago.

That night, I fell asleep with a new　 39　 for my gentle mother and her caring hands. And the guilt that I had carried around for so long was 　40　 to be found.

54．A．remained　　 　　 B．froze　　　　　　 C．heated　　　　　 D．still

53．A．friendly 　　　　 B．long　　　　 　　 C．good　　　　 　　 D．certain

52．A．pure-minded　　　 B．absent-minded　　 C．narrow-minded　　 D．open-minded

51．A．family　 　　　　 B．fathers　　　　　 C．mothers　　　 　　 D．parents