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 was seated at the far end of the sofa,   2  , with the second-hand green typewriter on the table. She told me that she couldn’t type fast and then she was out of work. My shock and embarrassment at finding mother in tears was a perfect proof of how   3   I understood the pressures on her. Sitting beside her on the sofa, I began very   4   to understand. “I guess we all have to   5   sometimes,” Mother said quietly. I could   6   her pain and the tension (紧张) of   7   the strong feelings that were interrupted by my arrival. Suddenly, something inside me   8  . I reached out and put my arms around her. She broke then. She put her face   9   my shoulder and sobbed (啜泣). I held her   10   and didn’t try to talk. I knew I was doing what I should, what I could   11   it was enough. In that moment, feeling mother’s   12   with feelings, I understood for the first time, she being so easy to   13  . She was still my mother,   14   she was something   15  , a person having the ability of bearing fear,   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 old green typewriter continued. I had a very   19   feeling now when I passed her door at night and heard her tapping   20   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

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

3. A. eagerly               B. worriedly                 C. little                        D. much

4. A. quickly                B. slowly                      C. suddenly                D. proudly

5. A. fail                       B. win                          C. fall sick                   D. give in

6. A. know of               B. watch                      C. sense                            D. recognize

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

8. A. lit up                    B. came true               C. turned                           D. increased

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

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

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

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

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

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

15. A. more                 B. much                      C. little                        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 for                   D. contributed

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

20. A. off                            B. away                       C. out                          D. through

第三节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

Coming home from school that dark winter day so long ago, I was filled with excitement of having the weekend off. But I was  41  into stillness by what I saw. Mother was seated at the far end of the sofa,  42 , with the second-hand green typewriter on the table. She told me that she couldn’t type fast and then she was out of work. My shock and embarrassment(尴尬) at finding mother in tears was a perfect proof of how  43  I understood the pressures on her. Sitting beside her on the sofa. I began very  44  to understand. “I guess we all have to  45  sometimes.” Mother said quietly. I could  46  her pain and the tension(紧张) of  47  the strong feelings that were interrupted by my arrival. Suddenly, something inside me  48 . I reached out and put my arms around her. She broke then. She put her face  49  my shoulder and sobbed(啜泣). I held her  50  and didn’t try to talk. I knew I was doing what I should. What I could  51  it was enough. In that moment, feeling mother’s  52  with feelings, I understood for the first time, her being so easy to  53 . She was still my mother,  54  she was something  55 , a person having the ability of bearing fear,  56  and failure. I could feel her pain as she must have felt mine on a thousand occasions when I sought  57  in her arms.

A week later Mother took a job selling dry goods at half the salary the radio station  58 . “It’s a job I can do, though,” she said simply. But the evening practice on the old green typewriter continued. I had a very  59  feeling now when I passed her door at night and heard her tapping  60  across the paper. I knew there was something more going on in there than a woman learning to type.

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

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

43. A. eagerly                     B. worriedly       C. little                 D. much

44. A. quickly                 B. slowly            C. suddenly           D. proudly

45. A. fail                             B. win                C. fall sick            D. give in

46. A. know of                B. watch             C. sense                D. recognize

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

48. A. lit up                   B. came true       C. turned              D. increased

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

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

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

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

53. A. content                     B. break             C. fall                  D. understand

54. A. therefore                B. however         C. yet                   D. though

55. A. more                   B. much             C. little                 D. huge

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

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

58. A. supplied                    B. offered           C. paid for            D. contributed

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

60. A. off                             B. away              C. out                   D. through

阅读下面短文，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

　　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，seated at the far end of the sofa，　2　with the second-hand green typewriter on the table．She told me that she couldn't type fast and then she was out of work．My shock and embarrassment(尴尬)at finding Mother in tears was a perfect proof of how 　3　 I understood the pressures on her．Sitting beside her on the sofa，I began very 　4　 to under-stand．“l guess we all have 　5　 sometime，”Mother said quietly．I could 　6　 her pain and the tension(压力)of 　7　 the strong feelings that were Interrupted by my arrival．Suddenly，something inside me 　8　 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　 it was enough．In that moment， feeling Mother's 　12　 with feelings，I understood for the first time her being so easy to 　13　．She was still my mother，　14　 she was something 　15　：a person like me，capable fear and 　16　 and failure．I could feel her pain as she must have felt mine on a thousand occasions(场合)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 old green typewriter continued．I had a very 　19　 feeling now when I passed her door at night and heard her tapping 　20　 across the paper．I knew there was something more going on in there than a woman learning to type．

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