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In the doorway of my home, I looked closely at my 23－year－old son, Daniel. In a few hours he would be flying to France to __1__ a different life. It was a transitional(過渡的) time in Daniel's life. I wanted to __2__ him some words of significance. But nothing came from my lips, and this was not the __3__ time I had let such moments pass.

When Daniel was five, I took him to the bus stop on his first day of kindergarten. He asked, “What is it going to be like, Dad? Can I do it？” Then he walked __4__ the steps of the bus and disappeared inside. The bus drove away and I said nothing. A decade later, a

similar __5__ played itself out. I drove him to college. As I started to leave, I tried to think of something to say to give him__6__ and confidence as he started this new stage of life. Again, words __7__ me.

Now, as I stood before him, I thought of those __8__ opportunities. How many times have I let such moments __9__ ? I don't find a quiet moment to tell him what they have __10__ to me, or what he might __11__ to face in the years ahead. Maybe I thought it was not necessary to say anything.

What does it matter in the course of a lifetime if a father never tells a son what he really thinks of him? __12__ as I stood before Daniel, I knew that it did matter. My father and I loved each other. Yet, I always __13__ never hearing him put his __14__ into words. Now I could feel my palms sweat and my throat tighten. Why is it so __15__ to tell a son something from the heart?

My mouth turned dry, and I knew I would be able to get out only a few words clearly. “Daniel,” I said, “if I could have picked, I would have picked you.” That‘s all I could say. He hugged me. For a moment, the world __16__，

and there were just Daniel and me. He was saying something, but tears misted my eyes, and I couldn't understand what he was saying. All I was __17__ of was the stubble(短須) on his chin as his face pressed __18__ mine. What I had said to Daniel was __19__ . It was nothing. And yet, it was __20__ .

1．A. experience ? ? ? ? ? ? B. spend ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ??C. enjoy ? ? ? ? ? ? ?D. shape

2．A. show ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?B. give ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ??C. leave ? ? ? ? ? ? ?D. instruct

3．A. last ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? B. first ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?C. very ? ? ? ? ? ? ? D. next

4．A. upward ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?B. into ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?C. down ? ? ? ? ? ? ?D. up

5．A. sign ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? B. scene ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ??C. scenery ? ? ? ? ? D. sight

6．A. interest ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?B. instruction ? ? ? ? ?C. courage ? ? ? ? ? D. direction

7．A. failed ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? B. discouraged ? ? ? ??C. struck ? ? ? ? ? ? D. troubled

8．A. future ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?B. embarrassing ? ? ??C. obvious ? ? ? ? ? D. lost

9．A. last ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? B. pass ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?C. fly ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?D. remain

10．A. counted ? ? ? ? ? ? ? B. meant ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?C. valued ? ? ? ? ? ?D. eared

11．A. think ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? B. want ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ??C. expect ? ? ? ? ? D. wish

12．A. But ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? B. And ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?C. Instead ? ? ? ? ?D. So

13．A. wondered ? ? ? ? ? ?B. regretted ? ? ? ? ? ? ? C. minded ? ? ? ? ?D. tried

14．A. views ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?B. actions ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?C. feelings ? ? ? ? ?D. attitudes

15．A. important ? ? ? ? ? ?B. essential ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?C. hard ? ? ? ? ? ? ?D. complex

16．A. disappeared ? ? ? ? B. changed ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?C. progressed ? ? D. advanced

17．A. sensitive ? ? ? ? ? ? ?B. convinced ? ? ? ? ? ? ?C. aware ? ? ? ? ? ? D. tired

18．A. by ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?B. against ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?C. on ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?D. with

19．A. clumsy ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?B. gentle ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? C. absurd ? ? ? ? ? ? D. moving

20．A. none ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? B. all ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ??C. anything ? ? ? ? ?D. everything

答案及解析：

1. A.作者的兒子即將飛往法國去體會一種不同的生活。experience經(jīng)歷，體會。

2. 多為給某人具體的事物，在這里考查了固定短語leave sb sth“給某人留下某物”，其中sth可以是具體的物品，也可以是抽象的東西。所以答案為C.

3. B.作者想對兒子說一些重要的話，但是由于激動結(jié)果什么都沒有表達(dá)出來，并且這樣的情況在過去也有所發(fā)生，后面的文章就談到了這樣的一個例子。

4. D.兒子走上汽車的臺階，然后消失在車內(nèi)。該句是指作者的兒子乘車上幼兒園這件事。

5. B.作者的兒子乘車上幼兒園時，他想對孩子說一些話，然而沒有說出來，十多年后驅(qū)車送兒子上大學(xué)時類似的情景又發(fā)生了。scene場景，情景。

6. C. 因為要開始新的階段的生活，所以作者提到想給兒子面對新生活的勇氣和自信。

7. A.考查固定短語。sth fail sb某人想不出某物。這里是指作者想不出要對兒子說的話。

8. D.現(xiàn)在兒子即將遠(yuǎn)行去法國，作者站在兒子的面前，想起了失去的那些時刻(指想對兒子說一些重要的話，但是由于激動，結(jié)果什么都沒有表達(dá)出來的那些時刻)。

9. B.作者表示自己的后悔，有多少次他讓這些時刻溜掉，失去。pass符合句意。

10. B. 我找不到安靜的時間來告訴兒子這些時刻對我來說是多么的重要。

11. to do sth是指有可能要做的事情或者期望要去做的事情。該句的完整意思是：他有可能在將來面對什么樣的人生。該空不是表示作者的兒子本人想去做某事或希望去做某事。

12. A.前后文之間是轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，所以用but.

13. B.我總是感到遺憾我從沒聽到過父親把他的情感用語言表示出來。

14. 觀點(diǎn)；actions動作；feelings內(nèi)心的情感；attitudes態(tài)度。所以答案為C.

15. C.作者要告訴兒子內(nèi)心情感的時候感到手心發(fā)汗，喉嚨發(fā)緊，所以他想對于告訴兒子自己內(nèi)心的想法這件事為什么會那么艱難呢。

16．A。在這里是指作者和他的兒子兩人在感情交流時達(dá)到了一個很高的境界，覺得周圍的世界好像都不存在，消失了。

17. C.此刻作者太激動，僅能夠意識到的是當(dāng)兒子的臉緊靠著自己的臉的時候，他下巴上的胡須扎著自己。be aware?of 意識到，認(rèn)識到。

18. B.固定短語。press against.其中against表示“緊靠”。

19. 笨拙的，不得體的。

20. D.由句首的And yet可知前后兩句話之間是轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，所以用everything與nothing對比。