Passage 4 ?(江蘇省姜堰市第二中學2008屆高三第三次模擬考試) ?完形填空

After 21 years of marriage, my wife wanted me to take another woman out to dinner. ? 36 ? woman was my mother, who has been a widow for 19 years, but my work had made ? 37 ? impossible to visit her very often. That night I called to ? 38 ?her to go out for dinner.“What’s wrong? Are you ???39 ??”she asked. “I thought that it would be ? 40 ? to spend some time with you. Just the two of us,”I answered. She thought about it ? 41 ? moment, and agreed.

That Friday after work, ? 42 ? I drove to pick her up, I was a bit nervous. When I arrived at her house, I ? 43 ? that, she, too, seemed to be ? 44 ? about our date. She had curled her hair and was wearing the dress that she had worn to ? 45 ? her last wedding anniversary.

We went to a restaurant that, ? 46 ? not elegant, was very nice and cozy. When I read the menu, Mom sat there ? 47 ? at me. A nostalgic(懷舊的)smile was ? 48 ? her lips. During the dinner, we had a(an) ? 49 ? conversation—nothing special but catching up on(了解)recent events of each other’s life.

A few days ? 50 ?, my mother died of a heart attack. It happened so suddenly that I didn’t have a chance to do ? 51 ? for her. Sometime later, I received an envelope with a note ? 52 ?“You will never know what that night meant to me. I’m looking forward to the ? 53 ? dinner. I love you, Son.”

At that moment, I understood the importance of saying in time“I LOVE YOU”. Nothing in life is more important than your ? 54 ?. Give them the time they deserve, because these things cannot be ? 55 ? till“some other time”.

36. A. Another ? ?B. This other ? ?C. Other ? ?D. Others

37. A. this B. that C. one D. it

38. A. force ? ?B. order ? ?C. advise ? ?D. invite

39. A. happy ? ?B. good C. well D. bad

40. A. glad B. pleasant C. interesting ? ?D. pleased

41. A. at the ? ?B. for a ? ?C. in a D. for the

42. A. until ? ?B. after ? ?C. as D. since

43. A. noticed ? ?B. observed C. watched D. heard

44. A. confused B. calm C. nervous D. easy

45. A. congratulate ? ?B. celebrate ? ?C. memorize D. honor

46. A. though ? ?B. even C. but D. yet

47. A. glancing B. staring ? ?C. glaring ? ?D. smiling

48. A. in ? ?B. beyond C. above ? ?D. on

49. A. deep B. curious C. agreeable ? ?D. short

50. A. later ? ?B. after ? ?C. before ? ?D. ago

51. A. anything B. everything ? ?C. nothing D. something

52. A. writing ? ?B. saying ? ?C. speaking D. telling

53. A. first ? ?B. second ? ?C. last D. next

54. A. mother ? ?B. wife ? ?C. family ? ?D. work

55. A. put off ? ?B. taken over ? ?C. cut off ? ?D. picked up

答案 ?36.B ? 37.D ?38.D ?39.C ?40.B ?41.B ?42.C ?43.A ?44.C ?45.D ?46.A ?47.B ?48.D ?49.C ?50.A ?51.A ?52.B ?53.D ?54.C ?55.A