第二节:完型填空(共20 小题;每小题1分;满分20分)
She was a four-year-old girl with very fine
golden hair when I first met her. She was carrying a bowl of soup. I was 29 at
that time and 11 from the flu.
Her mom and I had been friends for
years. 12 that friendship grew into care, from care
into 13 and marriage. Marriage brought the three of us
together as a 14 . At first I was afraid to be a
“stepfather”. Therefore, I tried not to come 15 my future
daughter and her 16 father. I acted in that way in
order to be liked. However, 17 she was growing up, I
found it increasingly hard to 18 with her.
Once her school required the parents to
individually(个别的)
write an open and 19 letter to our children. I wrote a
letter about a little golden-haired girl who had 20 me
a bowl of soup when I needed 21 .
A week later, all the
parents 22 together with our children. The students
were allowed to make a few statements. I was 23 to hear
what my daughter would say.
Finally my daughter
24 make her way up to the microphone. She said something like
others and then 25 , “At this very moment, I just want to say
…I love you, Father.”
Immediately people around me
started 26 at me. For a teenage girl to say
27 in front of so many people, “I love you,” took a great deal of courage.
Since then I have
28 to understand I didn’t need to have any
29 about being a stepfather. I can still 30
honest love with the same little girl I met so many years before - carrying a bowl full of what
turned out to be kindness. I can also be friends with the girl - my dear daughter.
11. A.
hurting
B. attacking C.
suffering D. experiencing
12. A.
Immediately B.
Finally
C. Especially D. Generally
13. A.
like
B. pleasure
C. excitement D. love
14. A.
union
B.
group
C. family
D. whole
15. A.
between
B.
among
C. from
D. for
16. A.
natural
B. following C.
untrue
D. old
17. A.
after
B.
as
C. with
D. before
18. A.
connect
B.
share
C. communicate D. argue
19. A.
honest
B.
formal
C. powerful D.
responsible
20. A.
taken
B.
shown
C. shared
D. brought
21. A.
cure
B.
care
C. help
D. friend
22. A. presented
B.
invited
C. gathered
D. asked
23. A.
glad
B.
hopeful
C. serious
D. anxious
24. A.
determinedly B.
independently C.
patiently D.
unexpectedly
25. A.
lasted
B. declared
C. continued D. responded
26. A.
hugging
B.
smiling
C. kissing
D. celebrating
27. A.
quietly
B.
openly
C. brightly
D. attractively
28. A.
used
B.
stepped
C. desired
D. come
29. A.
courage
B. fear
C. happiness D. idea
30. A.
exchange B.
send
C.
expect
D. fall