Question

Last Christmas while staying with my parents, I________across some old love letters that my parents wrote to each other. These letters were all piled up in a basket, dirty and ______With dust. Deciding to read and sort them, I asked them if I could take the letters back to my Illinois home. They _____ .

As I carefully opened each letter, ______of them  fragile with age, I discovered a new page _______unknown to me in this private chapter of my parents' lives.

My father used to ________ in the army. So his letters were full of frontline  _______of the things about the war. Each of my mother's letters was marked with her 1944 dark red lipstick kiss. I was _______to these letters like a magnet  (磁铁).

Just six weeks after our Christmas visit, Daddy became very  ______and was hospitalized. This time, he was fighting a ______kind of war. As I sat by his bedside, we discussed the  _______. He told me how much receiving those lipstick-kissed letters had ________to him when he had been so far from home.

It so happened that the next day would he February 14. From the  ________letters I chose the card my father had sent Mother in 1944 and brought it to my father's bedside.

At his bedside, I joked with him, saying  _______, "Today is Valentine's Day, don't you want to send Mother a present?" He became more _________ when I handed him the old  _______. He carefully opened it and took out the card, and when he _______it, his eyes were filled with tears.

My father, in a______tight with emotion(情感)read the loving message he'd sent to my mother fifty-six years ________. And this time, he could read it to her  ________  .

1.A. came B. hit C. drew D. fell

2.A. hidden B. covered C. buried D. filled

3.A. refused B. smiled C. shocked D. agreed

4.A. all B. none C. both D. neither

5.A. recently B. usually C. previously D. occasionally

6.A. work B. study C. serve D. report

7.A. accounts B. documents C. introductions D. occupations

8.A. devoted B. addicted C. thrown D. drawn

9.A. sad B. dead C. dangerous D. ill

10.A. typical B. traditional C. different D. familiar

11.A. wars B. illnesses C. letters D. hospitals

12.A. meant B. intended C. planned D. said

13.A. divided B. sorted C. separated D. updated

14.A. sadly B. angrily C. softly D. loudly

15.A. curious B. enthusiastic C. fantastic D. positive

16.A. card B. envelope C. basket D. lipstick

17.A. found B. wrote C. recognized D. missed

18.A. sound B. noise C. whisper D. voice

19.A. later B. earlier C. ago D. ahead

20.A. person B. private C. danger D. peace

Answer 1