13.I'm sitting at the airport watching people in the last minutes before their loved ones arrive or depart.
A woman is running in circles trying to gather family members together for a (41)B.When the final moment comes before (42)B,she wraps her arms around her son,giving him a (43)Ahug that should protect him until she (44)C.
I sit with a book in my hands,waiting for my turn to leave,(45)D because the ones I love have a different (46)Afrom mine.
I think of other departures and arrivals.I (47)Cseeing my daughter.I wrapped myself around her as if she'd been (48)C.That year she was in her first year at university,coming home for the first time.
Today my flight is two hours late.When my flight is (49)B called,I gather my book and luggage.(50)Dthere is no one to see me off,I do not (51)C to see where I have come from.(52)C,I think of my husband at work (53)Dif I have left yet.
As I head towards the plane,I find myself (54)Ayet another arrival and departure.That year,my 91-year-old grandfather died.After returning from his funeral,I arrived at the airport (55)B.My husband of only a year was waiting at the gate to take me in his arms.Because of my tears,(56)B was looking at us,but I didn't (57)A.
Life needs the important (58)D all the time.I wish that all the people who went on a (59)A could come back to find someone (60)Dthem.I also wish they could leave with someone to see them off.
A woman is running in circles trying to gather family members together for a (41)B.When the final moment comes before (42)B,she wraps her arms around her son,giving him a (43)Ahug that should protect him until she (44)C.
I sit with a book in my hands,waiting for my turn to leave,(45)D because the ones I love have a different (46)Afrom mine.
I think of other departures and arrivals.I (47)Cseeing my daughter.I wrapped myself around her as if she'd been (48)C.That year she was in her first year at university,coming home for the first time.
Today my flight is two hours late.When my flight is (49)B called,I gather my book and luggage.(50)Dthere is no one to see me off,I do not (51)C to see where I have come from.(52)C,I think of my husband at work (53)Dif I have left yet.
As I head towards the plane,I find myself (54)Ayet another arrival and departure.That year,my 91-year-old grandfather died.After returning from his funeral,I arrived at the airport (55)B.My husband of only a year was waiting at the gate to take me in his arms.Because of my tears,(56)B was looking at us,but I didn't (57)A.
Life needs the important (58)D all the time.I wish that all the people who went on a (59)A could come back to find someone (60)Dthem.I also wish they could leave with someone to see them off.
41.A.lecture | B.goodbye | C.dinner | D.party |
42.A.gathering | B.boarding | C.announcing | D.landing |
43.A.powerful | B.gentle | C.warm | D.common |
44.A.leaves | B.survives | C.returns | D.recovers |
45.A.frightened | B.anxious | C.relaxed | D.alone |
46.A.schedule | B.attitude | C.position | D.target |
47.A.imagine | B.enjoy | C.recall | D.consider |
48.A.stolen | B.cheated | C.lost | D.punished |
49.A.punctually | B.finally | C.abruptly | D.repeatedly |
50.A.Although | B.While | C.Till | D.Since |
51.A.slow down | B.get off | C.look back | D.run away |
52.A.However | B.Besides | C.Instead | D.Therefore |
53.A.doubting | B.asking | C.predicting | D.wondering |
54.A.remembering | B.forgetting | C.planning | D.rejecting |
55.A.shouting | B.crying | C.laughing | D.whispering |
56.A.someone | B.everyone | C.none | D.anyone |
57.A.care | B.respond | C.scold | D.flee |
58.A.arrival | B.chance | C.departure | D.moment |
59.A.journey | B.diet | C.picnic | D.holiday |
60.A.worrying about | B.smiling at | C.talking of | D.waiting for |
12.I always feel sorry for world leaders busy dealing with fights between nations.When my three children were young,most days it was hard keeping my (41)Afrom becoming a battlefield.
It got worse as they got older.Three years ago,Zack,then 16,couldn't make it (42)Ca day without making his (43)D,Alex 11and Taryn 9,angry.
My husband and I tried to be understanding the boy at such an age.We reasoned,punished,and (44)Bheartfelt notes on his bed about (45)Dhe was hurting our family.His answer was"I say it because it's true."
I (46)Atried telling the girls to fight back.Bad idea.Now I had three children at war.(47)DI said to them,they paid no attention.When there was no (48)Aout,I told everything to my sister in an e-mail.She replied,"Don't (49)Cme.E-mail him."
Our son was online every day,mailing and talking with his friends.Maybe he would actually (50)B me this way.I didn't say anything (51)D,but e-mail just took the (52)Aaway.There'd no shouting or door banging.Zack wouldn11feel (53)C.
Zack didn't (54)Bfor days.When he finally did,his entire message was four small words.I (55)Cwhen I read them:"You're right.I'm sorry.
The children still fought,of course,(56)DZack changed.(57)A,I now have a better way to talk with not one but three of them.I like that they don,t (58)B me as much as,they used to.They like not having to listen to me shouting to them.Or (59)BAlex says,"You're so much nicer online."
All I know is that the house is quiet,but we're (60)C.
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It got worse as they got older.Three years ago,Zack,then 16,couldn't make it (42)Ca day without making his (43)D,Alex 11and Taryn 9,angry.
My husband and I tried to be understanding the boy at such an age.We reasoned,punished,and (44)Bheartfelt notes on his bed about (45)Dhe was hurting our family.His answer was"I say it because it's true."
I (46)Atried telling the girls to fight back.Bad idea.Now I had three children at war.(47)DI said to them,they paid no attention.When there was no (48)Aout,I told everything to my sister in an e-mail.She replied,"Don't (49)Cme.E-mail him."
Our son was online every day,mailing and talking with his friends.Maybe he would actually (50)B me this way.I didn't say anything (51)D,but e-mail just took the (52)Aaway.There'd no shouting or door banging.Zack wouldn11feel (53)C.
Zack didn't (54)Bfor days.When he finally did,his entire message was four small words.I (55)Cwhen I read them:"You're right.I'm sorry.
The children still fought,of course,(56)DZack changed.(57)A,I now have a better way to talk with not one but three of them.I like that they don,t (58)B me as much as,they used to.They like not having to listen to me shouting to them.Or (59)BAlex says,"You're so much nicer online."
All I know is that the house is quiet,but we're (60)C.
41.A.house | B.garden | C.neighborhood | D.backyard |
42.A.into | B.within | C.through | D.over |
43.A.cousins | B.brothers | C.neighbors | D.sisters |
44.A.advertised | B.left | C.attached | D.took |
45.A.where | B.when | C.why | D.how |
46.A.even | B.still | C.ever | D.again |
47.A.However | B.Wherever | C.Whichever | D.Whatever |
48.A.way | B.access | C.path | D.approach |
49.A.call | B.ask | C.e-mail | D.inform |
50.A.find | B.hear | C.recognize | D.write |
51.A.normal | B.else | C.nice | D.different |
52.A.tension | B.pressure | C.gap | D.misunderstanding |
53.A.at home | B.in vain | C.under attack | D.at a loss |
54.A.fight | B.reply | C.appear | D.comment |
55.A.shouted | B.froze | C.smiled | D.signed |
56.A.so | B.and | C.or | D.but |
57.A.Best of all | B.After all | C.Therefore | D.Instead |
58.A.blame | B.ignore | C.interrupt | D.dismiss |
59.A.when | B.as | C.what | D.as if |
60.A.quarreling | B.working | C.talking | D.travelling |