(2009年南京第二次调研)In the doorway of my home,I looked closely at my 23­year­old son,Daniel.In a few hours he would be flying to France to__1__a different life.It was a transitional(过渡的)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 he has__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(短须 )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__.

[解题导语] 父爱无语。离别时作为父亲的“我”该向儿子说些什么呢?简短而又略显不得体的话“假如让我选择的话,我会选择你”让儿子深深地懂得了父子情深。

1.A.experience        B.spend

C.enjoy         D.shape

解析:选A。体验一种不同的生活。experience有“经历、体验”的意思。enjoy意为“享受”,不符合语境。

2.A.show          B.give

C.make         D.instruct

解析:选B。“我想给他一些有重要意义的话语。”故用give,其他选项不符合语境。

3.A.last           B.first   

C.very          D.next

解析:选B。根据下文判断这不是“我”第一次让这种时刻溜走。

4.A.upward          B.into   

C.down          D.up

解析:选D。根据情景判断,表示“上车”,所以用up。

5.A.sign          B.scene

C.scenery        D.sight

解析:选B。a similar scene“类似的一幕(情景)”。

6.A.interest          B.instruction

C.courage        D.direction

解析:选C。根据所填词的并列项confidence及下文as引导的句子可以判断,此处作者想说点什么以给儿子勇气和信心。故C项符合语境。

7.A.failed           B.discouraged

C.struck          D.troubled

解析:选A。words failed me相当于“I couldn’t express how I felt.”意为“我说不出话来”。

8.A.future           B.embarrassing

  C.obvious         D.lost

解析:选D。根据上下文可知,作者在回忆那些已经失去了的机会。

9.A.last             B.pass   

C.fly            D.remain

解析:选B。根据第一段最后一句可知答案。pass在此处指(时间)流逝。

10.ted          B.meant  

C.valued          D.cared

解析:选B。mean“意味着”。本句的意思为“我无法找到一个安静的时候来告诉他他对我来说意味着什么。”

11.A.think           B.want   

C.expect          D.wish

解析:选C。expect“预料,预计”。think后面不能接动词不定式;want和wish表示主观上的意愿或希望。

12.A.But             B.And   

C.Instead            D.So

解析:选A。上文的言下之意是这件事情不重要,这样本句和上文构成转折关系,所以用But。

13.A.wondered           B. regretted

 C.minded           D.tried

解析:选B。作者对没有听到父亲对他表达爱的话而感到遗憾,所以用regret。

14.A.views            B.actions  

C.feelings           D.attitudes

解析:选C。把情感(feelings)通过语言(words)的形式表达出来。

15.A.important           B.essential 

C.hard            D.complex

解析:选C。根据上文判断,作者不知道为什么向儿子说一些肺腑之言如此困难。hard“困难的”,符合语境。essential“必不可少的”;complex“复杂的”。

16.A.disappeared           B.changed

C.progressed          D.advanced

解析:选A。根据下文的there were just Daniel and me判断本句表示世界消失(disappear)了。

17.A.sensitive            B.convinced

C.aware             D.tired

解析:选C。“我”能感觉到的是……,be aware of“感觉到,意识到”;be convinced of“相信,确信”;be tired of“对……厌倦”。sensitive“敏感的”,常用be sensitive to意为“对……敏感”。根据语境可知C项正确。

18.A.by               B.against  

C.on               D.with

解析:选B。根据语境“他的脸贴着我的脸”可知,press against“使贴着”符合语境。

19.A.clumsy             B.gentle  

C.absurd             D.moving

解析:选A。根据下文It was nothing可知答案。clumsy“笨拙的”。gentle“温柔的”;absurd“荒唐的”;moving“感动人的”。

20.A.none             B.all    

C.anything           D.everything

解析:选D。本句和上句构成转折关系(and yet相当于however),所以填everything,和nothing相对应。

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