After 21 years of marriage I discovered a new way of keeping alive the spark of love. A little while ago I had started to go out with another  1  . It was really my wife’s idea. “ I know you love her,” she said one day  2   me by surprise.

3   woman that my wife wanted me to visit was my mother, who has been a widow for 19 years, but the demands of my   4   and my three children had made it   5   to visit her only occasionally. That night I called to invite her to go out for dinner and a   6  , “I thought that it would be   7   to pass some time with you. Just the two of us.” She  8   it for a moment and then said, “I would like that very much.”

That Friday after work, as I drove over to pick her up, I was a bit   9  . When I arrived at her house, I   10   that she, too, seemed to be nervous about our date. She waited at   31  with her coat on. She had curled her hair and was wearing the dress that she had worn to celebrate her last wedding anniversary. She  12   from a face that was as radiant（容光焕发的）as an angel’s.

We went to a restaurant that,   13   not elegant (雅致的), was very nice and cozy. My mother took my arm   14   she were the First Lady. After we sat down, I had to read the menu. Her eyes could only read   15   print. Half way through the menu, I   16   my eyes and saw Mom sitting there staring at me. A lovely smile was on her lips. “It was I who used to have to read the   17  when you were small,” she said.

During the dinner we had an agreeable   18  , catching up on recent events in each other’s life. We talked  19   much that we missed the movie. The   20  was very nice. Much more than I could have imagined.

1. A. man              B. woman              C. friend                D. girl

2. A. giving            B. having               C. taking               D. making

3. A. The other      B. Another             C. Other                D. Others

4. A. wife              B. boss                  C. work                D. life

5. A. possible  B. impossible         C. possibly            D. impossibly

6. A. talk        B. concert             C. movie               D. drink

7. A. interesting      B. exciting             C. pleasant             D. happy

8. A. hesitated B. was surprised    C. doubted about    D. thought about

9. A. anxious         B. nervous             C. eager                D. worried

10. A. thought        B. discovered         C. noticed              D. believed

11. A. the door       B. the office           C. the room           D. the station

12. A. spoke          B. came out           C. expressed          D. smiled

13. A. because              B. as                     C. if                      D. although

14. A. even if         B. only if               C. as if                  D. if only

15. A. large            B. blue                  C. small                 D. clear

16. A. opened        B. closed               C. fixed                 D. lifted

17. A. newspaper   B. book                 C. menu                D. story

18. A. conversation B. walk                 C. meal                 D. situation

19. A. too              B. very                  C. that                  D. so

20. A. meal            B. talk                   C. date                  D. restaurant

After 21 years of marriage, I discovered a new way of keeping the spark (火花) of love alive. I started to go out with another woman. It was really my wife’s 1.
The other woman that my 2 wanted me to visit was my mother, who has been a widow (寡妇) for 19 years, but the 3 of my work and my three children had made it possible to visit her only 4. That night I called to invite her to go out for 5 and a movie. “What’s wrong, are you 6?” she asked. My mother is the type of woman who 7 that a late night call or a surprise invitation is a sign of bad news. “I thought that it would be 8 to pass some time with you,” I responded. “Just the 9 of us.” She thought about it for a moment, then said, “I would like that very much.”　
We went to a restaurant that, although not elegant, was very nice and 10. My mother took my arm 11 she were the First Lady. During the dinner we had an agreeable 12 — nothing extraordinary — but 13 recent events of each other’s life. We talked so much that we 14 the movie. As we arrived at her house later, she said, “I’ll 15 with you again, but only if you let me invite you.” I agreed. “How was your dinner 16?” asked my wife when I got home. “Very nice. Much more so than I could have imagined,” I answered.
A few days later my mother    17  a massive heart attack. It happened so suddenly that I didn’t have a chance to do    18  for her. At that moment I 19 the importance of saying in time “I LOVE YOU” and giving our loved ones the time that they 20.

1. 1.
   1. A.
      thought
   2. B.
      belief
   3. C.
      idea
   4. D.
      opinion
2. 2.
   1. A.
      father
   2. B.
      children
   3. C.
      mother
   4. D.
      wife
3. 3.
   1. A.
      demands
   2. B.
      pleasures
   3. C.
      anxieties
   4. D.
      commands
4. 4.
   1. A.
      unusually
   2. B.
      frequently
   3. C.
      occasionally
   4. D.
      immediately
5. 5.
   1. A.
      dinner
   2. B.
      a walk
   3. C.
      some fresh air
   4. D.
      a while
6. 6.
   1. A.
      well
   2. B.
      good
   3. C.
      safe
   4. D.
      bad
7. 7.
   1. A.
      guesses
   2. B.
      imagines
   3. C.
      supposes
   4. D.
      suspects
8. 8.
   1. A.
      necessary
   2. B.
      pleasant
   3. C.
      proper
   4. D.
      possible
9. 9.
   1. A.
      two
   2. B.
      three
   3. C.
      four
   4. D.
      five
10. 10.
    1. A.
       cheap
    2. B.
       comfortable
    3. C.
       cool
    4. D.
       tasty
11. 11.
    1. A.
       in case
    2. B.
       now that
    3. C.
       as if
    4. D.
       so that
12. 12.
    1. A.
       trouble
    2. B.
       conversation
    3. C.
       silence
    4. D.
       experiment
13. 13.
    1. A.
       catching up on
    2. B.
       finding out
    3. C.
       making sure
    4. D.
       working out
14. 14.
    1. A.
       missed
    2. B.
       enjoyed
    3. C.
       remembered
    4. D.
       watched
15. 15.
    1. A.
       eat out
    2. B.
       go out
    3. C.
       run out
    4. D.
       keep out
16. 16.
    1. A.
       party
    2. B.
       dance
    3. C.
       hour
    4. D.
       date
17. 17.
    1. A.
       heard of
    2. B.
       suffered from
    3. C.
       died of
    4. D.
       recovered from
18. 18.
    1. A.
       nothing
    2. B.
       anything
    3. C.
       something
    4. D.
       everything
19. 19.
    1. A.
       accepted
    2. B.
       doubted
    3. C.
       considered
    4. D.
       understood
20. 20.
    1. A.
       win
    2. B.
       deserve
    3. C.
       spend
    4. D.
       waste