I watch her and her mother decorate her college dormitory room. Everything is in place organized and arranged. Her room nicely accommodates not only her clothes and bric-a-brac(小摆设), but her ___36___ as well. I begin to accept that her room at home is no longer hers. It is now ours, our room for her when she ___37___.

I ___38___ myself thinking of when I held her in the cradle of my arm, in the chair alongside my wife's hospital bed. One day old. So ___39___, so beautiful, so perfect, so ___40___ dependent on her new, ___41___ parents. Time marches relentlessly(不停地).

She looks up now, catching me ___42___ at her, causing her to say to her mother." Mom, Dad's looking at me ___43____”.

The last few days, I touch her arm, her face--- ___44___ that when my wife and I return home, she will not be ___45___ us. I have so much to say, but no ___46___ with which to say it.

My ___47___ changed from the day I drove this child home from the hospital. I saw myself ___48___ that day, and it has led to a lot of places that I would never have found on my own.

She says, “It'll be all right, Dad. I'll be home from school ___49___.” I tell her she will have a great year but I say little else. I am afraid somehow to speak and I only hold on to our good-bye hug a little longer, a little ___50___.

I gaze into her eyes and ___51___to go. My wife's eyes follow her as she leaves us. ___52___ do not. Maybe if I don't look, I can imagine that she really hasn't ___53___ ; I know that what she is embarking upon(开始) is exciting and wonderful. I remember what the world looked like to me ___54___ everything was new.

As I walk to the car with my wife at my side, my eyes are wet, my heart is sore, and I realize that my life is ___55___ forever.

　　36. A. sister's         B. teachers'            C. mother's            D. roommates'

　　37. A. lives       B. Visits                 C. separates       D. graduates

　　38. A. Force          B. leave             C. find            D. have

　　39. A. Small           B. big              C. funny          D. strong

　　40. A. severely    B. totally            C. slightly         D. strictly

　　41. A. Innocent      B. casual            C. qualified        D. inexperienced

　　42. A. Laughing      B. staring           C. glaring         D. looking

　　43. A funny      B. frightening       C. kind           D. sad

　　44. A. expecting   B. imaging          C. knowing        D. doubting

　　45. A. For              B. with             C. within          D. along

　　46. A. sentence     B. quotes          C. saying          D. words

　　47. A. day         B. career           C. life             D. age

　　48. A. easily       B. carefully          C. differently      D. seriously

　　49. A. quick       B. soon             C. fast          D. rapidly

　　50. A. gentler      B. softer                   C. tighter        D. warmly

　　51. A. start        B. turn             C. run            D. wonder

　　52. A. Hers        B. My wife's        C. Mine           D. Ours

　　53. A. gone        B. grown          C. born           D. found

　　54. A. although     B. where           C. when                D. why

　　55. A. destroyed   B. beginning        C. ended          D. changing

---Do you enjoy your present job?　

--- ________. I just do it for a living.

A. Of course　　　　　 B. Not really　　　　　　　 C. Not likely　　 　　　 D. Not a little

 Being a parent is not always easy, and being the parent of a child with special needs often carries with ___ extra stress.

  A. it                   B. them              C. one                  D. him     

After that he knew he could　　　 any emergency by doing what be could to the best of his ability.

A. get away with B. get on with C. get through D. get across

 Never before ____ in greater need of modern public transport than it is today.   

  A. has this city been                              B. this city has been

  C. was this city                                     D. this city was

 You can't imagine what difficulty he had ______ a customer to buy the high-tech product.

　A. persuaded               B. persuade              C. to persuade            D. persuading   

---Has Mr. Wu returned from Beijing yet?

---Yes, but he _____ here for only three days before the principal sent him to Shanghai.

　A. was　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. has been　　　 　　　 C. will be　　　 　　　 D. would be　　

The math examination turned out to be easy. I _________ the trouble to do so many exercises during the winter vacation.　

A. shouldn't have taken 　 B. couldn't have taken　

C .needn't have taken D. didn't need to

A.---What do you think made Mary so upset?

B ---_____________.

A. She lost her new ipad. B. Losing her new ipad.　

　C. Lost her new ipad.　　　　 　　　　 D. What she lost was her ipad.　

 You shouldn't be so rude to a lady, young man, _____ I think, you must apologize.

  A. whom          B. which          C. to her               D. for which