第二节  完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，共30分)

Dear Laura,

I just heard you tell an old story of gift giving and unselfish love in your program. You doubted that such unselfish love would happen in today’s world, Well, I’m here to give you ___36___.

I wanted to do something very ___37___ for my fifteen-year-old son, who has always been the perfect child. He ___38___ all summer to earn enough money to buy a used motorcycle. Then, he spent hours and hours on it ___39___ it looked almost new, I was so ___40___ of him that I bought him the shiniest helmet and a riding outfit.

I could ___41___ wait for him to open up his gift. In fact, I barely slept the night before. Upon awakening. I went to the kitchen to ___42___ the coffee, tea, and morning goodies. In the living room was a beautiful keyboard with a ___43___: “To my wonderful mother, all my love, your son.”

I was so ___44___. It had been a long-standing joke in our family that I wanted a piano so that I could ___45___ lessons. “Learn to play the piano, and I’ll get you one” was my husband’s ___46___

I stood there shocked, crying a river, asking myself how my son could ___47___ this expensive gift.

Of course, the ___48___ awoke, and my son was thrilled (激动的) with my reaction. Many kisses were ____49___. and I immediately wanted him to ___50___ my gift.

As he saw the helmet and outfit, the look on his face was not ___51___ what I was expecting. Then I ___52___ that he had sold the motorcycle to get me the keyboard.

Of course I was the proudest mother___53___ on that day, and my feet never hit the ground for a month.

So I wanted you to know, that kind of love still ___54___ and lives even in the ever-changing world of me, me, me!

I thought you’d love to ___55___ this story.

Yours,

Hilary

P.S. The next day, my husband and I bought him a new “used” already shiny motorcycle.

36. A. hope          B. advice       C. support        D. courage

37. A. polite         B. similar       C. special        D. private

38. A. played        B. studied       C. traveled       D. worked

39. A. after          B. before       C. unless         D. until

40. A. sure          B. fond         C. proud         D. confident

41. A. perhaps       B. really        C. almost        D. hardly

42. A. start          B. cook         C. set           D. serve

43. A. note          B. notice        C. word         D. sign

44. A. disturbed      B. confused      C. astonished    D. inspired

45. A. give          B. take          C. draw         D. teach

46. A. reason        B. request        C. comment     D. response

47. A. present       B. afford         C. find          D. order

48. A. neighbor      B. building       C. home        D. house

49. A. exchanged     B. experienced    C. expected     D. exhibited

50. A. tear          B. open          C. check        D. receive

51. A. purely        B. basically       C. obviously    D. exactly

52. A. realized       B. remembered    C. imagined     D. supposed

53. A. only          B. still          C. ever          D. even

54. A. works        B. exists          C. matters       D. counts

55. A. send         B. publish        C. share         D. write
答案

33．D  34．A  35．B  36．A  37．C  38．D  39．D  40．C  41．D  42．A

43．A  44．C  45．B  46．D  47．B  48．D  49．A  50．B  51．D  52．A

53．C  54．B  55．C