完形填空(共20小题, 每小题1分，满分20分)
Soon Tommy's parents, who had recently separated (分居), would arrive for a meeting on his failing schoolwork and
16 behavior. Neither parent knew that I had called up
17 .
Tommy, an only child, had
18 been happy, cooperative, and an excellent student. How could I make his father and mother
19 that his recent failing grades
20 a brokenhearted child's reaction to his respected parents' separation and possible
21 ?
Tommy's mother came in and
22 one of the chairs I had placed near my desk. Then the father
23 and was obviously surprised to see his wife. They pointedly(显然) ignored each other.
As I gave a detailed
24 of Tommy's behavior and schoolwork, I prayed for the
25 words to bring these two together to help them see what they were doing to their son.
26 somehow the words wouldn't come.
I found a crumpled (弄皱的), tear-stained
27 stuffed (塞) in the back of Tommy's desk. Writing covered both sides, a single
28 scribbled (乱写) over and over.
Silently I smoothed(弄平) it out and gave it to Tommy's mother. She read it and then without a word handed it to her husband. He
29 . Then his face softened. He studied the scribbled words for
30 seemed a future life.
At last he folded the paper carefully and
31 his wife's outstretched(伸出的) hand. She wiped the tears from her
32 and smiled up at him. I also couldn't keep back tears, but
33 seemed to notice.
In this way I used the words to
34 that family. On the sheet of yellow copy paper
35 with the painful outpouring of a small boy's troubled heart, it said.
"Dear Mother ... Dear Daddy ... I love you ... I love you ... I love you."
| 小题1: | | A．satisfying | B．exciting | C．disappointing | D．surprising |
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| 小题2: | | A．the others | B．the other | C．another one | D．each other |
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| 小题3: | | A．never | B．rarely | C．always | D．usually |
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| 小题4: | | A．hope | B．believe | C．promise | D．trust |
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| 小题5: | | A．stood for | B．looked for | C．cared for | D．made for |
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| 小题6: | | A．happiness | B．cruelty | C．selfishness | D．divorce |
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| 小题7: | | A．got | B．took | C．possessed | D．seated |
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| 小题8: | | A．reached | B．sat | C．arrived | D．went |
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| 小题9: | | A．account | B．record | C．comment | D．paper |
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| 小题10: | | A．common | B．exciting | C．mistaken | D．right |
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| 小题12: | | A．letter | B．sheet | C．message | D．schoolwork |
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| 小题13: | | A．word | B．article | C．phrase | D．sentence |
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| 小题14: | | A．cried | B．laughed | C．frowned | D．smiled |
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| 小题15: | | A．which | B．as if | C．what | D．when |
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| 小题16: | | A．reached for | B．hunted for | C．kept off | D．searched for |
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| 小题17: | | A．faces | B．eyes | C．head | D．nose |
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| 小题18: | | A．both | B．neither | C．either | D．none |
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| 小题19: | | A．reunite | B．unite | C．satisfy | D．help |
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| 小题20: | | A．lined | B．formed | C．written | D．covered |
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