第三节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
Coming home from school that dark winter day so long ago, I was filled with excitement of having the weekend off. But I was 41 into stillness by what I saw. Mother was seated at the far end of the sofa, 42 , with the second-hand green typewriter on the table. She told me that she couldn’t type fast and then she was out of work. My shock and embarrassment(尴尬) at finding mother in tears was a perfect proof of how 43 I understood the pressures on her. Sitting beside her on the sofa. I began very 44 to understand. “I guess we all have to 45 sometimes.” Mother said quietly. I could 46 her pain and the tension(紧张) of 47 the strong feelings that were interrupted by my arrival. Suddenly, something inside me 48 . I reached out and put my arms around her. She broke then. She put her face 49 my shoulder and sobbed(啜泣). I held her 50 and didn’t try to talk. I knew I was doing what I should. What I could 51 it was enough. In that moment, feeling mother’s 52 with feelings, I understood for the first time, her being so easy to 53 . She was still my mother, 54 she was something 55 , a person having the ability of bearing fear, 56 and failure. I could feel her pain as she must have felt mine on a thousand occasions when I sought 57 in her arms.
A week later Mother took a job selling dry goods at half the salary the radio station 58 . “It’s a job I can do, though,” she said simply. But the evening practice on the old green typewriter continued. I had a very 59 feeling now when I passed her door at night and heard her tapping 60 across the paper. I knew there was something more going on in there than a woman learning to type.
41. A. tired B. ashamed C. lazy D. shocked
42. A. crying B. smiling C. thinking D. whispering
43. A. eagerly B. worriedly C. little D. much
44. A. quickly B. slowly C. suddenly D. proudly
45. A. fail B. win C. fall sick D. give in
46. A. know of B. watch C. sense D. recognize
47. A. holding back B. putting away C. sitting up D. stopping from
48. A. lit up B. came true C. turned D. increased
49. A. to B. up C. through D. against
50. A. thoughtfully B. tightly C. carefully D. politely
51. A. and that B. now that C. but that D. so that
52. A. hand B. face C. hair D. back
53. A. content B. break C. fall D. understand
54. A. therefore B. however C. yet D. though
55. A. more B. much C. little D. huge
56. A. wound B. defeat C. cut D. hurt
57. A. kindness B. memory C. comfort D. support
58. A. supplied B. offered C. paid for D. contributed
59. A. different B. hard C. pleasant D. serious
60. A. off B. away C. out D. through
