第三部分
英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
When I was young, every night, my mother came to my bed. She would
41 down and push my long hair out of the way, and then kiss my forehead.
I don’t remember when it first started
42 me. I don’t like her hands pushing my hair that way, for they felt rough
43 my young skin. Finally, one night, I
44 out at her, “Don’t do that any more, your hands are too rough!” She made no
45 and left quietly. But never did my mother do it again.
With the years passing by, I
46 and had my own daughter too. Night after night, I would go to her bed pushing her long hair out of the way and
47 her good night. Just like my mother to me years ago! I came to understand my mother and her expression
of
48 . By then I
49 my mother’s hands and her goodnight kiss.
Many more years have passed. Mom is in her seventies, and those hands I
50 thought to be too rough are still doing things for me and my family.
Now, Mom no longer has Dad and lives
51 . One night on Thanksgiving Eve, I found myself
52 to her house to spend the night with her. As I slept in the bedroom of
my youth, a
53 and warm hand ran across my face to push the hair from my forehead. Then a kiss, ever so gently, touched my forehead. I burst into
54 .
I sobbed(抽泣)and told her how I loved her and how I felt
55 that I said those silly words that night. She looked at me
56 . I had thought she’d remember it
57 I did. But obviously she had already forgotten it and
58 me long ago!
That night, I fell asleep with a new
59 for my gentle mother and her caring hands. And the guilt that I had carried around for so long was
60 to be found.
41. A. bend B. look C. lie D. fall
42. A. astonishing B. annoying C. delighting D. disappointing
43. A. along B. above C. aside D. against
44. A. glanced B. knocked C. shouted D. laughed
45. A. promise B. reply C. request D. agreement
46. A. brought up B. grew up C. woke up D. turned up
47. A. hug B. wave C. kiss D. shake
48. A. love B. sadness C. apology D. pity
49. A. shook B. forgot C. held D. missed
50. A. never B. once C. always D. still
51. A. alone B. away C. off D. long
52. A. moved B. carried C. drawn D. stayed
53. A. familiar B. similar C. popular D. regular
54. A. tears B. laughter C. song D. jump
55. A. grateful B. thankful C. cheerful D. regretful
56. A. in surprise B. in public C. in anger D. in fear
57. A. when B. how C. as D. though
58. A. confused B. controlled C. forgiven D. praised
59. A. imagination B. inspiration C. decoration D. appreciation
60. A. still B. nowhere C. anyhow D. soon
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