I had said goodbye to my husband, Joe, so often, but this time was ____.
We now had our first child. After nights of talks, we made the difficult ____ that Joe would go by himself to Alabama for the six-month training course, and I would stay behind with our new son. It was important that I ___ my teaching position near our home at Fort Hood. Also we were part of a strong network of friends ____ I could turn to for help.
On Joe's ____ evening at home, I bathed little Joey, got him into his sleeper and was heading to the bedroom when Joe gently touched ___ on the shoulder. Lifting the baby from my arms, he said he wanted to put Joey to bed tonight.
They headed down the hall, and I busied myself with meaningless tasks, ____ Joe to turn up from the bedroom within a few minutes. A half hour went by, and ___ he had not come back. Thinking he was having ____ getting our son to fall asleep, I walked quietly to the baby's room and ___ into the dimly-lit(灯光暗淡的)room.
Sitting in the rocking chair, moving slowly back and forth, was my husband with ____ in his eyes. He was holding our baby in his arms ____ he had fallen asleep long before. When his pained eyes met mine, he said, "I just can't put him down."
That night we stood over Joey's bed, holding each other and saying over and over that we would make it through this leaving and be ____ again soon.
Joey is six now, and he has a four-year-old brother named Jack. There have been many goodbyes ____ that night, yet my soldier still fights back tears when it's time to ____ once again in service to his country and give his boys that last, long hug goodbye.
1.A. dangerous B. different C. impossible D. terrible
2.A. promise B. wish C. suggestion D. decision
3.A. miss B. keep C. get D. accept
4.A. whom B. whose C. which D. what
5.A. first B. next C. other D. Last
6.A. us B. them C. me D. her
7.A. expecting B. remembering C. agreeing D. allowing
8.A. again B. still C. then D. ever
9.A. excuse B. fun C. trouble D. chance
10.A. moved B. talked C. turned D. looked
11.A. colors B. tears C. joys D. fears
12.A. even though B. as if C. so that D. now that
13.A. sure B. proud C. alone D. together
14.A. on B. for C. since D. through
15.A. visit B. sleep C. leave D. play
---Could you let me know ________ yesterday ?
---Because the traffic was heavy .
A. why did you come late B. why you came late
C. why do you come late D. why you come late
---How do your parents usually go to work?
---My mother usually goes to work _________ bus while my father ________ a bike to work.
A. takes, rides B. take, by C. by, by D. by, rides
---I want to buy the book Harry Potter. Do you know its _______?
--- Not very well. Maybe fifty yuan.
A. cover B. size C. color D. price
---Would you mind moving the desk?
--- _________. I will do it right away.
A. Yes, I do B. No, I am not C. Of course D. No, not at all
--- I hear a very big earthquake happened in Japan. Many people were injured or killed.
---___________________________.
A. Oh,I’m terribly sorry to hear that. B. What a bad news!
C. It doesn’t matter D.They are really poor.