Question

       阅读下面短文．掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项。

       My 23-year-old son Dan stood in the doorway, ready to say goodbye to his home．In a couple of hours he was going to fly out to France．He was going to be away for at least a year to learn a foreign language and __1__ life in a foreign country．

       It was a milestone in Dan’s life, a change from school days to   2．When we were to say goodbye, I   3closely at his face．I would like to provide him with good   4_  that would last longer than here and now．

       But not a sound came over my lips．I   5motionless and silent, looking    6__    my son’s green eyes．

       I knew that this wasn’t the first time I    7such an opportunity pass me by．When Daniel was a little boy, I followed him to the bus on his first day in preschool．I   8the excitement in his hand that held mine when the bus came round the corner．He looked at me —just _ _9he did now．And then he boarded the bus and   10．The bus drove away．And I hadn’t     11a word．

       Some ten years later, a similar experience    12．His mother and I drove him to the university where he was going to   13．Dan was ill in bed when I wanted to say goodbye． __14the words let me down．I only murmured something like “I hope you are   15, Dan．” Then I turned around and left．

       Now I stood in front of him and recalled all the   16when I hadn’t make use of those opportunities．Why does it have to be so    17to tell your son what you feel? My mouth was

18, and I knew I would only say a few words．

       “Dan,” I   19stammered out（结结巴巴地说）, “if I had the choice myself, I would have   

20you．” That was all I could say．It was nothing, and yet it was everything．

1.A．experiment               B．experience           C．business              D．knowledge

2.A．neighborhood           B．childhood            C．adulthood            D．brotherhood

3.A．looked                     B．fixed                   C．glared                 D．stared

4.A．gift                         B．support               C．skill                    D．advice

5.A．walked                    B．stood                  C．sat                      D．wondered

6.A．like                         B．for                      C．at                       D．into

7.A．made                       B．had                     C．let                       D．got

8.A．felt                          B．knew                  C．found                  D．realized

9.A．when                      B．as                       C．since                   D．once

10.A．enjoyed                  B．ran                      C．left                     D．disappeared

11.A．heard                     B．said                     C．gave                   D．left

12.A．took place              B．took on               C．turned out           D．turned up

13.A．play                       B．visit                    C．study                  D．search

14.A．Luckily                  B．Once                   C．Again                  D．Therefore

15.A．stronger                 B．happier                C．greater                D．better

16.A．times                     B．places                 C．days                   D．ways

17.A．eager                     B．important             C．difficult               D．lovely

18.A．wet                       B．dry                     C．anxious               D．painful

19.A．directly                  B．finally                  C．kindly                 D．nervously

20.A．loved                     B．praised                C．supported            D．chosen

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.D

5.B 

6.D

7.C

8.A

9.B

10.D   

11.B

12.A

13.C

14.C

15.D                              

16.A

17.C

18.B

19.B

20.D