完形填空（共20小题，每小题 1.5 分，满分 30 分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选取出适合填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
When my son unexpectedly volunteered for the Marines, I was busy writing my novels and giving little thought to the men and women in the army.
My son, John Schaeffer, recently came home _36__ from the Middle East. He slowly appeared from a broken car; John _37__ all night from a base near Washington, _38__ he had landed the day before. He did not want me to 39___ him there. “I’ll need time to myself,” my son said _40__ calling from Kuwait on the way home.
I gave my wife a head start. Mother_41__ son, “I was so worried”, Genie said. She pulled away to look up again and again to _42___ he was really there.
My wife gave me a great gift: _43__ alone with my boy. John was tired and lay _44__ on his bed. I lay down next to him and was grasping his hand the whole time. I just wanted to be certain that the nightmares I’d had about John being killed were _45__ .
I kept holding my son, the way I _46__ when he was two and came into our bed after a _47__ dream. I asked John if he’d rather sleep than talk, and he said there would be time for 48___ later.
With the 49___ over, under and around me came incredible tiredness. I slept with his voice dying away. It was the first good _50__ I’d had in months. I woke and John was asleep next to me. Sitting by his bed watching him breathe, I found myself praying and _51__ for all the fathers, mothers, sons, daughters, husbands and wives of those who were not coming home. For the first time in my life, I was weeping for _52___.
Before my son went to war I would never have shed tears for them .My son _53__ me. He taught me that our men and women in uniform are not the _54__”. They are our sons, daughters, brothers and sisters. Sometimes shedding ears for strangers is a holy _55___. Sometimes it’s all we can do.
1. A. angry B. excited C. frightened D. alive
2. A. drove B. was driving C. had driven D. would have driven
3. A. where B. when C. which D. who
4. A. meet B. congratulate C. permit D. accept
5. A. once B. when C. unless D. since
6. A. abolished B. patted C. rated D. embraced
7. A. make sure B. set down C. get across D. make sense
8. A. period B. chance C. time D. moment
9. A. hesitated B. stretched C. supporting D. spreading
10. A. facts B. truth C. proofs D. lies
11. A. used to B. ought to C. should D. must
12. A. happy B. cheerful C. scary D. sleep
13.A. advice B. discussion C. talk D. sleep
14. A. chat B. worries C. meeting D. curiosity
15. A. conversation B. observation C. sleep D. independence
16. A. crying B. marching C. screaming D. regretting
17. A. friends B. neighbors C. strangers D. soldiers
18. A. persuaded B. changed C. frightened D. arrested
19. A. another B. other C. others D. one
20. A. function B. adventure C. shame D. duty
Had the weather been good, the children ____ out for a walk.
A. had gone B. could have gone C. would go D. went
The news has just ___ that the president is going to visit China next month.
A. come out B. put out C. let out D. given out
By looking at a problem in as many ways as possible, creative thinkers can find solutions that would ___ remain invisible.
A. otherwise B. yet C. already D. forever
It was foolish of you to take a taxi ___ you could easily walk there in five minutes.
A. while B. when C. since D. before
He is only too ready to help others, seldom, ____ refusing them when they turn to him.
A. if never B. if ever C. if not D. if no
