完形填空 （共20小题；每小题1.5分， 满分30分）
I just came home from visiting my 90-year-old grandpa after his heart surgery. We talked and laughed and before I left he __36__me, told me that he loved me and told me not to be_37_ if he died because he had loved his life.
When my mom was in hospital due to breast cancer, I went to _38_ her. She wasn’t in her _39_. When I headed for the Nurses Station to _40_ her, I saw her coming down the hall. “ Mom, why are you out of bed? Where have you been?” She _41_ and said she’d been to the nursery floor to visit the babies.
My lifelong friend almost lost her 50-year-old husband to cancer._42_, she did her full-time job at the hospital and two other jobs to _43_ losing their house. She continued to laugh, love and find_44_ every single day in life.
And on and on---------
Maybe that’s part of why I have a positive _45_. I’m really lucky to know so many _46_ people. I’ve known so many people in my life who have _47_ the difficulties and the horrors of life with grace, humor and _48_.
When you say life isn’t worth _49_, when you say you want to die, when _50_ you know has used you, abused you, _51_ you, hated you, it’s you, your _52_ that have created a life for yourself that you don’t feel is worth living and a life no one else wants to live with you. I don’t feel_53_ for you. I don’t care about you. You’re a coward(懦夫). _54_, you should try to change things, move _55_ and learn something from the things you have experienced. Then maybe someone will really care about you.
1.A. drew B. pulled C. hugged D. showed
2.A. frightened B. sad C. nervous D. astonished
3.A. support B. visit C. encourage D. invite
4.A. bed B. office C. house D. chair
5.A. hold B. remind C. scold D. find
6.A. sighed B. smiled C. nodded D. cried
7.A. Fortunately B.Gradually C. Unbelievably D. Actually
8.A. avoid B. stop C. risk D. forget
9.A. work B. advice C. surprise D. joy
10.A. attitude B. reply C. demand D. belief
11.A. romantic B. humorous C. optimistic D. careful
12.A. lived for B. shown off C. looked for D. gone through
13.A. strength B. courage C. feelings D. spirits
14.A. living B. fighting C. losing D. noticing
15.A. someone B. nobody C. everyone D. everything
16.A. left B. envied C. educated D. appreciated
17.A. selfishness B. bravery C. behavior D. honesty
18.A. proud B. sorry C. excited D. happy
19.A. Otherwise B. Besides C. However D. Instead
20.A. downward B. backward C. leftward D. forward
– Do you know William failed the exam, Jenny?
-- _____? As far as I know, he is always working hard.
A. So what B. How come C. Why not D. What for
When you communicate with people, it is not unusual to find yourself in a situation ____ you have to politely decline an offer.
A. where B. which C. what D. why
Not until Betty got to the airport _____ she had lost her tickets.
A. that she realized B. did she realize C. where she realized D. she realized
____ has been proved again and again that ____ is said in the ads greatly affects people’s impression of the products.
A. There; what B. There; that C. It; which D. It; what
_____ no spare parts, the equipment could not be repaired at once.
A. There being B. There having C. Being D. There was
