完形填空（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从16-35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涂黑。
It was the afternoon before Christmas. As the newest doctor in our office, I had to work. The only thing that___16___ my day was the Christmas tree in our waiting room and beautiful___17___ sent to me by my lover.
When I was cleaning my office, our nurse came, saying___18___was anxious to speak with me. As I stepped out of the room,I___19__a tired-looking woman with a___20___ in her arms. ___21___, she explained that her husband--a prisoner was my next___22__. She told me she wasn’t ___23__to visit him in prison and that he had never seen his son． Her___24___ for me was to let them sit in the waiting room longer.___25__my schedule wasn’t full, I agreed. Hardly had her husband ___26___ when the woman’s tired face lit up. I kept watching them laugh, cry, and share their child outside. After almost an hour, I called__27____in. He seemed like a gentle and modest man. While working, I ___28___what he possibly could have done to be put into prison. I tried to make him as ___29___ as possible.
At the end of the appointment, I ___30___ him a Merry Christmas—a difficult thing to say to a man headed back to ___31___. He smiled and thanked me. He also said he felt ___32___ that he hadn’t been able to give his wife anything for Christmas. On hearing this, I was inspired with a wonderful ___33___.
I’ll never forget the look on both their faces as the prisoner gave his wife the beautiful roses. I’m not sure who experienced the most ___34___—the husband in giving, the wife in receiving, or myself in having the ___35___to share in this special moment.
1. A. displeased B. passed C. brightened D. celebrated
2. A. cards B. gifts C. roses D. clothes
3.A. man B. waiter C. patient D. lady
4.A. recognized B. noticed C. realized D. knew
5.A. Happily B. Excitedly C. Angrily D. Nervously
6.A. prisonerB．patient C．customer D．fellow
7.A. book B. gift C. bag D. baby
8.A. informedB. reminded C. allowed D. invited
9.A. request B. suggestion B. demand D. order
10.A. Since B. Though C. Unless D. While
11.A. looked upB. brought up C. turned up D. took up
12.A．guard B．lady C．prisoner D．visitor
13. A. wonderedB. believed C. understood D. found
14. A. painfulB. kind C. careful D. comfortable
15.A. chatted B. gave C. wished D. hoped
16.A. prison B. home C. hospital D. work
17.A. worried B. astonished C. sad D. pleased
18. A. opinion B. message C. promise D. idea
19. A. joy B. sadness C. astonishment D. worry
20.A.right B. opportunity C. feeling Ｄ. time
A quarrel _________, which made him ______ his family.
A. was broken out; break away B. broke out; break away from
C. was broken away; break down D. broke down; break out
What troubled the teacher was that no one present made an answer when asked who had broken the glasses, so he didn’t know who _____________.
A. was blamed B. was to be blamed
C. was to blame D. would be blamed
I’m excited that my parents ______of me having a travel to Africa.
cured B. suspected C. approved D. accused
My cousin doesn't know what to ______ at the university; he can't make up his mind about his future.
A. pick up B. speed up C. take up D. put up
—You should have thanked the hostess before leaving.
—I meant ______. But I couldn’t find her when I was leaving.
A. to B. to do C. doing D. doing so
