Question

After 21 years of marriage, my wife wanted me to take another woman out to dinner.   36   woman was my mother, who has been a widow for 19 years, but my work had made   37   impossible to visit her very often. That night I called to   38  her to go out for dinner.“What’s wrong? Are you   39  ?”she asked. “I thought that it would be   40   to spend some time with you. Just the two of us,”I answered. She thought about it   41   moment, and agreed.

That Friday after work,   42   I drove to pick her up, I was a bit nervous. When I arrived at her house, I   43   that, she, too, seemed to be   44   about our date. She had curled her hair and was wearing the dress that she had worn to   45   her last wedding anniversary.

We went to a restaurant that,   46   not elegant, was very nice and cozy. When I read the menu, Mom sat there   47   at me. A nostalgic(怀旧的)smile was   48   her lips. During the dinner, we had a(an)   49   conversation—nothing special but catching up on(了解)recent events of each other’s life.

A few days   50  , my mother died of a heart attack. It happened so suddenly that I didn’t have a chance to do   51   for her. Sometime later, I received an envelope with a note   52  “You will never know what that night meant to me. I’m looking forward to the   53   dinner. I love you, Son.”

At that moment, I understood the importance of saying in time“I LOVE YOU”. Nothing in life is more important than your   54  . Give them the time they deserve, because these things cannot be   55   till“some other time”.

1.A. Another        B. This other       C. Other            D. Others

2.A. this           B. that             C. one              D. it

3.A. force          B. order                C. advise           D. invite

4. A. happy     B. good             C. well             D. bad

5.A. glad           B. pleasant         C. interesting      D. pleased

6.A. at the     B. for a                C. in a             D. for the

7.A. until          B. after                C. as               D. since

8.A. noticed        B. observed         C. watched          D. heard

9.A. confused       B. calm             C. nervous          D. easy

10.A. congratulate  B. celebrate            C. memorize     D. honor

11.A. though        B. even             C. but              D. yet

12.A. glancing      B. staring          C. glaring          D. smiling

13.A. in            B. beyond           C. above            D. on

14. A. deep         B. curious          C. agreeable            D. short

15.A. later         B. after                C. before           D. ago

16.A. anything      B. everything       C. nothing          D. something

17.A. writing       B. saying           C. speaking         D. telling

18.A. first         B. second           C. last             D. next

19.A. mother        B. wife             C. family           D. work

20.A. put off       B. taken over       C. cut off          D. picked up

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.D

4.C

5.B

6.B

7.C

8.A

9.C

10.D

11.A

12.B

13.D

14.C

15.A

16.A

17.B

18.D

19.C

20.A

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