Last Christmas while staying with my parents, I 36 across some old love letters that my parents wrote to
each other. these letters were all piled up in a basket, dirty and 37 with dust. 38 to read and sort them, I asked
them if I could take the letters back to my Illinois home. They agreed.
As I carefully opened each letter, all of them 39 with age, I discovered a new page 40 unknown to me in
this private chapter of my parents’ lives.
My father used to 41 in the army. So his letters were full of frontline(前线) 42 of the things about the war.
Each of my mother’s letters was marked with her 1944 dark red lipstick(口红) kiss. I was 43 to these letters
like a magnet(磁铁).
Just six weeks after our Christmas visit, Daddy became very 44 and was hospitalized(住院). This time, he
was fighting a 45 kind of war. As I sat by his bedside, we discussed the 46 . He told me how much receiving
those lipstick-kissed letters had 47 to him when he had been so far from home.
It so happened that the next day would be February 14. From the 48 letters I chose the card my father had
sent mother in 1944 and brought it to my father’s bedside.
At his bedside, I joked with him, saying 49 .“Today is Valentine’s Day, don’t you want to sent Mother a
present?” He became more 50 when I handed him the old 51 . He carefully opened it and took out the card,
and when he 52 it, his eyes were filled with tears.
My father, in a voice tight with 53 read the loving 54 he’d sent to my mother fifty-six years earlier. And
this time, he could read it to her 55 .
1.A. drew B. hit C. came D. fell
2.A. covered B. hidden C. buried D. filled
3. A. Pretending B. Deciding C. Preferring D. Suggesting
4.A. tender B. tasty C. useful D. delicate
5.A. recently B. previously C. usually D. occasionally
6. A. serve B. study C. work D. report
7.A. documents B. accounts C. introductions D. occupations
8.A. devoted B. drawn C. thrown D. abandoned
9.A. depressed B. dead C. ill D. dangerous
10.A. different B. traditional C. typical D. familiar
11. A. wars B. illnesses C. prescriptions D. letters
12.A. intended B. meant C. planned D. said
13.A. divided B. separated C. sorted D. updated
14.A. softly B. angrily C. sadly D. loudly
15. A. fantastic B. enthusiastic C. curious D. positive
16.A. Christmas card B. lipstick C. basket D. envelope
17.A. found B. wrote C. missed D. recognized
18.A. emotion B. sorrow C. sickness D. astonishment
19.. A. story B. speech C. message D. motto
20.A. in peace B. in private C. in danger D. in person
It’s unimaginable that such a top student as Jane cheat in the exam.
A. should B. may C. can D. might
Now the Internet is a popular channel the public voice their opinions and show their strength.
A. by that B. through which C. through that D. by which
Since the opening and reform policy, China a boom in its economy.
A. enjoys B. has been enjoying C. enjoyed D. having enjoyed
private cars are bringing us conveniewce, they may also cause traffic accidents and pollution.
A. When B. Since C. while D. As
Nowadays, many people walk to work, Copenhagen（哥本哈根）Conference calling for living a low-carbon life to cope with global warming.
A. in relation to B. in terms of C. in apposition to D. in response to
