第三节 完形填空(共20小题;每小题1. 5分,满分30分)
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
From the time each of my children started school, I packed their lunches. And in each lunch, I ___21___ a note. Often written on a napkin (餐巾), it might be a thank-you for a ___22___ moment, a reminder of something we were happily expecting, or a bit of ___23___ for the coming test or sporting event.
In early grade school they ___24___ their notes. But as children grow older they becomes self-conscious (有自我意识的), and ___25___ he reached high school, my older son, Marc, informed me he no longer ___26___ my daily notes. Telling him that he no longer needed to ___27___ them but I still needed to write them, I ___28___ until the day he graduated.
Six years after high school graduation, Marc called and asked if he could move ___29___ for a couple of months. He had spent those years well, graduating from college, ___30___ two internship (实习) in Washington D.C., and ___31___, becoming a technical assistant in Sacramento, ___32___ short vacation visits, however, he had lived away from home. With his younger sister leaving for college, I was ___33___ happy to have Marc back. Since I was ___34___ making lunch for his younger brother, I ___35___ one for Marc, too. Imagine my ___36___ when I got a call from my 24-yere-old son, ___37___ his lunch.
“Did I do something ___38___? Don’t you love me ___39___, Mom?” were just a few of the questions he threw at me as I ___40___ asked him what was wrong.
“My note, Mom,” he answered. “Where’s my note?”
21. A. carried B. found
C. included D. held
22. A. difficult B. special
C. comfortable D. separate
23. A. congratulation B. improvement
C. explanation D. encouragement
24. A. loved B. answered
C. wrote D. examined
25. A. lately B. by the way
C. by the time D. gradually
26. A. received B. understood
C. enjoyed D. collected
27. A. copy B. read
C. take D. send
28. A. held up B. gave up
C. followed D. continued
29. A. out B. home
C. to college D. to Sacramento
30. A. organizing B. planning
C. comparing D. completing
31. A. hopefully B. finally
C. particularly D. certainly
32. A. Because of B. Instead of
C. Except for D. As for
33. A. especially B. immediately
C. equally D. generally
34. A. once B. again
C. still D. even
35. A. packed B. fetched
C. bought D. filled
36. A. fear B. surprise
C. anger D. disappointment
37. A. waiting for B. worrying about
C. caring for D. asking about
38. A. wrong B. funny
C. strange D. smart
39. A. any more B. enough
C. once more D. better
40. A. interestingly B. bitterly
C. politely D. laughingly