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When Pat picked up the receiver her face became the only bright spot in that gloomy(阴沉)day.

It was our son David an army helicopter pilot. Three months 36 he had begun a one-year assignment in South Korea. David made an effort to sound 37 but his voice suggested homesickness.

38 a booming clap of thunder shook the windows only inches 39 the phones Pat and I were using.

“What was that?” David asked “It sounded like a(n) 40 .”

“Just thunder ” Pat said “It’s been raining here all week.”

There were several seconds of 41 . “David ” I asked “Are you still there?”

“I was 42 what Mother said－‘Just thunder.’ 43 parents do you know what many of the men here 44 most of all? Thunder. We have rain wind snow and some violent storms but it 45 thunders.”

“I wish I were there now to listen with you ” he said softly.

46 I hung up the phone I got my tape recorder my large umbrella and a wooden chair and 47 out. I sat in the driving rain under my umbrella and 48 half an hour of the finest Mississippi thunder a 49 man could ever want to hear. The next day I mailed the tape to David with a single line: “A(n) 50 gift.”

Three weeks later David called again “Dad ” he said “You won’t 51 what I did last night. I 52 some friends over to my quarters(营房)for a thunder party. When we heard the tape we all 53 the same way. Instant silence followed by a few minutes of 54 . But once we realized we were listening to the sounds of 55 we felt better and enjoyed a great party. I can’t tell you how much that tape meant to me.”

36．A．ago B．earlier C．later D．away

37．A．cheerful B．satisfied C．reasonable D．comfortable

38．A．Gradually B．Quickly C．Suddenly D．Unfortunately

39．A．to B．by C．with D．from

40．A．earthquake B．explosion C．crash D．accident

41．A．calmness B．silence C．laughing D．talking

42．A．figuring out B．wondering at C. thinking about D．concentrating on

43．A．More than B. Rather than C．Less than D．Other than

44．A．miss B．love C．hate D．worry

45．A．also B．even C．often D．never

46．A．As soon as B．As far as C．Before D．Until

47．A．called B．rushed C．broke D．knocked