完形填空InthedoorwayofmyhomeIlookedcloselyatmy23yearoldsonDaniel.InafewhourshewouldbeflyingtoFranceto1adifferentlife.Itwasatransitional(过渡的)timeinDaniel'slife.I

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     In the doorway of my home   I looked closely at my 23yearold son   Daniel.In a few hours he would
be flying to France to __ 1 __ a different life.It was a transitional (过渡的) time in Daniel's life.I wanted
to __ 2 __ him some words of significance.But nothing came from my lips   and this was not the __ 3 __
time I had let such moments pass.
     When Daniel was five   I took him to the bus stop on his first day of kindergarten.He asked   "What
is it going to be like   Dad?Can I do it?" Then he walked __ 4 __ the steps of the bus and disappeared
inside.The bus drove away and I said nothing.A decade later   a similar __ 5 __ played itself out.
     I drove him to college.As I started to leave   I tried to think of something to say to give him __ 6 __
and confidence as he started this new stage of life.Again   words __ 7 __ me.
     Now   as I stood before him   I thought of those __ 8 __ opportunities.How many times have I let
such moments __ 9 __?I don't find a quiet moment to tell him what he has __ 10 __ to me.Or what he
might __ 11 __ to face in the years ahead.Maybe I thought it was not necessary to say anything.
     What does it matter in the course of a lifetime if a father never tells a son what he really thinks of
him?__ 12 __ as I stood before Daniel   I knew that it did matter.My father and I loved each other.Yet
I always __ 13 __ never hearing him put his __ 14 __ into words.Now I could feel my palms sweat and
my throat tighten.Why is it so __ 15 __ to tell a son something from the heart?
      My mouth turned dry   and I knew I would be able to get out only a few words clearly."Daniel   "I
said   "if I could have picked   I would have picked you." That's all I could say.He hugged me.For a
moment   the world __ 16 __   and there were just Daniel and me.He was saying something   but tears
misted my eyes   and I couldn't understand what he was saying.All I was __ 17 __ of was the stubble 
 (短须) on his chin as his face pressed __ 18 __ mine.What I had said to Daniel was __ 19 __.It was
nothing.And yet   it was __ 20 __.

(     )1. A.experience       (     )2. A.show           (     )3. A.last           (     )4. A.upward          (     )5. A.sign            (     )6. A.interest       (     )7. A.failed         (     )8. A.future         (     )9. A.last     (     )10. A.counted      (     )11. A.think       (     )12. A.But          (     )13. A.wondered     (     )14. A.views        (     )15. A.important     (     )16. A.disappeared   (     )17. A.sensitive     (     )18. A.by             (     )19. A.clumsy         (     )20. A.none

B. spend           B. give           B. first           B. into           B. scene           B. instruction     B. discouraged     B. embarrassing   B. pass           B. meant           B. want           B. And             B. regretted       B. actions         B. essential       B. changed         B. convinced       B. against         B. gentle         B. all

C. enjoy         C. make         C. very         C. down         C. scenery       C. courage       C. struck       C. obvious       C. fly           C. valued       C. expect       C. Instead       C. minded       C. feelings     C. hard         C. progressed   C. aware         C. on           C. absurd       C. anything

D. shape           D. instruct         D. next             D. up               D. sight           D. direction       D. troubled         D. lost             D. remain           D. cared           D. wish             D. So               D. tried           D. attitudes       D. complex         D. advanced         D. tired           D. with             D. moving           D. everything

Answer 1

1-5: ABBDB  6-10: CADBB  11-15: CABCC  16-20: ACBAD