13. 2011·天津十二所重點(diǎn)學(xué)校聯(lián)考 ?完形填空

Last Christmas while staying with my parents, I ? 16 ? across some old love letters that my parents wrote to each other．These letters were all piled up in a basket, dirty and ? 17 ?with dust． ?18 ? 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 ? 19 ? with age, I discovered a new page ? 20 ?unknown to me in this private chapter of my parents' lives．

My father used to ? 21 ? in the army．So his letters were full of frontline ? 22 ? of the things about the war．Each of my mother's letters was marked with her 1944 dark red lipstick kiss．I was ? 23 ? to these letters like a magnet （磁鐵）．

Just six weeks after our Christmas visit, Daddy became very ? ?24 ? ?and was hospitalized．This time, he was fighting a ? 25 ? kind of war．As I sat by his bedside, we discussed the ? 26 ．He told me how much receiving those lipstick-kissed letters had ? 27 ?to him when he had been so far from home．

It so happened that the next day would be February 14．From the ? 28 ? 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 ? 29 ?．"Today is Valentine's Day, don't you want to send Mother a present?" He became more ? 30 ? when I handed him the old ? 31 ?. He carefully opened it and took out the card, and when he ? 32 ? it, his eyes were filled with tears．

My father, in a voice tight with ? 33 ? read the loving ? 34 ? he'd sent to my mother fifty-six years earlier．And this time, he could read it to her ? 35 ?．

16．A．came???????????B．hit????????????C．drew???????D．fell

17．A．hidden??????????B．covered????????C．buried???????D．filled

18．A．Pretending???????B．Suggesting?????C．Preferring?????D．Deciding

19．A．delicate??????????B．tasty???????????C．useful????????D．tender

20．A．recently?????????B．usually?????????C．previously????D．occasionally

21．A．work???????????B．study??????????C．serve??????????D．report

22．A．a(chǎn)ccounts????????B．documents?????C．introductions????D．occupations

23．A．devoted????????B．a(chǎn)bandoned?????C．thrown???????D．drawn

24．A．depressed???????B．dead???????????C．dangerous??????D．ill

25．A．typical???????????B．traditional??????C．different??????D．familiar

26．A．wars???????B．illnesses????????C．letters?????????D．prescriptions

27．A．meant??????????B．intended???????C．planned?????D．said

28．A．divided?????????B．sorted?????????C．separated???????D．updated

29．A．sadly????????????B．a(chǎn)ngrily?????????C．softly?????D．loudly

30．A．curious??????????B．enthusiastic?????C．fantastic??????D．positive

31．A．Christmas?card???B．envelope???????C．basket????????D．lipstick

32．A．found???????????B．wrote??????????C．recognized???D．missed

33．A．a(chǎn)stonishment????B．sorrow????????C．sickness???????D．emotion

34．A．story???????????B．message???????C．speech?????D．motto

35．A．in?person????????B．in?private???????C．in?danger?D．in?peace

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