第二节：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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。I’v

第二节：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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I’ve loved my mother’s desk since I was just tall enough to see above the top of it as mother sat doing letters. Standing by her chair, looking at the ink bottle, pen, and white paper, I decided that the act of     21     must be the most     22     thing in the world.
Years later, during her final illness, mother     23     different things for my sister and brother. “But the     24    ”, she said, “is for Elizabeth”.
I never saw her angry, and never saw her cry. I knew she     25     me, she showed it in action. But     26     a young girl, I wanted heart-to-heart talks     27     mother and daughter. They never happened. And a gulf(深渊) opened between us. I was “too emotional”.     28     she lived “on the surface”.
As years passed and I graduated from college, I loved my mother and I wrote to her in     29     words and asked her to let me know in any way she chose that she did     30     me.
I posted the letter and waited for her answer.     31     came. My hope turned to     32    , then little interest, finally, peace --- it seemed that nothing happened. I couldn’t be sure that the     33     had even got to Mother. I only knew that I had written it, and I could     34     trying to make her into someone she was not.
Now the     35     of her desk told me, as she’d     36     been able to, that she was     37     that writing was my chosen work. I     38     the desk carefully and found some papers     39    ---- a photo of my father and a one-page letter, folded and refolded many times.
“Give me an answer”, my letter asks, “in any way you chose”. Mother, you always chose the     40     that speaks louder than words.
21. A．Speaking         B．writing                   C．looking                  D．listening
22. A．Wonderful       B．tiring                     C．funny                    D. Productive
23. A. bought               B. gave                        C. designed                  D. kept
24. A. pen                    B. paper                       C. chair                       D. desk
25. A. loved                 B. disliked                   C. appreciated              D. sympathized
26. A. like                   B. as                        C. be                        D. unlike
27. A. with                  B. among                     C. beside                     D. between
28. A. So                     B. And                         C. But                     D. Or
29. A. careful               B. active                      C. thankful                  D. serious
30. A. ignore                B. accept                      C. forgive                    D. dislike
31. A. No one              B. None                    C. Something               D. Neither
32. A. surprise           B. joy                       C. disappointment         D. happiness
33. A. ides                   B. information              C. news                       D. letter
34. A. stand                 B. stop                         C. continue                D. practice
35. A. present               B. appearance               C. shape                      D. sight
36. A. always               B. ever                        C. never                      D. often
37. A. sorry                 B. encouraged              C. regretful                  D. pleased
38. A. moved               B. cleaned                 C. fixed                       D. emptied
39. A. inside                B. outside                    C. below                      D. above
40. A. gesture               B. method                    C. action                   D. way21---25  BADDA     26--30  BDCAC    31--35  BCDBA   36--40 CDBAC