After 21 years of marriage, my wife wanted me to take another woman out to dinner. 36 woman was my mother, who has been a widow for 19 years, but my work had made 37 impossible to visit her very often. That night I called to 38 her to go out for dinner.“What’s wrong? Are you 39 ?”she asked. “I thought that it would be 40 to spend some time with you. Just the two of us,”I answered. She thought about it 41 moment, and agreed.
That Friday after work, 42 I drove to pick her up, I was a bit nervous. When I arrived at her house, I 43 that, she, too, seemed to be 44 about our date. She had curled her hair and was wearing the dress that she had worn to 45 her last wedding anniversary.
We went to a restaurant that, 46 not elegant, was very nice and cozy. When I read the menu, Mom sat there 47 at me. A nostalgic(怀旧的)smile was 48 her lips. During the dinner, we had a(an) 49 conversation—nothing special but catching up on(了解)recent events of each other’s life.
A few days 50 , my mother died of a heart attack. It happened so suddenly that I didn’t have a chance to do 51 for her. Sometime later, I received an envelope with a note 52 “You will never know what that night meant to me. I’m looking forward to the 53 dinner. I love you, Son.”
At that moment, I understood the importance of saying in time“I LOVE YOU”. Nothing in life is more important than your 54 . Give them the time they deserve, because these things cannot be 55 till“some other time”.
【小题1】A．AnotherB．This otherC．OtherD．Others【小题2】A．thisB．thatC．oneD．it【小题3】A．forceB．orderC．adviseD．invite【小题4】A．happyB．goodC．wellD．bad【小题5】A．gladB．pleasantC．interestingD．pleased【小题6】A．at theB．for aC．in aD．for the【小题7】A．untilB．afterC．asD．since【小题8】A．noticedB．observedC．watchedD．heard【小题9】A．confusedB．calmC．nervousD．easy【小题10】A．congratulateB．celebrateC．memorizeD．honor【小题11】A．thoughB．evenC．butD．yet【小题12】A．glancingB．staringC．glaringD．smiling【小题13】A．inB．beyondC．aboveD．on【小题14】A．deepB．curiousC．agreeableD．short【小题15】A．laterB．afterC．beforeD．ago【小题16】A．anythingB．everythingC．nothingD．something【小题17】A．writingB．sayingC．speakingD．telling【小题18】A．firstB．secondC．lastD．next【小题19】A．motherB．wife C．familyD．work【小题20】A．put offB．taken overC．cut offD．picked upB
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(答案→)B
解析：无论多么忙，我们都应当和家人经常交流、共处，千万不要以各种理由把和家人交流、共处的时间一次 次地推迟，因为生活中有些事情是不能往后推的，否则，有可能会留下终生的遗憾……
【小题1】B。This other这个其它的。这个其它的妇女是我的母亲。
【小题1】D 这里it 代替后面的不定式，作形式宾语。
【小题1】D 由上下文可知，作者邀请母亲外出吃饭。invite sb. to do sth.邀请某人做某事。其他各词也可用于这 种结构，但force 意思是“强迫”，order 意为“命令”，advise 意为“建议”，均不符合语境。
【小题1】C 这么多年来第一次被儿子邀请出去吃饭，还以为儿子出什么事了呢？所以关切地问“你还好吗？”
【小题1】B pleased 和glad 是用来描述人的情绪的，而这里主语是一件事情(to spend some time with you)，这是作者对母亲说的话，所以选pleasant(令人愉快的)。
【小题1】B 句意为：她想了一会儿(for a moment)，同意了。
【小题1】C 句意为：当我开车去接她的时候，有点紧张。as 意为“当……的时候”。
【小题1】A notice 意为“留意，注意到”；observe 意为“观察某种自然现象”；watch 意为“观看，有意识地注意 看”；hear 意为“听见”。根据语境暗示，可以看出此处表示的应是“注意到”。
【小题1】C 上文提到“我”开车去接母亲时有点紧张，由too 可以看出，母亲对这次约会也感到有点“紧张”。
【小题1】B 由后面的宾语wedding anniversary 可以看出，应选celebrate。 celebrate 表达“庆祝”之意，限于事 物，如节日、胜利、结婚纪念、生日等，是指以仪式、典礼等活动庆祝令人欢乐的事或日子。而congratulate指对人进行祝贺，常构成短语congratulate sb. on sth.，表达“为某事而祝贺某人”的意思。
【小题1】A 由句意“这家饭店不是最好的，但却非常漂亮、舒适”可知，前后两句应是转折关系。
【小题1】B 由语境可知，这次特殊的约会，妈妈特别重视，这么久以来第一次和儿子面对面坐在一起，所以stare at(凝视)最符合语境。如果选择smile 则和下文意思重复。
【小题1】D “在嘴唇(脸等)上”应用介词on。
【小题1】C agreeable愉快的。由语境尤其是下文可以看出，这次谈话是令人愉快的。
【小题1】A“时间段＋later”意思是“多久以后”。如果用after 应放在时间段之前。
【小题1】A 句意为：妈妈的去世是这么突然，以至于我没有机会为她做任何事情。not…anything…＝nothing。
【小题1】B say 表示信上写着什么内容， 用saying 是现在分词作定语。
【小题1】D 这顿饭刚结束，自然是盼望着下一顿了。
【小题1】C 由后面的them可以看出，这里应选family(家人)，生活中没有比你的家人更重要的了。
【小题1】A 由前文讲述的故事可看出，作者要表达的意思是：这些事情是不能拖到以后的。put off 推迟，拖 延。