完形填空（共20小题，每小题 1.5 分，满分 30 分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选取出适合填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
When my son unexpectedly volunteered for the Marines, I was busy writing my novels and giving little thought to the men and women in the army.
My son, John Schaeffer, recently came home _36__ from the Middle East. He slowly appeared from a broken car; John _37 all night from a base near Washington, _38 he had landed the day before. He did not want me to 39 him there. “I’ll need time to myself,” my son said _40 calling from Kuwait on the way home.
I gave my wife a head start. Mother_41__ son, “I was so worried”, Genie said. She pulled away to look up again and again to _42_ he was really there.
My wife gave me a great gift: _43 alone with my boy. John was tired and lay _44__ on his bed. I lay down next to him and was grasping his hand the whole time. I just wanted to be certain that the nightmares I’d had about John being killed were _45 .
I kept holding my son, the way I _46 when he was two and came into our bed after a _47 dream. I asked John if he’d rather sleep than talk, and he said there would be time for 48_ later.
With the 49_ over, under and around me came incredible tiredness. I slept with his voice dying away. It was the first good _50 I’d had in months. I woke and John was asleep next to me. Sitting by his bed watching him breathe, I found myself praying and _51 for all the fathers, mothers, sons, daughters, husbands and wives of those who were not ing home. For the first time in my life, I was weeping for _52_ .
Before my son went to war I would never have shed tears for them .My son _53 me. He taught me that our men and women in uniform are not the _54__”. They are our sons, daughters, brothers and sisters. Sometimes shedding ears for strangers is a holy _55 _. Sometimes it’s all we can do.
【小题1】 A．angryB．excitedC．frightenedD．alive【小题2】 A．droveB．was drivingC．had drivenD．would have driven【小题3】A．whereB．whenC．whichD．who【小题4】 A．meetB．congratulateC．permitD．accept【小题5】A．onceB．whenC．unlessD．since【小题6】A．abolishedB．pattedC．ratedD．embraced【小题7】A．make sureB．set downC．get acrossD．make sense【小题8】A．periodB．chanceC．timeD．moment【小题9】A．hesitatedB．stretchedC．supportingD．spreading【小题10】A．factsB．truthC．proofsD．lies【小题11】A．used toB．ought toC．shouldD．must【小题12】A．happyB．cheerfulC．scaryD．sleep【小题13】A．adviceB．discussionC．talkD．sleep【小题14】 A．chatB．worriesC．meetingD．curiosity【小题15】A．conversationB．observationC．sleepD．independence【小题16】 A．cryingB．marchingC．screamingD．regretting【小题17】 A．friendsB．neighborsC．strangersD．soldiers【小题18】A．persuadedB．changedC．frightenedD．arrested【小题19】A．anotherB．otherC．othersD．one【小题20】 A．functionB．adventureC．shameD．dutyD【小题1】C【小题1】A【小题1】A【小题1】B
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