Last Christmas while staying with my parents, I 36 across some old love letters that my parents wrote to
each other. these letters were all piled up in a basket, dirty and 37 with dust. 38 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 39 with age, I discovered a new page 40 unknown to me in
this private chapter of my parents’ lives.
My father used to 41 in the army. So his letters were full of frontline(前线) 42 of the things about the war.
Each of my mother’s letters was marked with her 1944 dark red lipstick(口红) kiss. I was 43 to these letters
like a magnet(磁铁).
Just six weeks after our Christmas visit, Daddy became very 44 and was hospitalized(住院). This time, he
was fighting a 45 kind of war. As I sat by his bedside, we discussed the 46 . He told me how much receiving
those lipstick-kissed letters had 47 to him when he had been so far from home.
It so happened that the next day would be February 14. From the 48 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 49 .“Today is Valentine’s Day, don’t you want to sent Mother a
present?” He became more 50 when I handed him the old 51 . He carefully opened it and took out the card,
and when he 52 it, his eyes were filled with tears.
My father, in a voice tight with 53 read the loving 54 he’d sent to my mother fifty-six years earlier. And
this time, he could read it to her 55 .
【小题1】A．drewB．hitC．cameD．fell【小题2】A．coveredB．hiddenC．buriedD．filled【小题3】A．PretendingB．DecidingC．PreferringD．Suggesting【小题4】A．tenderB．tastyC．usefulD．delicate【小题5】A．recentlyB．previouslyC．usuallyD．occasionally【小题6】A．serveB．studyC．workD．report【小题7】A．documentsB．accountsC．introductionsD．occupations【小题8】A．devotedB．drawnC．thrownD．abandoned【小题9】A．depressedB．deadC．illD．dangerous【小题10】A．differentB．traditionalC．typicalD．familiar【小题11】A．warsB．illnessesC．prescriptionsD．letters【小题12】A．intendedB．meantC．plannedD．said【小题13】A．dividedB．separatedC．sortedD．updated【小题14】A．softlyB．angrilyC．sadlyD．loudly【小题15】A．fantasticB．enthusiasticC．curiousD．positive【小题16】A．Christmas cardB．lipstickC．basketD．envelope【小题17】A．foundB．wroteC．missedD．recognized【小题18】A．emotionB．sorrowC．sicknessD．astonishment【小题19】.A．storyB．speechC．messageD．motto【小题20】A．in peaceB．in privateC．in dangerD．in personC
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(答案→)C
解析：36．came across偶然碰到。hit和draw都是及物动词，所以错。
37．形容letter（信）的四个过去分词。Hidden被藏在，covered表层被覆盖；buried被埋在；filled里面充满了。结合后文的dust（灰尘），可知信件应该是表层有些尘土。
38．作状语的四个现在分词。此题的题眼在于找到非谓语动词和逻辑主语I之间的逻辑关系。装作、建议、偏爱这三个词明显跟“我”要做的动作（读信）搭配不合适，选择“决定”更为合适。
39． delicate除了比较熟悉的“精美的”意思外，还有易碎的，脆弱的意思。此处根据前文的carefully小心打开和后文的with age经历岁月的洗礼，可知颇有历史年份的信应该是很脆弱的了。此题难。
40．副词修饰unknown，根据上下文，应该选择“先前”不知道的关于父母生活的page。词汇量过关的话，此题易。
41．in the army告诉我们该空应该填vi.是以report是不正确的。根据本节其他内容，可知父亲在信中多数都是描写当时的战事，是以该空应该表达父亲当时在军队“服役”，work in 指在……工作，但serve一词本意指“服务于”，所以选C。
42．account除了耳熟能详的“账户”意思外，还可以作“记述”讲；document文件；introduction介绍；occupation工作、职业。结合前文，信中应该写到关于前线战事的“记述”。
43．正负的力量。四个用于表示被动语态的过去分词。根据后面中文解释的“磁铁”可知，我应该是“被吸引了”draw本意是“拉”，draw one’s attention等相关词组中，draw的引申义为“吸引”devote to（贡献，投身于）应用主动；abandon（抛弃、背弃）和throw（扔）都属于负向的词汇，不合语境。
44．根据后文hosiptalized（住院），可知父亲当时是生病了。此题易，写选项dead扯。
45．正负的力量。A典型的C不同的是负向的，B传统的D熟悉的是正向的。用于修饰war，因为前文提到父亲是饱经战事的军人，现在又生病了，生病对于他应该是一场和之前不一样的战争，是以选择负向的，C选项。
46．重复的力量，letters这个意象在文中出现多次，且接下来的后一句父亲和我提到了信对他的意义。
47．语法题，此题看起来像是考察动词接不定式作宾语，但其实根据本句的语法结构，横线上所填动词的宾语应该是宾从的引导词how much。正确理解的语序应该是letters meant too much to him。此题难。
48．重复的力量。前文提到我“决定”(18题)read and sort the letters，所以此处应该填被分类过了的信。
49．正负的力量。四个副词中，AB是负向的，C轻柔的是正向的，D是中性的。根据前文提供情景，我当时出现在父亲的病床边，应该选择整想的“轻柔地”对他说话。
50．作表语的四个形容词，根据上文的joke可知我在父亲病床前和他开了个善意的玩笑，并没有直接把信拿出来，是以父亲“上套”，感到好奇。
51．根据后文的open it可知此处应该是信封，此题易。后文说card在里面，所以不选A；basket扯，lipstick前文虽然提到，但是它不能被打开。
52．A发现；B写；C认出；D思念或者错失。信（卡片）是之前写过的，所以B错。信是我找到的，所以A错。D扯。根据语境应该是父亲认出了信。
53．根据前文可知此处名词应该和voice相关。震惊的声音；悲伤的声音；孱弱的声音；动情的声音。根据上文，眼中充斥眼泪，可知此处应该填“充满感情的”。
54．该空需要结合后文sent to my mother.由此可知应该是sent loving message(s) to my mother.其余各选项都与定从中的sent搭配不上。
55． A“平和的” B“私下的”C“在危险之中”D“亲自的”，根据上文，And this time，可知应该是“并且这一次，他可以亲自把信读给母亲听了”。