完形填空：
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1--20题中所给的四个选项A、B、C、D中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。
On a cold winter day, I waited in line to see my hero, Jack Canfield, the author of The Success Principles. During his talk, Jack his wallet, pulled out a hundred-dollar bill, and said, “Who wants this?” shot up in the audience. People leaned forward to see whom Jack would . But I jumped up, ran to the , and caught the bill. As I turned and the audience, thoughts raced through my mind----was I about to be humiliated (羞辱) in front of 800 people? Would they security guards and take me away from the stage? my desire for the money was louder than any voice. When I got the bill from his hand, he said, “That’s it! We can’t wait for the to come to us. We must take action to what we want!”
After his talk, 1 managed to formally meet Jack and bravely asked for his email address. Over the next months, I sent him emails my dreams to him. He kindly emailed back lots of encouragement. But I was with other things. I stopped e-mailing Jack.
A year later, my dreams were broken. I thought Jack would me to take action, like a huge arrow that would show me the way.
I emailed him, and then again----but got no . As I sat down at my computer to check my emails, I woke up. What was I doing? I was waiting! Now I remembered the crowd the money, but they just sat on their chairs .
Usually we all have a “Jack” for whom we wait----whether it’s a person, a place or a thing. We believe the gifts of life are just around the corner, and that everything will come in a(n) way. So we don’t try. We give up. But as Jack said: “You’ll always miss 100% of the opportunities you don’t take!” So I stopped waiting and started my writing career. Now what are you waiting for?
1.A. reached for B. put away C. threw away D. handed in
2.A. Shoulders B. Shouts C. Hands D. Heads
3.A. offer B. greet C. ask D. choose
4.A. door B. audience C. stage D. chair
5.A. faced B. ran C. went D. left
6.A. ask B. call C. demand D. order
7.A. And B. So C. But D. Or
8.A. careful B. doubtful C. meaningful D. helpful
9.A. opportunities B. dollars C. results D. aims
10.A. consider B. accept C. discover D. seize
11.A. official B. original C. personal D. secret
12.A. announcing B. admitting C. supplying D. describing
13.A. satisfied B. busy C. disappointed D. patient
14.A. inspire B. beg C. forbid D. allow
15.A. news B. notice C. response D. understanding
16.A. absolutely B. suddenly C. hardly D. nearly
17.A. desiring B. ignoring C. earning D. refusing
18.A. firmly B. gracefully C. willingly D. excitedly
19.A. sincerely B. honestly C. mistakenly D. obviously
20.A. difficult B. surprising C. different D. natural
高二英语完形填空中等难度题
完形填空 (基础题)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1--20题中所给的四个选项A、B、C、D中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。
When our teacher asked us to think about someone who changed our life, I right away thought of my cousin Angela.
Angela was a straight “A” student when she was at school. She was _______, so she often told me, “Study hard. Your _______will pay off. You will have a good career and actually be_______in life.” When she graduated, she got accepted to a university. _______in the university for about a year, she ended up leaving there, because she didn’t have enough _______for the next year. But a year later, she _______. This time she was not only a college student, but also a(n) _______. She had to work her _______ time and do homework during school hours. It must have been her most difficult period of time, but she didn’t_______at all. Instead, she told me how to become __________and responsible.
I ____________her and often tell myself that I should work hard to __________it once I set my mind to something like Angela. Her ways are changing my ways. Now I don’t do the things I ____________to do. Ever since I started high school, I have been more____________. I am not lazy any more. Instead, I try to come to school every day. I have __________everything aside and just have been focused on school. I am really____________that she has changed me a lot.
As our teacher was ____________, I already had something to write, because I ____________thought of my cousin. I am actually proud to say that she is my ____________, because I wouldn’t be here at this point of time without her help. I firmly believe that I will be someone who __________someone else one day.
1.A.hardworking B.easygoing C.responsible D.reliable
2.A.money B.effort C.value D.wealth
3.A.anybody B.nobody C.everybody D.somebody
4.A.Teaching B.Working C.Studying D.Volunteering
5.A.time B.money C.energy D.preparation
6.A.gave in B.went away C.went back D.gave up
7.A.employer B.teacher C.student D.worker
8.A.empty B.busy C.spare D.full
9.A.pretend B.notice C.realize D.complain
10.A.honest B.strong C.rich D.healthy
11.A.refuse B.appreciate C.praise D.dislike
12.A.find B.imagine C.recognize D.achieve
13.A.seemed B.hated C.used D.desired
14.A.concentrated B.interested C.frightened D.delighted
15.A.pulled B.arranged C.pushed D.saved
16.A.hopeful B.faithful C.helpful D.thankful
17.A.asking B.replying C.commanding D.laughing
18.A.usually B.heavily C.finally D.fortunately
19.A.cousin B.hero C.judge D.competitor
20.A.protects B.admires C.encourages D.persuades
高二英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
完形填空：
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1--20题中所给的四个选项A、B、C、D中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。
On a cold winter day, I waited in line to see my hero, Jack Canfield, the author of The Success Principles. During his talk, Jack his wallet, pulled out a hundred-dollar bill, and said, “Who wants this?” shot up in the audience. People leaned forward to see whom Jack would . But I jumped up, ran to the , and caught the bill. As I turned and the audience, thoughts raced through my mind----was I about to be humiliated (羞辱) in front of 800 people? Would they security guards and take me away from the stage? my desire for the money was louder than any voice. When I got the bill from his hand, he said, “That’s it! We can’t wait for the to come to us. We must take action to what we want!”
After his talk, 1 managed to formally meet Jack and bravely asked for his email address. Over the next months, I sent him emails my dreams to him. He kindly emailed back lots of encouragement. But I was with other things. I stopped e-mailing Jack.
A year later, my dreams were broken. I thought Jack would me to take action, like a huge arrow that would show me the way.
I emailed him, and then again----but got no . As I sat down at my computer to check my emails, I woke up. What was I doing? I was waiting! Now I remembered the crowd the money, but they just sat on their chairs .
Usually we all have a “Jack” for whom we wait----whether it’s a person, a place or a thing. We believe the gifts of life are just around the corner, and that everything will come in a(n) way. So we don’t try. We give up. But as Jack said: “You’ll always miss 100% of the opportunities you don’t take!” So I stopped waiting and started my writing career. Now what are you waiting for?
1.A. reached for B. put away C. threw away D. handed in
2.A. Shoulders B. Shouts C. Hands D. Heads
3.A. offer B. greet C. ask D. choose
4.A. door B. audience C. stage D. chair
5.A. faced B. ran C. went D. left
6.A. ask B. call C. demand D. order
7.A. And B. So C. But D. Or
8.A. careful B. doubtful C. meaningful D. helpful
9.A. opportunities B. dollars C. results D. aims
10.A. consider B. accept C. discover D. seize
11.A. official B. original C. personal D. secret
12.A. announcing B. admitting C. supplying D. describing
13.A. satisfied B. busy C. disappointed D. patient
14.A. inspire B. beg C. forbid D. allow
15.A. news B. notice C. response D. understanding
16.A. absolutely B. suddenly C. hardly D. nearly
17.A. desiring B. ignoring C. earning D. refusing
18.A. firmly B. gracefully C. willingly D. excitedly
19.A. sincerely B. honestly C. mistakenly D. obviously
20.A. difficult B. surprising C. different D. natural
高二英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36～55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。
I will never forget the year I was about twelve years old. My mother told us that we would not be36 Christmas gifts because there was not enough money. I felt sad and thought, "What would I say when the other kids asked what I'd 37 ?" Just when I started to 38 that there would not be a Christmas that year, three women 39 at our house with gifts for all of us. For me they brought a doll. I felt such a sense of 40 that I would no longer have to be embarrassed when I returned to school. I wasn't 41. Somebody had thought 42 of me to bring me a gift.
Years later, when I stood in the kitchen of my new house, thinking how I wanted to make my43 Christmas there special and memorable, I44 remembered the women's visit. I decided that I wanted to create that same feeling of45 for as many children as I could possibly reach.
So I 46 a plan and gathered forty people from my company to help. We gathered about 125 orphans (孤儿) at the Christmas party. For every child, we wrapped colorful packages filled with toys, clothes, and school supplies, 47 with a child's name. We wanted all of them to know they were 48 . Before I called out their names and handed them their gifts, I 49 them that they couldn't open their presents 50 every child had come forward. Finally the 51 they had been waiting for came as I called out, "One, two, three. Open your presents!" As the children opened their packages, their faces beamed and their bright smiles 52 up the room. The 53 in the room was obvious, and54 wasn’'t just about toys. It was a feeling — the feeling I knew55 that Christmas so long ago when the women came to visit. I wasn't forgotten. Somebody thought of me. I matter.
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高二英语完型填空困难题查看答案及解析
三、完形填空 （共20小题，20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从各题A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。
When I come across a good article in reading newspapers, I often want to cut and keep it. But just as I am about to do so I find the article on the __36__ side is as much interesting. It may be a discussion of the way to __37__ in good health, or __38__ about how to behave and conduct oneself in society. If I cut the front article, the opposite one is likely to __39__ damage, leaving out half of it or keeping the text __40__ the title. Therefore, the scissors would __41__ before they start, __42__ halfway done when I find out the __43__result.
Sometimes two things are to be done at the same time, both worth your __44__. You can only take up one of them, the other has to wait or be __45__ up. But you know the future is unpredictable --- the changed situation may not allow you to do what is left __46__. Thus you are __47__ in a difficult position and feel sad. How __48_nice chances and brilliant ideas should gather around all at once? It may happen that your life __49__ greatly on our preference of one choice to the other.
In fact that is what __50__ is like: we are often __51__ with the two opposite sides of a thing which are both desirable like a newspaper cutting. It often occurs that our attention is drawn to one thing only ____52____ we get into another. The __53__ may be more important than the latter and give rise to a divided mind. I __54__ remember a philosopher’s remarks: “When one door shuts, another opens in life.” So a casual __55__ may not be a bad one.
36 A. front B. same C. either D. opposite
37 A. get B. keep C. lead D. bring
38 A. advice B. news C. a theory D. a report
39 A. suffer B. reduce C. prevent D. cause
40A. on B. for C. without D. off
41A. use B. handle C. prepare D. stay
42 A. or B. but C. so D. for
43 A. satisfying B. regretful C. surprising D. impossible
44 A. courage B. strength C. attention D. patience
45A. given B. held C. made D. picked
46 A. near B. alone C. about D. behind
47 A. filled B. attracted C. caught D. struck
48 A. dare B. come C. deal D. do
49 A. improves B. changes C. progresses D. goes
50 A. study B. society C. nature D. life
51 A. faced B. supplied C. connected D. fixed
52 A. before B. after C. until D. as
53 A. following B. next C. above D. former
54 A. still B. also C. once D. almost
55 A. treatment B. action C. choice D. remark
高二英语完形填空简单题查看答案及解析
第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。
A Beautiful Dress
My neighbor’s eight-year-old daughter used to live in the countryside, her native place. Recently her parents 51 her to town to live with them. Wild and uneducated, she would use 52 words when she was angry. Sometimes she went so far as to 53 on the ground, to the 54 of all people around. Her parents tried to 55 her by beating and kicking. However, she became more 56. Finally they became thoroughly 57 with her.
One day their next-door 58, a retired teacher, gave the girl a snow-white dress, which was very 59. It immediately caught the girl’s 60 and made them shine brightly.
The girl put on the dress and became quite a 61 person. She no longer acted rudely or hit others. She 62 seldom rolled on the floor. She knew running wild was not 63 for her in a beautiful dress. Since then, the girl had been 64, neat, and lovely.
The story set me 65 a lot. Perhaps everyone has a beautiful dress 66 somewhere in his or her heart. Only some people are not aware of it, 67 it or take no notice of it. 68 is a powerful force or weapon — that’s something 69 by many of us. It can arouse fine qualities that humans are 70 with but have so far hidden somewhere. It has a soul-shaking influence that is indeed unmatched.
51. A. left B. brought C. met D. taught
52. A. dirty B. new C. creative D. attractive
53. A. trap B. weep C. roll D. jump
54. A. surprise B. delight C. mercy D. regret
55. A. advise B. encourage C. support D. educate
56. A. mature B. violent C. changeable D. considerate
57. A. tired B. pleased C. relaxed D. disappointed
58. A. office B. stranger C. neighbor D. apartment
59. A. beautiful B. modern C. shabby D. fragile
60. A. attention B. ears C. eyes D. imagination
61. A. rude B. different C. violent D. unique
62. A. even B. also C. still D. ever
63. A. bad B. much C. enough D. suitable
64. A. voluntary B. conscious C. merciful D. gentle
65. A. imagining B. moving C. thinking D. puzzling
66. A. ruined B. hidden C. disappeared D. rediscovered
67. A. forget B. criticize C. advocate D. remember
68. A. Love B. Violence C. Beauty D. Honesty
69. A. cared B. valued C. unlearnt D. unrealized
70. A. dealt B. born C. grown D. lived
高二英语完型填空简单题查看答案及解析
第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，共30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36---55各题后的 A B C D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Childish Voice
When I was a young child, my parents often told me that it was time to teach a man everything. I didn’t understand and wondered why 36 had such a big influence 37 a person. I thought I could grow up quickly to find it out as an adult．But now, 38 I come to knock at the door of adulthood, I feel 39 to express my own 40 on this saying. I know that I’m just a high school student with very 41 experiences. There are still many things 42 me in the future, yet I would like to express myself in a childish voice.
I once read this sentence: “To make this world a happy place to live, you’d better 43 yourself and your heart , instead of the whole world.” I was shocked. It made me think about life 44 . There are so many things around us that 45 our will. We can’t force life 46 our wishes. The earth won’t stop turning no matter whether we 47 it or not. What we can do is just to make ourselves 48 the world. I think we should learn to accept 49 life gives us, no matter whether it’s the spring sunlight or the winter snowfall, and try to be happy.
Deeply moved by the pop song Grandmother (by Jay Chou), I always try to 50 every pleasant thing in my life, but now I see I don’t catch most of the pleasant moments. It is more 51 that they slip by and leave you feeling 52 . I realize that I’m not just living 53 myself and that there are the others around me I should think of .They all pay attention to my growing up, even if it’s just a little progress.
Everyone has his or her own attitude towards life, be it positive or 54 .It doesn’t matter, I think. There is one 55 that should be obeyed—and that’s to make this world better.
36．A．man B．time C．thing D．parent
37．A．about B．with C．on D．in
38．A．before B．after C．as D．when
39．A．anxious B．worried C．tired D．glad
40．A．beliefs B．opinions C．confidences D．expressions
41．A．a few B．little C．few D．a little
42．A．waiting for B．sticking with C．dealing with D．doing with
43．A．ask B．change C．exchange D．force
44．A．myself B．itself C．oneself D．themselves
45．A．go with B．go along C．go ahead D．go against
46．A. being followed B. to be followed C. following D. to follow
47．A．receive B．accept C．refuse D．approve
48．A．fit in B．suit C．beat D．match
49．A．what B．whatever C．which D．why
50．A．miss B．catch C．escape D．lose
51．A．probably B．likely C．possibly D．unlikely
52．A．regretful B．awful C．successful D．terrible
53．A．for B．by C．on D．with
54．A．wrong B．false C．negative D．true
55．A．point B．rule C．thing D．word
高二英语完型填空简单题查看答案及解析
完形填空
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1—20各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出一个可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A man and his wife arrived in Boston by train. After getting off the train, they walked without an _________into the outer office of Harvard’s president. So they were stopped by his secretary and kept _________ . For hours, the secretary took no notice of them, _________ that the couple would finally become disappointed and _________. But they didn’t. The secretary finally decided to disturb the president, though_________.
A few minutes later, the president walked towards the couple with a _________ face. The lady told him, “We had a son that_________ Harvard for one year. He loved Harvard. He was_________ here. But about a year ago, he was accidentally killed. My husband and I would like to _________ a memorial（纪念物）to him, somewhere on campus.”
The president wasn’t moved. Instead, he was _________ . “Madam,” he said, “we can’t put up a statue for every person who studied at Harvard and died. If we did, this place would look like a_________,” “Oh, no,” the lady _________ quickly. “We don’t want to put up a statue. We would like to give a _________ to Harvard.” The president rolled his eyes and _________ at the couple and then exclaimed(喊道), ” A building! Do you have any _________ how much a building costs? We have spent over ＄7,500,000 on the campus building at Harvard.” For a moment the lady was silent. The president was _________, because he could get rid of them now. Then the lady turned to her husband and said quietly, “Is that all it costs to start a _________? Why don’t we just start our own?” Her husband nodded. _________their offer was turned down. Mr. and Mrs. Stanford traveled to California where they founded Stanford University _________ after them, a memorial to a son that Harvard no longer _________ about.
1.A．choice B．decision C．acquaintance D．appointment
2.A．waiting B．standing C．sitting D．talking
3.A．hoping B．finding C．realizing D．imagining
4.A．go down B．go out C．go away D．go around
5.A．hopelessly B．carefully C．unexpectedly D．unwillingly
6.A．pleasant B．funny C．cold D．sad
7.A．attended B．visited C．studied D．served
8.A．clever B．brave C．proud D．happy
9.A．set about B．set up C．set down D．set off
10.A．satisfied B．excited C．shocked D．ashamed
11.A．park B．cemetery C．garden D．museum
12.A．explained B．expressed C．refused D．admitted
13.A．building B．yard C．playground D．square
14.A．laughed B．shouted C．glanced D．called
15.A．suggestion B．idea C．thought D．opinion
16.A．bored B．astonished C．interested D．pleased
17.A．department B．university C．business D．club
18.A．Once B．While C．Since D．Though
19.A．named B．looked C．taken D．followed
20.A．talked B．knew C．heard D．cared
高二英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
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，掌握其大意，然后从36—55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。
I was only eight years old when the Second World War ended, but I can still remember something about the 36 celebrations in the small town where I lived on the day when the war in Europe ended. We had not 37 much from the war where, though, like most children of my age, I often saw 38 houses in the streets and the very big 39 lorries(卡车) passing through. But both at home and at school I had become 40 to the phrases “before the war” and “when the war is over”. “Before the war”, obviously, 41 had been better, though I was too young to understand why, 42 there had been no bombs then, and people had eaten things like ice cream and bananas, which I had 43 heard of. When the war was over we would go back to London, but this meant very 44 to me. I did not remember what London was like.
What I remember now 45 V-Day(victory day) was the afternoon and the evening. Some boys and girls were collecting 46 and building an enormous bonfire(篝火). We stood and watched them for a time, and then I went home and 47 myself in with my key and waited for my parents to come back from work.
It was May and still broad 48 when my mother arrived, and my father came in about an hour later. After dinner I said I wanted to 49 the bonfire, so when it got dark my father took me to the end of the street. The bonfire was very 50 , and somehow people had collected some old clothes to 51 “Hitler” with the moustache(胡子) they had put on top of it. Just as we arrived, they set light to it. The flames 52 soon. Everyone was cheering and shouting.
I stood beside my father until the 53 started to go down, not knowing what to say. He said nothing, either. He had 54 in the First World War and remembered everything he had experienced. At last he said, “Well, that’s it, son. Let’s hope that this time it really will be the 55 one.”
36. A. war B. victory C. Christmas D. birthday
37. A. suffered B. learnt C. heard D. read
38. A. crowded B. rebuilt C. bombed D. enlarged
39. A. modern B. old C. railway D. army
40. A. used B. devoted C. engaged D. related
41. A. food B. things C. houses D. news
42. A. except that B. now that C. for fear that D. in order that
43. A. never B. hardly C. only D. already
44. A. much B .little C. great D. important
45. A. about B. on C. for D. during
46. A. money B. wood C. information D. clothes
47. A. showed B. allowed C. let D. called
48. A. early B. daylight C. dark D. warm
49. A. see B. light C. find D. put out
50. A. high B. hot C. dangerous D. far
51. A. draw B. paint C. write D. dress
52. A. disappeared B. happened C. rose D. came
53. A. sun B. moon C. fire D. noise
54. A. fought B. worked C. grown D. changed
55. A. best B. worst C. first D. last
高二英语完形填空简单题查看答案及解析
第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，共30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36---55各题后的 A B C D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
A gift left to her
Early in the morning, I was taken in a nylon bag into a truck. I felt horrible as well as ___36___What would she do with me? She was almost mad after the___37__of her husband.
A few minutes later, I heard the truck___38__its engine and move fast. I kept making sounds to show my protest, but failed to make any___39___ Finally she put me down in a __40__place. Maybe she didn’t want me to die from lack of air; she untied the bag.
I ___41___ out and looked up, only to see many strange faces and fingers pointing at me.
It turned out that my owner meant to___42___ me. I saw my owner on the truck, which was going farther and farther. So I cast my head ___43__the direction of the truck. The days we spent together was like a movie playing in front of my eyes as I ran after the truck. I saw my male owner, who suffered liver cancer; look at me with his sad eyes. I saw myself___44__my owner everywhere; I saw him lie in his dying bed, she all___45__.
I ran as fast as I could. And the___46___I saw her wave to me, my eyes became wet. I wouldn’t blame her for treating me like this for she was such a (n) ___47___ lady. She seemed even somewhat ___48___ at his leaving her alone, trying many ways to ___49___the pains of losing him. She ___50___ his pictures and clothes, and she redecorated the whole house. Now I was the only ___51___ thing to remind her of him. ___52___ later, I am pretty sure that she would realize how mad she was to do this…
The truck finally stopped when I was almost ___53___. She ran up to me and hugged me ___54___. I heard her ___55___: “I know you are a present he left to me.”
36. A. puzzled B. excited C. delighted D. frightened
37. A. separation B. absence C. departure D. death
38. A. run B. begin C. start D. operate
39. A. sense B. trouble C. effort D. difference
40. A. usual B. strange C. familiar D. dark
41. A. walked B. rushed C. ran D. struggled
42. A. harm B. desert C. punish D. sell
43. A. into B. at C. in D. to
44. A. follow B. bring C. guide D. support
45. A. with tears B. in tears C. out of breath D. in silence
46. A. time B. direction C. way D. moment
47. A. cruel B. unfriendly C. unfavorable D. unfortunate
48. A. calm B. depressed C. angry D. sad
49. A. kill B. remove C. bear D. prevent
50. A. kept B. burned C. sold D. hit
51. A. moving B. walking C. existing D. blessing
52. A. But B. And C. Thus D. Then
53. A. worn out B. knocked out C. left out D. made out
54. A. tightly B. patiently C. sadly D. desperately
55. A. shout B. speak C. whisper D. talk
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Before I turned 29, my parents moved to Queensland, where I arrived for a visit six months later. I upon my mother with hugs, and for the first time in my life I said, “I love you, mom!” Then I gently , expecting some kind of reciprocation. But it never came. Instead, she appeared in horror.
When I was back at work, I overheard a workmate on a call to her mother and she concluded it with “I love you, Mum.” As as that. Why wasn’t it like that in mine? Something had to be done about this situation once and for all.
My came the next Sunday during my weekly phone call to my mother. After we had shared our usual pleasantries and , I took a deep breath and asked, “Do you love me, Mum?” After a short , she replied, “I love you. Don’t be silly. You know we never said things like that in my family.”
“Well, I want it to be said in ours. From now on I want to our conversations with ‘I love you.’”
In May 2000 my mother was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. She was to hospital, and I phoned every day to her. One evening when I rang, a nurse answered the phone and regretfully informed me that my mother’s condition had rapidly worsened. She wasn’t expected to it through the night.
Knowing I couldn’t get a flight in time, I asked the nurse to put the phone next to my mother’s ear so I could talk to her. “She’s conscious,” the nurse replied. “It’s unlikely she’ll hear you.” But I didn’t care. I wanted to do it .
she’d placed the phone by my mother’s ear, I started and telling Mum over and over again that I loved her. At first, all I could hear was “Hmmmm”—but then, like a miracle, with a deep she said, “Love you … love you, darling.” It was the last thing she said before drifting into .
Although I was overwhelmed by her death, the surprising part was how well I . Of course, losing a parent is extremely painful and I shed many tears, but receiving those lovely last words made it much more . I had closure in the best possible way.
1.A. fell B. struck C. relied D. depended
2.A. pushed off B. turned up C. pulled away D. looked on
3.A. deserted B. frozen C. guilty D. clumsy
4.A. simple B. sacred C. apparent D. original
5.A. stress B. crisis C. emergency D. love
6.A. potential B. opportunity C. inspiration D. choice
7.A. interests B. secrets C. expectations D. updates
8.A. preparation B. friction C. hesitation D. identification
9.A. end B. start C. continue D. hold
10.A. permitted B. admitted C. allowed D. sentenced
11.A. check on B. attend to C. call on D. see to
12.A. take B. face C. make D. cool
13.A. entirely B. absolutely C. slightly D. barely
14.A. therefore B. otherwise C. anyway D. somehow
15.A. Before B. Once C. Unless D. Since
16.A. whispering B. yelling C. screaming D. sobbing
17.A. sigh B. conversation C. thought D. sleep
18.A. calmness B. unconsciousness C. hardness D. sickness
19.A. prayed B. clarified C. coped D. concluded
20.A. authentic B. arbitrary C. precise D. bearable
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