2013届高三英语专题复习训练：完形填空27.docVIP

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从所给的 A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 ? I never knew how well Mother could keep a trust until I was going through her things after she died.??I discovered something I had forgotten, something that happened to me as a child. ???One day, as I went to sleep after my sisters and I had said our prayers, I recalled the events of the day and how 37 I had behaved toward Mother. “I must make things right now,” I thought. Quietly I 38 out of bed and picked up the pencil and paper from the dresser, and then tiptoed into the hall. The 39 from the living room shone dimly. I knew Mother was downstairs still doing some sewing. I quickly 40 a note asking Mother to excuse me for being so 41 . I didn’t want my sisters to know my 42 so I added a postscript, “Please don’t let anyone else see this.” Then I 43 moved into my parents’ bedroom and put the letter under Mother’s pillow.? The next morning when I 44 my bed after breakfast, I 45 found a return note under my pillow. Mother wrote that she loved me and 46 me.? This became my way of apologizing whenever I talked 47 or disobeyed. Mother always left a return note, but she never 48 our under-the-pillow messages in front of the family. Even when we were 49 , she never mentioned them when we sisters 50 our childhood.???When Mother passed away, I had to go through her personal belongings. In her desk was a bundle of notes tied with a faded ribbon. On top was a message in handwriting which read, “In the event of my death, please 51 these.”[ ???I 52 the package and glanced at the handwriting on? the bottom. To my 53 , I recognized my childish writing, “PS. Please don’t let anyone else see this. Love, Edie.”?? I gently placed the unopened bundle in the 54 along with other things for the rubbish burner. “Lord,” I prayed, “make me like 55 .” ? 36. A. long??? B. hardly?? ? C. never??? D. often 37. A. well?? ? B. politely? ?? C. happily? ?? D. ba