广东省汕头市金山中学11-12年度高一上学期期末考试英语试题.doc

III. 完形填空(共1小题；每小题分，满分0分) 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从～各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。 I’ve loved my mother’s desk since I was just tall enough to see above the top of it as mother sat doing letters. Standing by her chair, looking at the ink bottle, pen, and white paper, I decided that the act of ___36___ must be the most ___37___ thing in the world. ? Years later, during her final illness, mother ___38___ different things for my sister and brother. “But the ___39___”, she said, “is for Elizabeth”. ? I never saw her angry, and never saw her cry. I knew she ___40___ me, she showed it in action. But as a young girl, I wanted heart-to-heart talks between mother and daughter. They never happened. And a gulf(深渊) opened between us. I was “too emotional”. But she was different from me. ? As years passed and I graduated from college, I loved my mother and I wrote to her in ___41___ words and asked her to let me know in any way she chose that she did ___42___ me. ? I posted the letter and waited for her answer. None came. My hope turned to ___43___, then little interest, finally, peace it seemed that nothing happened. I couldn’t be sure that the ___44___ had even got to Mother. I only knew that I had written it, and I could __45___ trying to make her into someone she was not. ? Now the ___46___ of her desk told me, as she’d __47___ been able to, that she was ___48___ that writing was my chosen work. I ___49___ the desk carefully and found some papers inside a photo of my father and a oneletter, folded and refolded many times. ? “Give me an answer”, my letter asks, “in any way you chose”. Mother, you always chose the ___50___ that speaks louder than words. 36. A. speaking?????? B. writing?????? C. looking??????? D. listening 37. A. wonderful???? B. tiring???????? C. funny????????? D. frightening 38. A. bought??????? B. gave???????? C. designed?????? D. kept 39. A. pen????????? B. paper?? ?????? C. chair???????? ? D. desk 40. A. loved?