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,选出最佳选项、并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Alone in a pool of light at the dining room table, surrounded by an otherwise darkened house, I sat in tears.
Finally, I’d 36 in getting both kids to bed. A relatively new single 37 , I had to be both Mummy and Daddy to my two little children.
A 38 divorced man with custody(监护权)of his children, I was 39 to give them as normal and stable a home life as possible. I put on a happy face for 40 .
I had risen slowly, gingerly, trying to 41 making even the least sound which might start them up again, 42 more songs and more stories. I tiptoed(踮着脚走)out of their room, 43 the door part way, and went downstairs.
The loneliness. I felt as though I were at the 44 of a great sea of loneliness. It all came to a head(时机成熟)and I was at once lost, 45 . Unexpected, convulsive sobs(抽咽)overtook me. I sat there, 46 sobbing.
Just then, a pair of little 47 went around my middle and a little face peered up at me. I looked down into my five-year-old son’s 48 face.
I was 49 to be seen crying by my son. ”I’m sorry, Ethan, I didn’t know you were still awake.” I don’t know why it is, but so many people 50 when they cry and I was no exception. “I didn’t mean to cry. I’m sorry. I’m just 51 tonight. ”
“It’s okay, Daddy. It’s okay to cry, you’re just 52 ,” he said.
I can’t express how happy he made me, this little boy, who in the wisdom of innocence(天真), gave me 53 to cry. He seemed to be saying that I didn’t have to always be 54 and that it was occasionally acceptable to allow myself to feel weak and let out my 55 .
36.A.failed B.managed C.believed D.succeeded
37.A.worker B.stepfather C.parent D.mother
38.A.shyly B.recently C.hopelessly D.carelessly
39.A.determined B.persuaded C.forced D.obliged
40.A.me B.her C.him D.them
41.A.avoid B.imagine C.stop D.escape
42.A.speaking out B.asking for C.insisting on D.making up
43.A.locked B.opened C.closed D.fixed
44.A.side B.surface C.middle D.bottom
45.A.frightened B.disturbed C.covered D.drowned
46.A.eagerly B.loudly C.silently D.slightly
47.A.hands B.arms C.eyes D.legs
48.A.sympathetic B.tearful C.lovely D.anxious
49.A.moved B.embarrassed C.surprised D.discouraged
50.A.complain B.pretend C.apologise D.explain
51.A.tired B.uneasy C.worried D.sad
52.A.a male B.a green hand C.a person D.an employee
53.A.understanding B.limit C.reason D.permission
54.A.strong B.experienced C.skilled D.able
55.A.opinions B.words C.feelings D.thoughts
第三部分:阅读理解 (共 20 小题;每小题 2 分,满分 40 分)
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