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，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项。
My 23-year-old son Dan stood in the doorway, ready to say goodbye to his home. In a couple of hours he was going to fly out to France. He was going to be away for at least a year to learn a foreign language and __36__ life in a foreign country.
It was a milestone in Dan’s life, a change from school days to 37 . When we were to say goodbye, I 38 closely at his face. I would like to provide him with good 39_ that would last longer than here and now.
But not a sound came over my lips. I 40 motionless and silent, looking 41__ my son’s green eyes.
I knew that this wasn’t the first time I 42 such an opportunity pass me by. When Daniel was a little boy, I followed him to the bus on his first day in preschool. I 43 the excitement in his hand that held mine when the bus came round the corner. He looked at me —just _ _44 he did now. And then he boarded the bus and 45 . The bus drove away. And I hadn’t 46 a word.
Some ten years later, a similar experience 47 . His mother and I drove him to the university where he was going to 48 . Dan was ill in bed when I wanted to say goodbye. __49 the words let me down. I only murmured something like “I hope you are 50 , Dan.” Then I turned around and left.
Now I stood in front of him and recalled all the 51 when I hadn’t make use of those opportunities. Why does it have to be so 52 to tell your son what you feel? My mouth was
53 , and I knew I would only say a few words.
“Dan,” I 54 stammered out（结结巴巴地说）, “if I had the choice myself, I would have
55 you.” That was all I could say. It was nothing, and yet it was everything.
36. A．experiment B．experience C．business D．knowledge
37. A．neighborhood B．childhood C．adulthood D．brotherhood
38. A．looked B．fixed C．glared D．stared
39. A．gift B．support C．skill D．advice
40. A．walked B．stood C．sat D．wondered
41. A．like B．for C．at D．into
42. A．made B．had C．let D．got
43. A．felt B．knew C．found D．realized
44. A．when B．as C．since D．once
45. A．enjoyed B．ran C．left D．disappeared
46. A．heard B．said C．gave D．left
47. A．took place B．took on C．turned out D．turned up
48. A．play B．visit C．study D．search
49. A．Luckily B．Once C．Again D．Therefore
50. A．stronger B．happier C．greater D．better
51. A．times B．places C．days D．ways
52. A．eager B．important C．difficult D．lovely
53. A．wet B．dry C．anxious D．painful
54. A．directly B．finally C．kindly D．nervously
55. A．loved B．praised C．supported D．chosen
