Standing in the driveway, I watched my grown children drive off into the distance. I looked down the road until I could no longer see their 36 _____ . “They live too far away from me,” I said to myself. “When did they 37 _____ and become parents of small children? 38 _____ that be me?” I slipped back inside the house and just walked through the rooms for no reason 39 _____.1 was just missing them already and looking for 40 _____ of their having been here. There were pillows on the floor and a few stuffed (填充）animals 41 _____ around where the children had been playing. I walked into the 42 _____ and there on the back of the sink was a bottle brush that had been left behind. “Ah，even Tessa left something behind,” I 43 _____ Well, I suppose she had help 44 _____ she was just four months old. As I walked around the house, I picked up a few more 45 _____ on the floor — Tegan’S tooth, a pie pan, and the inside of a turkey fryer. ttHmmm, things left behind ...’’I thought to myself. It seems there is one thing left behind on every 46 _____ . Memories are always left behind, I reasoned, and what a(n) 47 _____ thing good memories are to us. I thought how each item left behind 48 _____ me of the person it belonged to and the story 49 _____ it. Memories happen even if we aren’t 50 _____ of it. The stressful and difficult moments often become memories that we 51 _____ later with laughter and joy. The memories of past hurts, bitterness, and anger, 52 . should be left behind 53 _____These are the things that we should never 54 _____ until the next time they come, mail back, or bring with us to 55_____next visit. As Elizabeth Stone said, “To have a child is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body.
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小题1:B
小题2:D
小题3:B
小题4:A
小题5:C
小题6:A
小题7:C
小题8:A
小题9:D
小题10:B
小题11:C
小题12:D
小题13:A
小题14:B
小题15:C
小题16:D
小题17:D
小题18:C
小题19:B
小题20:A
题目分析：文章讲述作者在孩子走后回忆和孩子在一起的点点滴滴，感慨有了回忆是多么的好，有的回忆要永远珍惜，有的回忆要留下。
小题1:考查名词：A. smiles微笑，B. vehicles车辆，C. pains疼痛，D. bicycles自行车，从前面的句子：I watched my grown children drive off into the distance.可知孩子们是开车走了，所以作者一直看到看不见孩子的车为止，选B
小题2:考查词组：A. drop out辍学，B. break away脱开； 离开； 逃脱C. set off出发，动身，D. grow up成长，从后面的句子：“become parents of small children?”可知孩子是长大了，选D
小题3:考查情态动词：A. Wouldn’t不愿意，B. Shouldn’t不应该，C. Can’t不能，D. Needn’t不必，作者看到孩子们离去，突然觉得以前没觉得他们都长大了，因此才会自问：他们（他们读重音）是什么时候长大并当了父母的？难道不应该是我吗？选B
小题4:考查词组：A. in particular尤其是，B. with anger生气的，C. with joy高兴的，D. in return做为回报，我回到房间，没有特别的原因在房间里面走来走去，选A
小题5:考查名词：A. signals信号，B. atmosphere气氛，大气，C. signs标志，迹象，D. information信息，我在寻找他们曾在这儿的迹象，选C
小题6:考查动词：A. lying躺，B. jumping跳，C. moving移动，D. looking看，地上有几个枕头，孩子们玩的地上躺着几个填充玩具，选A
小题7:考查名词：A. house房子，B. distance远处，C. kitchen厨房，D. driveway马路，汽车道，从后面的句子：there on the back of the sink was a bottle brush that had been left behind.可知作者是到了厨房，选C
小题8:考查动词：A. announced宣布，郑重地说B. explained解释，C. complained抱怨，D. replied答复，前面的句子：. “Ah，even Tessa left something behind,”是作者说的话，选A
小题9:考查连词： A. when当…时候，B. unless除非，C. until直到，D. since自从，既然，因为她只有4个月大，我还以为有人帮她呢，选D
小题10:考查名词：A. toys玩具，B. items物品，C. memories记忆，D. treasures财宝，从后面的内容：— Tegan’S tooth, a pie pan, and the inside of a turkey fryer.可知作者捡起来一些物品，选B
小题11:考查名词： A_ table桌子，B. course课程，C. occasion偶然，机会，场合，D. comer角落，从后面的句子;Memories are always left behind,可知每个场合都会留下东西，选C
小题12:考查形容词：A. funny滑稽，B. private私人的，C. ordinary普通的，D. precious宝贵的，好的记忆对我们是对面宝贵的东西啊，选D
小题13:考查动词：A. reminded提醒，B. informed通知，C. warned警告，D. convinced使…相信，每个留下的物品都使我想起它的主人，选A
小题14:考查动词：A, promoting提升，推销，B. surrounding包围，C. acknowledging承认，D. exposing暴露，这里指和这些物品有关的记忆，surrounding做定语修饰stories，选B
小题15:考查形容词： A. proud骄傲的，B _ ashamed羞愧的，C. aware有意识的，D. afraid害怕的，有时我们还没有意识到就产生了记忆，选C
小题16:考查词组：A. attach importance to重视，B. throw doubt on怀疑，C. look forward to盼望，D. look back upon回顾，一些痛苦的艰难的回忆在回顾的时候是带着笑声和快乐的，选D
小题17:考查副词：A. besides此外，Btherefore因此，C. otherwise否则，D. though虽然，可是过去的痛苦愤怒的回忆应该留下，选D
小题18:考查副词：A. partly部分地，B. sometimes有时，C. forever永远，D. unwillingly不愿意，从后面的句子：These are the things that we should never _____ until the next time they come,可知这些不好的记忆应该永远留下来，选C
小题19:考查动词：A. present呈现，B. keep保持，C. overlook忽视，D. experience经历，有些东西我们不该留到下次再次出现，选B
小题20:考查代词：A. our 我们的，B. their他们的，C. its它的，D. your你的，或者是我们下次去探望的时候带着。选A