第二节：完形填空(共20小题；每小题l.5分，满分30分) 阅读下面短文掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
I don’t remember when it first started annoying me — her hands pushing my hair that way. But it 36 annoy me, for 37 felt work-worn and rough against my young skin. 38 , one night, I shouted out at her, “Don’t do that anymore — your hands are too rough!” She didn’t say anything in 39 . But never again did my mother close out my day with that familiar 40 of her love. Lying awake long afterward, my words stuck to me. But pride kept my conscience back, and I didn’t tell her I was 41 .
Time after time, with the passing years, my thoughts 42 to that night. By then I missed my mother’s hands, missed her goodnight kiss upon my forehead. Sometimes the incident seemed very 43 , sometimes far away. But always it hid in the back of my 44 .
Well, the years have passed, and I’m not a little girl any more. Mom is 45 her mid-seventies and those hands I once thought to be so rough are 46 doing things for me and my family. She cooks the best fried chicken in the world, gets stains out of blue jeans and still 47 on dishing out ice cream at any hour of the day or night. Through the years, my mother’s hands have put in countless hours of labor.
Now, my own children are grown and gone. Mom no longer has Dad, and on special occasions, I find myself drawn next door to 48 the night with her. So it was late on Thanksgiving Eve, as I slept in the bedroom of my 49 , a familiar hand hesitantly stole 50 my face to brush the hair from my forehead. Then a kiss, ever so gently, touched my eyebrow.
In my memory, for the thousandth time, I recalled the night, when my young voice 51 , “Don’t do that anymore — your hands are too rough!” Catching Mom’s hand in hand, I spoke out how sorry I was 52 that night. I thought she’d remember, 53 I did. But Mom didn’t know what I was talking about. She had forgotten — and forgiven — long ago.
That night, I fell asleep with a new 54 for my gentle mother and her 55 hands.
36． A. had B. did C.would D . will
37． A. they B. What C.them D. that
38． A. However B. Later C.Unluckily D. Finally
39． A. Order B. time C.reply D. return
40． A. expression B. signal C.impression D. mean
41． A. sad B. sorry C.stupid D. tired
42． A. adopted B. hurried C.returned D. adjusted
43． A. close B. serious C.deep D. clear
44． A. head B. mind C.brain D. thought
45． A. at B. on C.to D. in
46． A. still B. already C.almost D. even
47． A. insists B. sticks C.puts D. takes
48． A. stay B. pay C.spend D. spare
49． A. youth B. son C.daughter D. father
50． A. over B. Across C.through D. on
51． A. argued B. Talked C.explained D. complained
52． A. to B. At C.in D. for
53． A. when B. As C.so D. since
54． A. understanding B. connection C. appreciation D. relation
55． A. old B. Caring C. ugly D. tiring
