II.完形填空
In Glasgow, Scotland, a young lady, like a lot of teens today, got tired of home. The daughter objected to her family’s 16 lifestyle and said, “I don’t want your God. I am leaving!”
She left home. Before long, she was disappointed and unable to find a job, so she took to the streets to do everything she could to 17 . Many years passed by, her father died , her mother grew 18 , and the daughter became more and more entrenched (固执) in her way of life .
No contact was made between mother and daughter during these years. The mother, having 19 her daughter’s whereabouts, went to the poor part of the city in 20 of her daughter. She stopped at each of the rescue missions with a simple 21 . “Would you allow me to 22 this picture ?” It was a picture of the smiling, gray-haired mother with a handwritten 23 at the bottom: “I love you still…come home!”
One day the daughter wandered into a rescue mission for a hot meal. She sat 24 listening to the service, all the while letting her 25 wander over to the bulletin board. There she saw the picture and thought, could that be my mother?
She couldn’t 26 until the service was over. She stood and went to look .It was her mother, and there were those words, “I love you still…come home!” 27 she stood in front of the picture, she wept. It was too 28 to be true.
It was night, but she was so 29 by the message that she started walking home. 30 the time she arrived it was early in the morning. She was afraid and 31 her way timidly. As she knocked, the door 32 open on its own. She thought someone must have broken into the house. Concerned for her mother’s 33 , the young woman ran to the bedroom and shook her mother awake and said, “It’s me! It’s me! I’m home!”
The mother couldn’t believe her eyes. They fell into each other’s arms. The daughter said, “I was so worried and 34 someone had broken in.” The mother replied gently, “No, dear. From the day you left, that door has never been 35 .”
16.A.modern B.religious C.awful D.simple
17.A.earn moneyB.help others C.get from D.become famous
18.A.lonelier B.slower C.elder D.older
19.A.told about B.heard of C.learned from D.talked to
20.A.sight B.charge C.search D.need
21.A.request B.remark C.question D.speech
22.A.print out B.look at C.send off D.put up
23.A.record B.advice C.message D.notice
24.A.sensitively B.absent-mindedly C.devotedly D.carefully
25.A.eyes B.hands C.thoughts D.imaginations
26.A.help B.move C.wait D.listen
27.A.After B.Since C.Until D.As
28.A.lucky B.good C.happy D.certain
29.A.astonished B.touched C.interested D.ashamed
30.A.By B.At C.During D.Before
31.A.had B.led C.made D.held
32.A.seemed B.blew C.proved D.flew
33.A.safety B.health C.danger D.life
34.A.observed B.realized C.found D.thought
35.A.pushed B.opened C.locked D.fixed