第一节　完形填空(共20小题;每小题1. 5分, 满分30分)

　　阅读下面短文, 从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C 和 D)中, 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

　　 "I wouldn't buy that woman a Mother's Day card, " said the woman standing by the card shelf at Walmart. I looked up and saw a(n)　1　of total disgust and disappointment.

　　Having been 　2　at a Florida orphanage(孤儿院)at age four, I never knew what it felt like to have a mother or a father. Never once had I received a hug or a kiss from my parents. That part of my life is a total 　3　.

　　She looked up, saw me looking at her and 　4　angrily, "Just what are you looking at, you fool?"

　　"Sorry Ma'am. I never had a mother, and I was 　5　by your words. " I reached over and picked up a nice-looking 　6　, opened it and began to read, "Thank you 　7　for being my mother. "

　　"Do you think your mother would like that card?Mine would, I think, " I said.

　　"Do you know what it is like to be yelled at for years, and 　8　be told that you are loved?" she asked.

　　"My mother didn't 　9　me, let alone shout. She just took me to the orphanage and that's where I stayed until I grew up, " I replied.

　　"Don't you 　10　her?" she asked.

　　"Oh, I can't. She's my mother. Being a mother is a position to be 　11　, even if she is not a very nice person, " I told her. The woman stood there 　12　her head.

　　I looked down at the floor and said, "I know your mother 　13　have done a lot of things that hurt you. It appears as if you hate her. But I can tell you this from my 　14　that disliking her, or even hating her, feels nowhere near as 　15　as never having known a mother at all-good or bad. At least, you feel 　16　. For me, it's all just a large blank of loneliness inside my heart, and that's 　17　I'll feel until I die. "

　　The woman stood there for several seconds. 　18　, she reached out, took the card from my hand, smelled it, and placed it in her cart. After she left, I 　19　a nice card for my mother. I took it home, 　20　it, and placed it with the other Mother's Day cards bought all these years, each marked "Address unknown".

1. A. idea B. appearance

C. impression D. look

答案:D

解析:这位女士不喜欢她的母亲, 可以通过她的表情看出来。look表情。故选D项。

2. A. reserved B. lost

C. deserted D. rescued