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26-45各题所给的四个选项（A，B，C，D）中，选出最佳选项。
Alone in the wheel of light at the dining room table, surrounded by an otherwise darkened house, I sat in tears
Finally, I'd   26   in getting both kids to bed．A relatively new single   27   , I had to be both Mommy and Daddy to my two little children．
A   28   divorced man with full custody （管理） of his children, I was   29   to give them as normal and stable a home life as possible．I   30   a happy face for them.
I had risen slowly, gingerly （活跃）, trying to   31   making even the least sound which might start them up again．   32   more songs and more stories．I tiptoed out of their room,   33  the door partway,
and went downstairs.
And loneliness．I felt as though I were at the   34   of a great sea of loneliness．It all came together and I was at once lost,   35  ．Unexpected, convulsive （突然） sobs overtook me．I sat there,   36   sobbing．
Just then, a pair of little ,   37    went around my middle and a little face peered up at me．I looked down into my five-year-old son's   38   face．
I was    39   to be seen crying by my son．"I'm sorry, Ethan, I didn't know you were still awake．" I don't know why it is, but so many people   40   when they cry and I was no exception．"I didn't mean to cry．I'm sorry．I'm just a little   41   tonight．"
"It's okay．Daddy．It's okay to cry, you're just   42  ．"
I can't express how happy he made me, this little boy, who in the wisdom of innocence, gave me   43   to cry．He seemed to be saying that I didn't have to always be   44  ．that it was occasionally possible to allow myself to feel weak and let out my   45  ．
Somehow, it was possible for me to get to sleep that night, too, Thank you, my son．
26．A．succeeded       B．managed C．failed       D．insisted
27．A．mother    B．worker     C．parent      D．stepfather
28．A．hopelessly       B．recently    C．carelessly        D．shyly
29．A．forced      B．obliged    C．persuaded        D．determined
30．A．put on     B．took on     C．put down  D．took in
31．A．escape      B．stop C．avoid       D．imagine
32．A．speaking out    B．asking for       C．making up       D．insisting on
33．A．locked     B．fixed       C．opened     D．closed
34．A．bottom    B．surface     C．middle     D．side
35．A．covered    B．frightened C．drowned D．disturbed
36．A．loudly     B．eagerly     C．slightly    D．silently
37．A．arms        B．legs   C．hands       D．eyes
38．A ．tearful    B．sympathetic      C．lovely       D．anxious
39．A．surprised  B．embarrassed    C．moved      D．discouraged
40．A．explain    B．complain C．apologize  D．pretend
41．A．worried   B．uneasy      C．tired  D．sad
42．A．a person   B．a male      C．an employee    D．a green hand
43．A．reason      B．limit  C．permission      D．understanding
44．A．experienced     B．strong      C．skilled     D．able
45．A．opinions   B．thoughts   C．words       D．feelings