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，然后从下列各小题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳 选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
In the doorway of my home, I looked closely at my 23-year-old son, Daniel. In a few hours he would be flying to France to ______a different life. It was a transitional(过渡的)time in Daniel's life. I wanted to______him some words of significance. But nothing came from my lips, and this was not the ______time I had let such moment pass.
When Daniel was five, I took him to the bus stop on his first day of kindergarten. He asked, "What is it going to be like, Dad? Can I do it?" Then he walked ______ the steps of the bus and disappeared ii\side. The bus drove away and I said nothing. A decade later, a similar . ______ played itself out. I drove him to college. As I started to leave, I tried to think of something to say to give him ______and confidence as he started this new stage of life. Again, words         me.
Now, as I stood before him, I thought of those  ______opportunities. How many times have I let such moments______ ？ I don't ^nd a quiet moment to tell him what they have ______to me, or, in the years ahead what he might ______to face. Maybe, I thought it was not necessary to say anything.
What does it matter in the course of a lifetime if a father never tells a son what he really thinks of him?
______ as I stood before-Daniel, I knew that it did matter. My father and I loved each other. Yet, I always ______ never in all my life hearing him put his feelings into ______ . Now I could feel my palms sweat and my throat tightien. Why was it so 50 to tell a son something from the heart?
My mouth turned dry，and 1 knew I would he able to get______ only a few words clearly. "Daniel,‘' I said, "if I could have picked, I would have picked von." That's all I could say. He hugged me. For a moment, the
world ______ , and there were just Daniel and me. He was saying something, hut tears misted my eyes, and I couldn't understand what he was saying. All 1 was______of was the stubble (短须）on his chin as his ______pressed against mine. What I had said to Daniel was ______ . It was nothing. And yet, it.was everything.

A．experience B．exj>ress C．spend D．shape

A．show B．say C．leave D．talk

A．last B．first C．second D．next

A．away B．into C．down D．up

A．sign B．scene C．scenery D．sight

A．interest B．instruction C．courage D．direction

A．failed B．discouraged C．struck D．troubled

A．missed B．embarrassed C．gone D．lost

A．last B．pass C．stay D．remain

A．counted B．meant C．valued D．earned

A．think B．want C．expect D．wish

A．But B．And C．Instead D．So

A．wondered B．regretted C．minded D．tried

A．arguments B．attitudes C．words D．works

A．important B．essential C．hard D．complex

A．in B．down C．back D．out

A．disappeared B．changed C．progressed D．advanced

A．sensitive B．convinced C．aware D．tired

A．eye B．face C．nose D．forehead

A．clumsy B．gentle C．ridiculous D．fluent