After 21 years of marriage, I discovered a new way of keeping the spark (火花) of love alive. I started to go out with another woman. It was really my wife’s    26   .
The other woman that my    27    wanted me to visit was my mother, who has been a widow (寡妇) for 19 years, but the    28    of my work and my three children had made it possible to visit her only    29   . That night I called to invite her to go out for    30    and a movie. “What’s wrong, are you    31   ?” she asked. My mother is the type of woman who    32    that a late night call or a surprise invitation is a sign of bad news. “I thought that it would be    33    to pass some time with you,” I responded. “Just the    34    of us.” She thought about it for a moment, then said, “I would like that very much.”　
We went to a restaurant that, although not elegant, was very nice and    35   . My mother took my arm    36    she were the First Lady. During the dinner we had an agreeable    37    — nothing extraordinary — but    38    recent events of each other’s life. We talked so much that we    39    the movie. As we arrived at her house later, she said, “I’ll    40    with you again, but only if you let me invite you.” I agreed. “How was your dinner    41   ?” asked my wife when I got home. “Very nice. Much more so than I could have imagined,” I answered.
A few days later my mother    42   a massive heart attack. It happened so suddenly that I didn’t have a chance to do    43    for her. At that moment I    44    the importance of saying in time “I LOVE YOU” and giving our loved ones the time that they    45   .

A．thought B．belief C．idea D．opinion

A．father B．children C．mother D．wife

A．demands B．pleasures C．anxieties D．commands

A．unusually B．frequently C．occasionally D．immediately

A．dinner B．a walk C．some fresh air D．a while

A．well B．good C．safe D．bad

A．guesses B．imagines C．supposes D．suspects

A．necessary B．pleasant C．proper D．possible

A．two B．three C．four D．five

A．cheap B．comfortable C．cool D．tasty

A．in case B．now that C．as if D．so that

A．trouble B．conversation C．silence D．experiment

A．catching up on B．finding out C．making sure D．working out

A．missed B．enjoyed C．remembered D．watched

A．eat out B．go out C．run out D．keep out

A．party B．dance C．hour D．date

A．heard of B．suffered from C．died of D．recovered from

A．nothing B．anything C．something D．everything

A．accepted B．doubted C．considered D．understood

A．win B．deserve C．spend D．waste