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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41—60各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
It was the second Sunday of May, Mother’s Day, the day we celebrate everything mothers are and everything we do. But I’d ____41____ that Sunday in 2012 was ____42____ for me. As a single mother I ____43____ to think of my shortcomings—how many evenings I couldn’t share with my children, and how many things I couldn’t ____44____ my waitress’ salary to buy.
But what ____45____ kids I had! My daughter Maria was a senior in college and Danny was home visiting from his freshman year at Harvard University. They were ____46____ impolite enough to complain, but there was so much more I ____47____ I had done for them. I just hoped they ____48____.
As I walked into the kitchen quietly to start breakfast, I was ____49____by a vase containing a dozen red roses! When did Denny possibly ____50____ in to leave them? But even their delicate beauty was ____51____ by the note sitting beside them, in the quick, manly ____52____ of an eighteen-year-old boy. It was about a ____53____ that happened between Danny and me long ago. It ____54____:
She took a day off from her busy schedule to take the boy to see his ____55____ in the flesh at the stadium. It took 3.5 hours just to get there, and they had to be there early so that he could see his hero take batting practice. On their ____56____, she took her hard earned money to buy a (an) ____57____ T–shirt on which was printed his hero making a diving catch. After the game, of course he had to get his hero’s ____58____, so she stayed with the little boy until one in the morning.
It took me long enough to ____59____ it, but I finally know who the true hero is. Mom, I love you!
And suddenly, it was a happy Mother’s Day, ____60____.41. A. admit B. adoptC. denyD. indicate42. A. happy B. sadC. plainD. bittersweet43. A. intended B. likedC. tendedD. hesitated44. A. spend B. spareC. bargainD. calculate45. A. sensitive B. considerate C. faithfulD. troublesome46. A. merely B. usuallyC. neverD. always47. A. wished B. proposedC. demandedD. desired48. A. supported B. understoodC. approvedD. honored49. A. welcomedB. greetedC. receivedD. met50. A. hurryB. settleC. wanderD. slip51. A. touchedB. overshadowedC. interruptedD. overcrowd52. A. handwritingB. descriptionC. draftD. attitude53. A. secretB. jokeC. quarrelD. story54. A. wroteB. recordedC. readD. memorized55. A. heroB. athleteC. friendD. classmate56. A. returnB. busC. arrivalD. road57. A. oversizedB. normalC. ridiculousD. overpriced58. A. signatureB. signC. sceneD. signal59. A. exploreB. evaluateC. realizeD. treasure60. A. above allB. at allC. in allD. after all
参考答案
41. A 句意为：我承认（admit）2012年的那个周日对于我来说是苦乐参半的，故选A。
42. D 根据后面两句可知经济拮据，所以是苦乐参半的（bittersweet），故选D。
43. C 根据句意：作为一个单身妈妈，我习惯于考虑自己的不足，故选C。
44. B 根据语境可知，这位单身妈妈并没有什么钱去买一些东西，此处spare直意为“抽出来”即：要拿出来花的钱（闲钱），故选B。
45. B 从下文的情节可知，两个女儿非常体贴（considerate）妈妈，故选B。
46. C 通过上文，两个孩子很体贴，从来没有（never）失礼抱怨过，故选C。
47. A 孩子没有抱怨过，但是我真心希望（wished）已经为他们做过有很多事情，故选A。
48. B 我希望他们能够理解（understood），故选B。
49. B 当我走进厨房时，一个装有玫瑰的花瓶问候（greeted）我的到来，故选B。
50. D 句意：Denny什么时候溜进（slip）厨房留下玫瑰的呢？故选D。
51. B 但是花朵的美丽被一个大的便签遮盖住（overshadowed）了，故选B。
52. A 便签上是以流利的笔迹书写（handwriting）的，字里行间带有的18岁男子汉的气概，故选A。
53. D 它是发生在我和Danny之间的一个故事（story），故选D。
54. C 显示read，it read:上面写着，故选C。
55. A 根据下文可知Danny去看他的hero，故选A。
56. C 他们一到（arrival）那里她就拿出辛苦挣来的钱去买一个高价的T恤，故选C。
57. D 由上句翻译可知，故选D。
58. A 他要得到英雄的签名（signature），故选A。
59. C 句意：我花费了很长时间才意识到（realize）这一切，故选C。
60. D 句意：突然，那天终究（after all）变成一个开心的母亲节，故选D。
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