III. 完形填空 20%（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36 ~ 55各题所给的

III. 完形填空 20%（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36 ~ 55各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
An 80-year-old man was sitting in his house beside his 45-year-old son. Suddenly a crow landed in front of the window. The father   36   his son, "What is that?" The son replied, "It is a crow."   37   a few minutes, the father asked his son a second time, "What is that?" The son said "I just    38   you that it’s a crow." After a little   39   , the
father again asked his son, "What is that?" That time a(n)   40   tone could be heard in the son’s  41   . "It’s a crow, a crow!"
A little later, the father went to his room and   42   with an old diary which he had   43   for many years. After opening the right page, he asked his son to    44   it. When the son read it, tears came to his eyes." Today my   45   was sitting with me on the sofa. 
When a crow was   46   by the window, my son asked me 23 times what it was, and I   47 to him all 23 times that it was a crow. I hugged him    48   each time he asked me the same question. I did not feel   49   answering the same question." If your   50   become old, don’t treat them or look    51   them as a burden(累赘). Instead be warm and   52   to them. From today on say this to yourself, "I want to   53   my parents happy forever, for they have    54  for me ever since I was born, and they have always showed their   55   love to me."
36. A. demanded                                       B. asked                        C. commanded     D. tested
37. A. Before                 B. During                   C. After                        D. Within
38. A. told            B. reminded                  C. called                    D. consulted
39. A. sigh            B. doubt                    C. breath                       D. while
40. A. sad            B. angry                      C. pitiful                       D. gentle
41. A. face                B. mind             C. voice                        D. pace
42. A. came up              B. came out          C. came back                D. came on
43. A. kept                    B. gathered                   C. collected                   D. searched
44. A. tear                     B. read                         C. write                        D. recite
45. A. son                     B. daughter                   C. brother                     D. father
46. A. lying                   B. wiping                      C. sitting                       D. spying
47. A. required              B. repeated                    C. recalled                     D. replied
48. A. lovingly              B. carefully                   C. deeply                      D. lightly
49. A. puzzled               B. worried                    C. amazed                     D. annoyed
50. A. parents                B. relatives                    C. families                    D. teachers
51. A. up                       B. upon              

36-40 BCADB   41-45 CCABA    46-50 CDADA    51-55 BBDCD

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