1 . After 20 years of marriage, my wife wanted me to take another woman out to _______. She said, “I love you, but I know this other woman loves you too.”
The other woman that my wife wanted me to visit was my mother, who has been a widow (寡妇) for 19 years, but my busy life had made it impossible to visit her _______. That night I called to _______ her out for dinner.
“What’s wrong? are you well?” she asked. My mother is the type of woman who suspects that a late night _______ is a sign of bad news.
“I thought that it would be pleasant to spend some time with you,” I _______.
She thought about it for a moment, and _______. During the dinner, we had an agreeable conversation — _______ extraordinary but recent events of each other’s life.
Before we _______, she said, “I’ll go out with you again, _______ only if you let me invite you.”
A few days ________, my mother died of a heart attack. It ________ so suddenly that I didn’t have a chance to do anything for her. A few days after the funeral, I received an envelope with a receipt (收据) from the same place where mother and I had ________. An attached note ________:
“I paid this bill ________. I wasn’t sure that I could be there; but nevertheless, I paid for two ________ —one for you and the other for your ________. You will never know what that night meant for me. I ________ you, son.”
At that moment, I ________ the importance of saying in time: “I LOVE YOU”. Give your family the ________ they deserve, because sometimes things cannot be ________ till “some other time”.
1. A.home | B.talk | C.movie | D.dinner |
2. A.directly | B.frequently | C.rarely | D.exactly |
3. A.bring | B.take | C.force | D.invite |
4. A.visit | B.meal | C.ring | D.date |
5. A.argued | B.whispered | C.committed | D.responded |
6. A.agreed | B.refused | C.promised | D.nodded |
7. A.anything | B.nothing | C.something | D.everything |
8. A.met | B.parted | C.left | D.divided |
9. 10. A.before | B.earlier | C.ago | D.later |
11. A.broke | B.formed | C.fell | D.struck |
12. A.sat | B.waited | C.gathered | D.dined |
13. A.saw | B.read | C.showed | D.wrote |
14. A.in advance | B.on purpose | C.by accident | D.with patience |
15. A.tables | B.dishes | C.seats | D.chances |
16. A.mother | B.family | C.wife | D.child |
17. A.miss | B.admire | C.love | D.hug |
18. A.sensed | B.accepted | C.checked | D.pursued |
19. A.time | B.money | C.comfort | D.calls |
20. A.ensured | B.delayed | C.forgotten | D.forgiven |