完形填空. I was sitting in the surgical waiting area at the hospital waiting for word of my wife's operation. The small room was filled with other families and friends who were __1__ waiting to hear how their loved ones were doing. There was a young boy sitting quietly in the __2__ .He held a small box of __3__ in one hand and a tablet( 写字板)in the other. Every so often he'd place the tablet on his lap and draw something. As the hours passed I began to see the room almost_ _4_ _.And there was a strange silence. 'Daddy,when is Mommy going home?'the young boy asked,breaking the_ _5_ _. 'Tomorrow,'his father replied. The boy picked up his crayons and_ _6_ _something on the tablet. I _ _7 _him as he moved his feet back and forth,looking up at the ceiling and then toward the sunshine－filled window.'When's_ _8_ _,Daddy?'he asked. His father__9_ _ him over to sit by him. 'Come, ___10_ _here next to me,'he said with a gentle tone in his voice. __11__his things,the little boy walked slowly to his father's side from the corner. The man_12 _ _out and held his son by his shoulders. 'There are three days in life. Yesterday,today and tomorrow. One is over and done,one we live in,the other we__13__.We can't live in yesterday,but if we are happy enough today, we will be even happier tomorrow,'he said in an attempt to__14__the boy. The little boy looked at him for a moment and said,'If Mommy is going home tomorrow, I'll be__15__. So,I want it to be tomorrow already, Daddy.' Now hanging on every word of this__16__,I leaned forward to hear his response. It was __17 __ . 'Son,the one great thing about today is once it_ _18_ _,it is already almost tomorrow.' I thought about how_ _19_ _it was. Even in my adult life. I still live waiting for what tomorrow may_ _20_ _.Now I know that it is already 'almost tomorrow.' (     )1.A.eagerly (     )2.A.chair (     )3.A.gifts (     )4.A.dark (     )5.A.promise (     )6.A.wrote (     )7.A.followed (     )8.A.today (     )9.A.knocked (     )10A.stand (     )11.A.Gathering (     )12.A.got (     )13.A.spend (     )14.A.frighten (     )15.A.happier (     )16.A.story (     )17.A.humorous (     )18.A.ends (     )19.A.meaningful (     )20.A.happen B．patiently B．corner B．toys B．full B．rule B．drew B．found B．yesterday B．ordered B．sit B．Forgetting B．took B．waste B．satisfy B．calmer B．argument B．silly B．starts B．important B．come C．happily C．distance C．chalks C．empty C．record C．printed C．watched C．future C．called C．lie C．Saving C．set C．kill C．persuade C．smarter C．conversation C．positive C．passes C．interesting C．bring D．curiously D．shadow D．crayons D．clean D．silence D．carved D．caught D．tomorrow D．pulled D．sleep D．Choosing D．reached D．expect D．warn D．sadder D．discussion D．perfect D．lasts D．fantastic D．need