完形填空（共20小题，每小题 1.5 分，满分 30 分） 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选取出适合填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。 When my son unexpectedly volunteered for the Marines, I was busy writing my novels and giving little thought to the men and women in the army. My son, John Schaeffer, recently came home _36_ _ from the Middle East. He slowly appeared from a broken car; John _ 37__ all night from a base near Washington, _ 38 __ he had landed the day before. He did not want me to 39___ him there. “I’ll need time to myself,” my son said _ 40 __ calling from Kuwait on the way home. I gave my wife a head start. Mother_ 41_ _ son, “I was so worried”, Genie said. She pulled away to look up again and again to _ 42_ __ he was really there. My wife gave me a great gift: _ 43 __ alone with my boy. John was tired and lay _44_ _ on his bed. I lay down next to him and was grasping his hand the whole time. I just wanted to be certain that the nightmares I’d had about John being killed were _ 45__ . I kept holding my son, the way I _ 46__ when he was two and came into our bed after a _ 47 __ dream. I asked John if he’d rather sleep than talk, and he said there would be time for 48_ __ later. With the 49_ __ over, under and around me came incredible tiredness. I slept with his voice dying away. It was the first good _ 50 __ I’d had in months. I woke and John was asleep next to me. Sitting by his bed watching him breathe, I found myself praying and _ 51 __ for all the fathers, mothers, sons, daughters, husbands and wives of those who were not coming home. For the first time in my life, I was weeping for _ 52_ __. Before my son went to war I would never have shed tears for them .My son _53 __ me. He taught me that our men and women in uniform are not the _54_ _”.  They are our sons, daughters, brothers and sisters. Sometimes shedding ears for strangers is a holy _55__ _. Sometimes it’s all we can do. 小题1: A．angry B．excited C．frightened D．alive 小题2: A．drove B．was driving C．had driven D．would have driven 小题3: A．where B．when C．which D．who 小题4: A．meet B．congratulate C．permit D．accept 小题5: A．once B．when C．unless D．since 小题6: A．abolished B．patted C．rated D．embraced 小题7: A．make sure B．set down C．get across D．make sense 小题8: A．period B．chance C．time D．moment 小题9: A．hesitated B．stretched C．supporting D．spreading 小题10: A．facts B．truth C．proofs D．lies 小题11: A．used to B．ought to C．should D．must 小题12: A．happy B．cheerful C．scary D．sleep 小题13: A．advice B．discussion C．talk D．sleep 小题14: A．chat B．worries C．meeting D．curiosity 小题15: A．conversation B．observation C．sleep D．independence 小题16: A．crying B．marching C．screaming D．regretting 小题17: A．friends B．neighbors C．strangers D．soldiers 小题18: A．persuaded B．changed C．frightened D．arrested 小题19: A．another B．other C．others D．one 小题20: A．function B．adventure C．shame D．duty