第三节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分） Coming home from school that dark winter day so long ago, I was filled with excitement of having the weekend off. But I was 41 into stillness by what I saw. Mother was seated at the far end of the sofa, 42 , with the second-hand green typewriter on the table. She told me that she couldn’t type fast and then she was out of work. My shock and embarrassment(尴尬) at finding mother in tears was a perfect proof of how 43 I understood the pressures on her. Sitting beside her on the sofa. I began very 44 to understand. “I guess we all have to 45 sometimes.” Mother said quietly. I could 46 her pain and the tension(紧张) of 47 the strong feelings that were interrupted by my arrival. Suddenly, something inside me 48 . I reached out and put my arms around her. She broke then. She put her face 49 my shoulder and sobbed(啜泣). I held her 50 and didn’t try to talk. I knew I was doing what I should. What I could 51 it was enough. In that moment, feeling mother’s 52 with feelings, I understood for the first time, her being so easy to 53 . She was still my mother, 54 she was something 55 , a person having the ability of bearing fear, 56 and failure. I could feel her pain as she must have felt mine on a thousand occasions when I sought 57 in her arms. A week later Mother took a job selling dry goods at half the salary the radio station 58 . “It’s a job I can do, though,” she said simply. But the evening practice on the old green typewriter continued. I had a very 59 feeling now when I passed her door at night and heard her tapping 60 across the paper. I knew there was something more going on in there than a woman learning to type. 41. A. tired B. ashamed C. lazy D. shocked 42. A. crying B. smiling C. thinking D. whispering 43. A. eagerly B. worriedly C. little D. much 44. A. quickly B. slowly C. suddenly D. proudly 45. A. fail B. win C. fall sick D. give in 46. A. know of B. watch C. sense D. recognize 47. A. holding back B. putting away C. sitting up D. stopping from 48. A. lit up B. came true C. turned D. increased 49. A. to B. up C. through D. against 50. A. thoughtfully B. tightly C. carefully D. politely 51. A. and that B. now that C. but that D. so that 52. A. hand B. face C. hair D. back 53. A. content B. break C. fall D. understand 54. A. therefore B. however C. yet D. though 55. A. more B. much C. little D. huge 56. A. wound B. defeat C. cut D. hurt 57. A. kindness B. memory C. comfort D. support 58. A. supplied B. offered C. paid for D. contributed 59. A. different B. hard C. pleasant D. serious 60. A. off B. away C. out D. through