第二部分:完形填空(共20小題,每小題1分,滿分20分)
閱讀下面短文,掌握其大意,然后從每題所給的四個選項(A、B、C、D)中,選出最佳選項。
For my daughter’s 19th birthday, we bought her tickets to go and see
Linkin Park, as they were playing in our city. We didn’t really have the 41 but we knew how much this band meant to her.
The night before she was like a 42 at Christmas. Every so often she got up and came to 43 with us, because she couldn’t 44 . On the night of the 45 it was good to see her so 46 and excited, as she and her boyfirend set off.
Needless to say when they 47 after midnight, with T-shirts and lots of pictures of the band, 48 her telling about how fantastic they had been, we knew the money had been well 49 . This will be a memory she would 50 forget, and nor would we.
51 full of excitement from the night before, the following day they 52 to go shopping on the other side of the city. My husband and I 53 , loving the fact that she had not 54 that quality as she grew up.
Later that day they returned, with faces full of happiness and warmth. They presented my husband and me with a 55 each. On each present were the words “Because you are the 56 mum / dad in the world”. When we said our thank-yous and told her she didn’t have to, we asked her 57 she had bought us gifts. Her 58 was simply “Just because I love you”.
This wasn’t something 59 from our daughter; she had always given us a gift when she wanted to express her 60 , and each gift was always a welcome surprise. It could have been anything, it wouldn’t have mattered, and it was the act itself and the feelings behind it.
41. A. money B. time C. interest D. news
42. A. worker B. baby C. kid D. parent
43. A. dance B. learn C.walk D. sit
44. A. speak B. sleep C. stand D. leave
45. A. concert B. holiday C. party D. travel
46. A. healthy B. happy C. pretty D. surprised
47. A. stayed B. left C. returned D. turned
48. A. worrying about B. caring for C. looking at D. listening to
49. A. lent B. earned C. saved D. spent
50. A. ever B. never C. often D. neither
51. A. Still B. Only C. Just D. Also
52. A. continued B. tried C. decided D. struggled
53. A. refused B. cried C. shouted D. laughed
54. A. kept B. lost C. realized D. discovered
55. A. gift B. prize C. ticket D. picture
56. A. richest B. oldest C. best D. cleverest
57. A. where B. how C. when D. why
58. A. way B. answer C. suggestion D. idea
59. A. important B. ordinary C. new D. valuable
60. A. feelings B. concerns C. understandings D. opinions