On the fourblock walk to our house,I 1       my revenge. I would slam the front door upon entering,refuse to return her hug when she rushed over to me,and 2       never to speak to her again.

  The house was empty when I arrived and I looked for a note on the refrigerator that might explain my mother's 3      ,but found none. My chin quivered (顫抖) with a mixture of heartbreak and 4       . For the first time in my life,my mother had let me down.

  I was lying facedown on my bed upstairs when I 5        her come through the front door.

  "Robbie," she called out a bit 6      . "Where are you?"

I could then hear her rushing from room to room,wondering where I could be. I remained 7       . In a moment,she went up the steps―the sounds of her 8        quickening as she went up the staircase.

  When she entered my room and sat beside me on my bed,I didn't move but instead 9        blankly into my pillow refusing to acknowledge her presence.

  "I'm so sorry,honey," she said. "I just forgot. I got busy and forgot 10       and simple."

  I still didn't 11      . "Don't forgive her," I told myself. "She embarrassed you. She forgot you. Make her 12      ."

Then my mother did something completely 13       . She began to laugh. I could feel her trembling as the laughter shook her. It began quietly at first and then 14        in its velocity (速率) and volume. 

  I was doubtful. How could she laugh at a time like this? I rolled over and 15        her,ready to let her see the anger and 16        in my eyes.

  But my mother wasn't laughing at all. She was crying. "I'm so sorry," she sobbed softly. "I let you 17        I let my little boy down."

  She 18       down on the bed and began to weep like a little girl. I was dumbstruck (嚇呆了) . I had never seen my mother cry. To my understanding,mothers weren't 19        to. I wondered if this was how I 20        to her when I cried.

(   ) 1. A. took   B. planned   C. performed   D. had

(   ) 2. A. promise   B. decide   C. admit   D. vow

(   ) 3. A. absence   B. lateness   C. anger   D. behavior

(   ) 4. A. regret   B. delight   C. anger   D. sadness

(   ) 5. A. heard   B. saw   C. felt   D. sensed

(   ) 6. A. easily   B. impatiently   C. urgently   D. relaxedly

(   ) 7. A. lying   B. sleeping   C. silent   D. angry

(   ) 8. A. rush   B. footsteps   C. voice   D. shout

(   ) 9. A. leaned   B. buried   C. stared   D. looked

(   ) 10. A. satisfying   B. annoying   C. exciting   D. plain

(   ) 11. A. move   B. speak   C. cry   D. listen

(   ) 12. A. do   B. work   C. pay   D. count

(   ) 13. A. irregular   B. unnatural   C. unexpected   D. dishonest

(   ) 14. A. enlarged   B. deepened   C. rose   D. increased

(   ) 15. A. criticized   B. scared   C. captured   D. faced

(   ) 16. A. fear   B. eagerness   C. anxiety   D. disappointment

(   ) 17. A. down   B. off   C. away   D. around

(   ) 18. A. looked   B. lay   C. sank   D. sat

(   ) 19. A. used   B. supposed   C. allowed   D. banned

(   ) 20. A. presented   B. seemed   C. reacted   D. looked

1. B從下文用詞I would可知,此處表示"我"在回家的路上邊走邊計劃著如何報復母親。

2. D作為報復,我發(fā)誓再也不和母親講話。

3. A 由The house was empty得知家里沒人。

4. C由上文得知我很生氣。

5. A因為I was lying facedown on my bed upstairs ,所以我只能聽到母親回來的聲音。

6. C母親的聲音有些焦急。impatiently是不耐煩的意思。

7. C母親到處找我,而我因為生氣沒出聲。

8. B 由下文went up the staircase ,得知是腳步聲。

9. C我目光空洞地看著枕頭,可以忽視母親的存在。look into意為"調查,研究"。

10. D plain意為"坦誠的"。"我告訴你的就是真的,而且就這么簡單,沒有編造"。

11. A由第9空句子得知。

12. C母親讓我陷人尷尬的境地,我賭氣地認為要讓她為此付出代價。

13. C我認為母親在笑。在這個時候母親還笑得出來的確出乎我的意料之外。

14. D母親先是輕聲笑,后來笑得更厲害了,聲音和頻率都增加了。

15. D我之前是趴著的,認為母親在笑,覺得不可思議,轉過來看她。

16. D disappoint與anger并列,表示眼睛里流露出的是不滿。

17. A上下文都提過。

18. C母親先是坐在我床上,現(xiàn)在是俯身趴在床上哭。

19. B在我的印象中,母親是不會這樣的。suppose表預料。

20. D我看到母親哭就想到我平時哭的時候是不是也是這樣的。

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