Question

完形填空

請認真閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的A、B、C、D四個選項中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。

My mum was young when she fell pregnant with me. After I was born it was decided that my father’s relatives would ______ me in Manchester. No one spoke about Mum. Eventually, I was shown letters from Mum, ______ that she was a drug addict.

All this was running through my head as I arrived in Glasgow on 27 December last year. My sister Leanne, from my mother’s side, had ______ me down on Facebook, and we had been ______ for a while, but had met only once or twice. Leanne had been brought up by our mother’s parents, and had some ______ with Mum throughout her life. She was now living in Canada, but returning for Christmas and ______ to see all the family together. A big party had been arranged to welcome her back, and everyone would be there, including our ______.

In a very short time my sister and I hatched a ______ . I’d meet my sister as she arrived at Manchester airport, then we’d drive up to Glasgow ______ . Keeping it a surprise gave us a rush. After about a four-hour drive, we were there. I’d ______ called someone “Mum” before. But there she was.

We embraced (擁抱) and were soon ______ . We could hardly get the words out fast enough. Seeing someone so alike looking back at me was the strangest but most ______experience. Though a lifetime may have ______ us, this woman at a party in Glasgow was my mum. She ______ at me for a second, before giving me a tight hug. All she could say was that she never thought we’d ______ again.

She’d been ______ of drugs for five years. She told me how she now works for a charity that helps young people ______ the same problems she had. We now talk regularly, and I feel ______ she’s my mother. That’s something I couldn’t have even ______ when the door opened to her at that Christmas party. Life may be short, but it’s always ______ enough to reconcile (和好).

1.A. teach B. control C. serve D. raise

2.A. foreseeing B. revealing C. arguing D. promising

3.A. knocked B. tracked C. rolled D. turned

4.A. negotiating B. complaining C. messaging D. searching

5.A. contact B. bargain C. fun D. trouble

6.A. reluctant B. afraid C. confident D. desperate

7.A. sister B. father C. mum D. grandparents

8.A. deal B. plan C. trick D. change

9.A. in advance B. in turn C. in secret D. in time

10.A. ever B. even C. always D. never

11.A. looking away B. chatting away C. turning up D. picking up

12.A. disturbing B. annoying C. comforting D. frightening

13.A. separated B. deserted C. ruined D. cheated

14.A. laughed B. yelled C. stared D. pointed

15.A. part B. suffer C. recover D. meet

16.A. clean B. aware C. short D. fond

17.A. discuss B. overcome C. explore D. stress

18.A. guilty B. embarrassed C. proud D. shocked

19.A. imagined B. ignored C. questioned D. recalled

20.A. tough B. happy C. simple D. long

Answer 1