完形填空(共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)
请阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Mid-afternoon on a particularly busy Tuesday, I took leave of my desk at work and walked into a local Starbucks. I went there simply because I wanted to find a space where neither my clients nor my ___16___ would ask me to do something.
Inside, I ran into Kate, a co-worker of mine. I ___17___ she was there for the same reason I was. But as we started chatting, I realized that there was a(n)___18___ difference in the reasons for our visit. The topic of parenthood ___19___. I joked about how___20___my schedule was, noting that I was needed “from the minute I wake up, to the minute If all asleep.” But a bit of___21___seemed to come over Kate's face. “Well, my daughter's in San Francisco and she doesn't seem to ___22___me at all these days, ”Kate said, with a sad-looking smile. It was in that moment that I realized:___23___I might often feel in high demand, there will come a day when I'll actually miss that same stress I now___24___about. And as our conversation continued, it became clear that I wasn't just talking to Kate; I was talking to myself____25____15-20 years.
The conversation turned to our children' s _____26_____ years, with Kate smiling proudly，thinking of the little boy and girls he raised who are now a man and a woman. But I noticed her smile was _____27_____ with regret. She explained that she often wondered about what she could have done _____28_____ when her children were in their earlier years. “I just wish ... I wish I had brought them to each other' s sporing event and encouraged them to cheer and to be stronger_____29_____for each other,” Kate noted.
This got me thinking. Is regret an unfortunate footnote (注脚) to_____30_____? I asked six older parents in my life one question: What is your biggest regret from your early days as a parent? It turned out that all of them thought they could have done it better. But, each of them also has a ____31____relationship with their kids. Regret didn't affect them in am____32____way.
The _____33_____line is, we all feel like we could be doing this parent thing beer. And quite clearly, years later, we're still going to look back and_____34_____we tried things differently. But the past can't be____35____, and neither should it.
16. A. children B. parents C. friends D. colleagues
17. A. claimed B. concluded C. assumed D. declared
18. A. impressive B. modest C. slight D. significant
19. A. came over B. came up C. came in D. came about
20. A. packed B. crushed C. involved D. exploited
21. A. happiness B. disappointment C. sadness D. anxiety
22. A. love B. contact C. miss D. need
23. A. Once B. Unless C. While D. As
24. A. complain B. think C. argue D. wonder
25. A. after B. over C. in D. within
26. A. adolescent B. younger C. later D. adult
27. A. decorated B. connected C. dotted D. marked
28. A. differently B. carefully C. eventually D. personally
29. A. audiences B. referees C. opponents D. advocates
30. A. childhood B. maturity C. parenthood D. growth
31. A. secure B. weak C. unhealthy D. sharp
32. A. comprehensive B. complete C. meaningful D. miserable
33. A. finishing B. bottom C. fine D. hard
34. A. regret B. remember C. hope D. wish
35. A. celebrated B. changed C. replaced D. returned
【答案】
请阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Mid-afternoon on a particularly busy Tuesday, I took leave of my desk at work and walked into a local Starbucks. I went there simply because I wanted to find a space where neither my clients nor my ___16___ would ask me to do something.
Inside, I ran into Kate, a co-worker of mine. I ___17___ she was there for the same reason I was. But as we started chatting, I realized that there was a(n)___18___ difference in the reasons for our visit. The topic of parenthood ___19___. I joked about how___20___my schedule was, noting that I was needed “from the minute I wake up, to the minute If all asleep.” But a bit of___21___seemed to come over Kate's face. “Well, my daughter's in San Francisco and she doesn't seem to ___22___me at all these days, ”Kate said, with a sad-looking smile. It was in that moment that I realized:___23___I might often feel in high demand, there will come a day when I'll actually miss that same stress I now___24___about. And as our conversation continued, it became clear that I wasn't just talking to Kate; I was talking to myself____25____15-20 years.
The conversation turned to our children' s _____26_____ years, with Kate smiling proudly，thinking of the little boy and girls he raised who are now a man and a woman. But I noticed her smile was _____27_____ with regret. She explained that she often wondered about what she could have done _____28_____ when her children were in their earlier years. “I just wish ... I wish I had brought them to each other' s sporing event and encouraged them to cheer and to be stronger_____29_____for each other,” Kate noted.
This got me thinking. Is regret an unfortunate footnote (注脚) to_____30_____? I asked six older parents in my life one question: What is your biggest regret from your early days as a parent? It turned out that all of them thought they could have done it better. But, each of them also has a ____31____relationship with their kids. Regret didn't affect them in am____32____way.
The _____33_____line is, we all feel like we could be doing this parent thing beer. And quite clearly, years later, we're still going to look back and_____34_____we tried things differently. But the past can't be____35____, and neither should it.
16. A. children B. parents C. friends D. colleagues
17. A. claimed B. concluded C. assumed D. declared
18. A. impressive B. modest C. slight D. significant
19. A. came over B. came up C. came in D. came about
20. A. packed B. crushed C. involved D. exploited
21. A. happiness B. disappointment C. sadness D. anxiety
22. A. love B. contact C. miss D. need
23. A. Once B. Unless C. While D. As
24. A. complain B. think C. argue D. wonder
25. A. after B. over C. in D. within
26. A. adolescent B. younger C. later D. adult
27. A. decorated B. connected C. dotted D. marked
28. A. differently B. carefully C. eventually D. personally
29. A. audiences B. referees C. opponents D. advocates
30. A. childhood B. maturity C. parenthood D. growth
31. A. secure B. weak C. unhealthy D. sharp
32. A. comprehensive B. complete C. meaningful D. miserable
33. A. finishing B. bottom C. fine D. hard
34. A. regret B. remember C. hope D. wish
35. A. celebrated B. changed C. replaced D. returned
【答案】
苏19057182-3号