第二节：完形填空(共20小题；每小题1．5分，满分30分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Night after night，she came to wrap me in，even long after my childhood years．Following her longstanding custom，she'd lean down and push my long hair out of the way，then 21 my forehead．
I don’t remember when it first started 22 me—her hands pushing my hair that way．But it did annoy me，for they felt work-worn and rough 23 my young skin．Finally，one night，I 24 her，“Don’t do that anymore your hands are rough!”She didn’t say 25 in reply．But 26 again did my mother close Out my day with that familiar 27 of her love．
Time after time，with the passing years，my 28 returned to that night．By then I missed my mother’s hands； 29 her goodnight kiss on my forehead．Sometimes the incident seemed very 30 ，sometimes far away．But always it hid，in the back of my mind．
Well，the years have passed，and I’m not a little girl anymore．Mom is in her mid seventies，and those 31 I once thought to be so rough are still doing things for me and my family．She's been our doctor， 32 a medicine box to calm a young girl’s stomach．She cooks the best fried chicken in the world．．．gets 33 Out of blue jeans that I never could wash Out．．．
Now，my own children are grown and gone． 34 ，in my memory，for the thousandth time，I 35 the night when my young voice complained，“Don’t do that anymore—your hands are rough!”Catching Morn’s hand in hand，I blurted out(冲口而出) how 36 I was for that night．I thought she’d remember， 37 I did．But Morn didn't know what I was talking about．She had forgotten—and 38 long ago．
That night，I fell asleep with a new appreciation for my 39 mother and her caring hands. And the 40 that I had carried around for so long was nowhere to be found．
21．A．kiss B．put C．touch D．feel
22．A．comforting B．encouraging C．annoying D．educating
23．A．through B．against C．about D．in
24．A．glared at B．stared at C．laughed at D．shouted at
25．A．something B．anything C．nothing D．everything
26．A．ever B．seldom C．often D．never
27．A．expression B．feeling C．way D．meaning
28．A．idea B．anger C．thoughts D．words
29．A．remembered B．missed C．escaped D．faced
30．A．distant B．tight C．serious D．close
31．A．hands B．words C．actions D．behaviors
32．A．getting into B．looking into C．breaking into D．reaching into
33．A．colors B．spots C．mud D．pictures
34．A．Moreover B．Therefore C．However D．Thus
35．A．recalled B．thought C．stuck D．forgot
36．A．happy B．interested C．upset D．sorry
37．A．when B．as C．so D．that
38．A．left B．understood C．forgiven D．followed
39．A．gentle B．strict C．forgetful D．lovely
40．A．happiness B．sense C．sorrow D．guilt