Soon Tommy’s parents, who had recently separated (分居), would arrive for a meeting on his failing schoolwork and 1 behavior. Neither parent knew that I had called up 2 .
Tommy, an only child, had 3 been happy, cooperative, and an excellent student. How could I make his father and mother 4 that his recent failing grades 5 a brokenhearted child’s reaction to his respected parents’ separation and possible 6 ?
Tommy’s mother came in and 7 one of the chairs I had placed near my desk. Then the father 8 and was apparently surprised to see his wife. They pointedly ignored each other.
As I gave a detailed 9 of Tommy’s behavior and schoolwork, I prayed for the 10 words to bring these two together to help them see what they were doing to their son. 11 somehow the words wouldn’t come.
I found a crumpled (弄皱的), tear-stained 12 stuffed (塞) in the back of Tommy’s desk. Writing covered both sides, a single 13 scribbled (乱写) over and over.
Silently I smoothed it out and gave it to Tommy’s mother. She read it and then without a word handed it to her husband. He 14 . Then his face softened. He studied the scribbled words for 15 seemed a future life.
At last he folded the paper carefully and 16 his wife’s outstretched hand. She wiped the tears from her 17 and smiled up at him. I also couldn’t keep back tears, but 18 seemed to notice.
In this way I used the words to 19 that family. On the sheet of yellow copy paper 20 with the painful outpouring of a small boy’s troubled heart, it said.
“Dear Mother … Dear Daddy … I love you … I love you … I love you.”
1．A．satisfying B．exciting C．disappointing D．surprising
2．A．the others B．the other C．another one D．each other
3．A．never B．rarely C．always D．usually
4．A．hope B．believe C．promise D．trust
5．A．stood for B．looked for C．cared for D．made for
6．A．happiness B．cruelty C．selfishness D．divorce
1,3,5
7．A．got B．took C．possessed D．seated
8．A．reached B．sat C．arrived D．went
9．A．account B．record C．comment D．paper
1,3,5
10．A．common B．exciting C．mistaken D．right
11．A．So B．And C．But D．Then
12．A．letter B．sheet C．message D．schoolwork
13．A．word B．article C．phrase D．sentence
14．A．cried B．laughed C．frowned D．smiled
15．A．which B．as if C．what D．when
16．A．reached for B．hunted for C．kept off D．searched for
17．A．faces B．eyes C．head D．nose
18．A．both B．neither C．either D．none
19．A．reunite B．unite C．satisfy D．help
20．A．lined B．filled C．written D．covered