四、完形填空
It was a warm winter afternoon. I saw some on my mother's coffee table after we cleaned the house. They were tied(绑) with a silk ribbon and to Mum ten years ago in my father's handwriting. I could imagine my serious father would write something like love letters.
“Would you like me to read them to you?” Mum asked a smile.
The letters were written in 1974 when my father travelled to Italy to care for his mother after she got cancer(癌症), leaving his wife and me behind in Toronto.
When I was , my father plays the role as a hero in my heart. He is a man of few words, a man who always works hard to make money for a life.
With great interest, I sat back my mother read his letters to me, and thought, “Who is this guy?” My father used endearing terms(亲昵的称呼) that he seldom said in the past. He my mother as “my dearest” who was always in his thoughts. He put a one-dollar bill for and said “You and your mother are my life” in each letter.
After Mum reading the letters, I held them in my hands. Although I knew my father as a man economical(简练的) with his thoughts, his handwriting had the front and back of several pages.
As children, we think we know about our parents. But these letters help me another side of a parent I never knew before. The image(形象) of my father in my heart changed. He is more than a hero. He is a man with a caring and soft heart.
()1. A. books B. boxes C. letters D. names
()2. A. brought B. carried C. took D. sent
()3. A. hardly B. nearly C. simply D. certainly
()4. A. of B. on C. by D. with
()5. A. kind B. sick C. active D. serious
()6. A. cheering up B. getting up C. growing up D. standing up
()7. A. better B. quieter C. healthier D. busier
()8. A. while B. until C. if D. since
()9. A. spoke B. called C. saw D. thought
()10. A. him B. her C. you D. me
()11. A. began B. finished C. continued D. practised
()12. A. prepared B. controlled C. matched D. filled
()13. A. anything B. everything C. nothing D. something
()14. A. consider B. discover C. invent D. create
()15. A. still B. again C. just D. already

1. C 2. D 3. A 4. D 5. B 6. C 7. A 8. A 9. B 10. D 11. B 12. D 13. B 14. B 15. C

【分析】
做完形填空需遵循“通读全文明主旨，逐空分析找依据，复查验证保通顺”的思路：首先快速通读全文，把握本文“通过父亲写给母亲的信，发现父亲温柔另一面”的亲情主题；接着逐题结合上下文语境、词义辨析、固定搭配等分析选项；最后通读全文验证逻辑是否连贯。
【解析】
1. 选C。后文明确提到“the letters”，可知此处是看到一些信，故选letters。
2. 选D。固定搭配“send to”表示“寄给”，符合父亲十年前寄信给母亲的语境。
3. 选A。父亲是严肃的人，作者几乎无法想象父亲会写情书，hardly（几乎不）符合语境。
4. 选D。固定搭配“with a smile”表示“带着微笑”，对应母亲询问时的状态。
5. 选B。后文提到母亲患癌症，可知是照顾生病的母亲，sick（生病的）符合。
6. 选C。grow up（长大）符合“当我长大时，父亲是我心中的英雄”的语境。
7. 选A。make money for a better life（努力赚钱为了更好的生活），符合父亲努力工作的目的。
8. 选A。while（当…时）引导时间状语从句，对应“我坐下来，妈妈读信时我在思考”的场景。
9. 选B。固定搭配“call sb sth”表示“称呼某人…”，此处指父亲称呼母亲为“我最亲爱的”。
10. 选D。后文提到“You and your mother are my life”，可知是放一美元给“我”，故选me。
11. 选B。finish doing sth（完成做某事），指母亲读完信后，我拿起信。
12. 选D。fill（填满）符合“父亲的笔迹写满了几页纸正反面”的语境。
13. 选B。think everything about our parents（我们以为了解父母的一切），对应后文发现父亲另一面的转折。
14. 选B。discover（发现）符合“发现父亲不为人知的另一面”的语境。
15. 选C。固定搭配“more than just”表示“不仅仅”，指父亲不仅仅是英雄，还有温柔的心。
【答案】
1.C 2.D 3.A 4.D 5.B 6.C 7.A 8.A 9.B 10.D 11.B 12.D 13.B 14.B 15.C
【知识点】
完形填空解题技巧、词义辨析、固定搭配
【点评】
本文以亲情为主题，通过信件内容展现父亲的多面性，贴近学生生活，考查对语境和词汇的运用能力，逻辑清晰，易于理解。
【难度系数】
0.6