三、完形填空
My father never kept anything for emotional purpose—except once. I was the only one in my family who cared about baseball and I always 21 watching my favorite players at Yankee Stadium. One winter, I wrote down a 22 for the summer dates and dreamed every night. To my surprise, one evening I saw my father examine it before going out to work.
The following Sunday, he told me, “Let’s put away some money into a 23 each week, and maybe we can go to Yankee Stadium this summer.” I immediately washed out a jar and 24 a label: YANKEE STADIUM FUND, 1960.
Each of us 25 to the jar weekly. 26, we still hadn’t gone to a game because my father had to work every Saturday. So one day, I 27 him of the remaining time, and then he 28 me, “Don’t worry and we’ll have a free Saturday.”
On the morning of the last game, I was waiting hopelessly with no reply of my father who had been to work when he suddenly appeared and yelled, “I got two tickets!”
I could hardly 29 when we finally sat together, father and son, 30 my New York Yankees. I sat cheering, but for my father, all I could see is a face 31 tiredness from working all week.
In 1963, my father died suddenly while working. In his bedroom, I noticed the 32 ticket in his yellowish book, which 33, “October 1, 1960, General Admission.” My father, who 34 nothing for emotional reasons, had decided to keep this, a(n) 35 of our afternoon together.
()21. A. dreamed of B. worried about C. tried out D. lived on
()22. A. schedule B. note C. letter D. novel
()23. A. bottle B. jar C. bowl D. cup
()24. A. attached B. identified C. created D. bought
()25. A. referred B. contributed C. donated D. attended
()26. A. However B. Moreover C. Therefore D. Furthermore
()27. A. accused B. informed C. inquired D. warned
()28. A. rescued B. scolded C. comforted D. encouraged
()29. A. breathe B. say C. stand D. jump
()30. A. greeting B. watching C. hearing D. playing
()31. A. lined with B. decorated with C. equipped with D. coupled with
()32. A. pretty B. plain C. used D. faded
()33. A. spoke B. wrote C. read D. mentioned
()34. A. created B. abandoned C. produced D. saved
()35. A. impression B. gift C. present D. memory

21.A 22.A 23.B 24.A 25.B 26.A 27.B 28.C 29.A 30.B 31.A 32.D 33.C 34.D 35.D
【语篇解读】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要回忆了作者和父亲为了看一场棒球比赛一起存钱的事情。父亲去世后，作者无意中发现父亲还保留着那一天的球票。
21. A 解析:根据下文“dreamed every night”可知，此处表示作者梦想去洋基体育场看比赛。故选A。
22. A 解析:根据“summer dates”可知，此处表示作者写了一张日程表，希望梦想可以成真。故选A。
23. B 解析:根据下文“I immediately washed out a jar”可知，此处表示用罐子存钱。故选B。
24. A 解析:根据“a label: YANKEE STADIUM FUND, 1960”可知，此处表示在罐子上贴上标签。故选A。
25. B 解析:根据上文“Let's put away some money into”可知，此处表示将钱存到罐子里。故选B。
26. A 解析:根据下文“we still hadn't gone to a game”可知，虽然在存钱，但是他们还是没有去看比赛，前后为转折关系。故选A。
27. B 解析:根据“because my father had to work every Saturday”可知，爸爸每周六要工作，所以作者告知爸爸剩下看比赛的时间不多了。故选B。
28. C 解析:根据“Don't worry and we'll have a free Saturday.”可知，爸爸安慰作者，会有时间去看比赛的。故选C。
29. A 解析:根据“when we finally sat together”可知，作者一直梦想去看比赛，终于梦想成真了，他无法呼吸，非常激动。故选A。
30. B 解析:根据“I sat cheering”可知，他们在看比赛。故选B。
31. A 解析:根据“a face 31 tiredness”可知，爸爸因为工作脸上布满了疲惫。故选A。
32. D 解析:根据“In 1963, my father died suddenly while working.”可知，当爸爸去世时，这件事已经过去很久了，所以他留着的票应该已经褪色了。故选D。
33. C 解析:根据“October 1, 1960, General Admission”可知，此处表示票上“写着”的内容，应用read；write表示动作“书写”。故选C。
34. D 解析:根据文章第一句“My father never kept anything for emotional purpose”可知，爸爸不会因为感情原因保存任何东西，除了这张票。故选D。
35. D 解析:根据“of our afternoon together”可知，爸爸保留这张票是为了永远记得和儿子度过的那个下午。故选D。