二、完形填空(共15小题;每小题1分，计15分)

　　阅读下面短文，从文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

　　One afternoon a few months after Tom and I were married. Max walked into the dining room, where I was looking through my old photos.

　　These months I was learning to let Max come 16 on his own. If I moved too quickly, he ran away. If I was 17 , we often ended up playing, laughing, and recently, even sitting together on the sofa with a book.

　　“Who' s that?” he pointed to one photo.

　　“My mom. I suppose she is your 18 Sylvia.”

　　“Cool. Who is that to me?”

　　“That was my grandfather. He died a few months ago.”

　　“Hmm. Too bad he had to die.”

　　Death is always a painful 19 especially for a seven-year-old child who d lost his mother only two years before. I secretly put away the pictures of 20 relatives.

　　He began to finger through the photos. "Who is that to me?

　　Under his finger I could see my own face. I should have known the answer to his 21 question. But I said, “I’m your 22 mom. I' m sorry that your first mom died.”

　　“What should I call you?” he asked.

　　Mom, I wanted to cry. I held back.

　　“You can call me Mom or Betsy. 23 feels OK for you.”

　　I waited, expecting a pronouncement of my new 24 .

　　“Sweet,” he said, walking out of the room.

　　For a couple of days afterward, Max 25 a new title for me. "Can we go bowling?” “Can I watch TV?” he'd ask, and then 26 the questions by mouthing the word Mom. Mom was always 27 .

　　One weekend, he suddenly said, “I notice I don't call you Mom.”

　　“I noticed that too.”

　　“ 28 I say Betsy, I mean Mom. Moms die, you know. I think it's maybe 29 if you’ re just Betsy.”

　　Tears(眼泪) were filling my eyes.

　　“Hey, Betsy?”

　　“Yeah,” I said, taking pleasure in the new 30 of my old name.

　　16. A. down B. near C. close D. back

　　17. A. kind B. patient C. Helpful D. confident

　　18. A. grandmother B. mother C. aunt D. cousin

　　19. A. subject B. speech C. message D. sign

　　20. A. dead B. boring C. unknown D. strict

　　21. A. simple B. proper C. stupid D. funny

　　22. A. natural B. past C. only D. second

　　23. A. Whoever B. Whatever C. That D. Anybody

　　24. A. position B. name C. title D. call

　　25. A. worked out B. turned out C. carried out D. tried out

　　26. A. answer B. follow C. confirm D. raise

　　27. A. alive B. wise C. silent D. lost

　　28. A. Until B. before C. When D. Unless

　　29. A. politer B. safer C. sadder D. riskier

　　30. A. pronunciation B. announcement C. voice D. sound