第二节：完型填空（共20 小题；每小题1分；满分20分）
She was a four-year-old girl with very fine golden hair when I first met her. She was carrying a bowl of soup. I was 29 at that time and   11   from the flu.
Her mom and I had been friends for years.   12   that friendship grew into care, from care into   13   and marriage. Marriage brought the three of us together as a   14  . At first I was afraid to be a “stepfather”. Therefore, I tried not to come   15   my future daughter and her   16   father. I acted in that way in order to be liked. However,   17   she was growing up, I found it increasingly hard to   18   with her.
Once her school required the parents to individually(个别的) write an open and   19   letter to our children. I wrote a letter about a little golden-haired girl who had   20   me a bowl of soup when I needed   21  .
A week later,  all the parents   22   together with our children. The students were allowed to make a few statements. I was   23   to hear what my daughter would say.
Finally my daughter   24   make her way up to the microphone. She said something like others and then   25  , “At this very moment, I just want to say …I love you, Father.”
Immediately people around me started   26   at me. For a teenage girl to say  27   in front of so many people, “I love you,” took a great deal of courage.
Since then I have   28   to understand I didn’t need to have any   29   about being a stepfather. I can still   30   honest love with the same little girl I met so many years before － carrying a bowl full of what turned out to be kindness. I can also be friends with the girl － my dear daughter.
11. A. hurting               B. attacking           C. suffering           D. experiencing
12. A. Immediately        B. Finally              C. Especially         D. Generally
13. A. like                    B. pleasure            C. excitement         D. love
14. A. union                 B. group                C. family               D. whole
15. A. between                 B. among                     C. from                 D. for
16. A. natural                B. following          C. untrue               D. old
17. A. after                   B. as                     C. with                  D. before
18. A. connect               B. share                 C. communicate     D. argue
19. A. honest                B. formal                     C. powerful           D. responsible
20. A. taken                 B. shown               C. shared               D. brought
21. A. cure                   B. care                  C. help                  D. friend
22. A. presented            B. invited                     C. gathered            D. asked
23. A. glad                   B. hopeful             C. serious              D. anxious
24. A. determinedly          B. independently    C. patiently            D. unexpectedly
25. A. lasted                 B. declared            C. continued          D. responded
26. A. hugging                     B. smiling             C. kissing              D. celebrating
27. A. quietly                B. openly                     C. brightly             D. attractively
28. A. used                   B. stepped             C. desired              D. come
29. A. courage                     B. fear                  C. happiness          D. idea
30. A. exchange            B. send                  C. expect               D. fall