第二节：完形填空（共20小题，每小题1．5分，满分30分）
For much of our life, my mother and I hated each other．I spent most of my childhood   36   with her – or trying to avoid her, as well as her bitterness, unhappiness and endless smoking．I learned how to defend myself with   37  designed to hurt her．In turn, she vowed （发誓） I would have a    38   who would feel the way about me that I felt about her．
Many years later when my husband and I decided to have a child, I was   39   to have a girl．I couldn’t   40   the thought of a daughter who might not love me – or who would want to   41   from me．As soon as I became pregnant, I was convinced I was having a boy．In the delivery room, on my doctor putting my baby into my arms, I couldn’t wait to tell my mother I had a   42  , while “he” was a girl．At that moment, I couldn’t imagine wanting anyone but her．
43  I couldn’t forget my mother’s teasing（耻笑的） vow, even after she died and I saw her in a more   44   light．As my daughter got older, whenever we argued, I worried we were   45   the same awful path that my mother and I had gone down．
Last summer, my daughter   46   18, the same age when my mother threw me out of her apartment permanently． However, I was with her,   47   for her first year at college．When my husband and I dropped her off at her school in New York, I finally   48   to her my biggest fear that we would end up like me and my mother．“That will never happen．” she   49  me, kissing me goodbye．Six weeks later, my husband and I returned to the campus．I   50   myself arguing with my daughter about her dirty room, not using the library and her mistake of choosing the room near the bathroom．I couldn’t stop myself．And then   51   came: “You’re just like your mother,” my daughter screamed．“I hate you．” And then she   52_  away．
I finally heard the words I had always dreaded．But maybe that was because I   53   them．I had always worried the bond I shared with my daughter would   54 ．later that evening, we picked my daughter up to a restaurant．We ate in  55 ．But when we separated, I hugged her．The next morning, she called telling she loved me．There wasn’t anything to be afraid of anymore．There was just a relationship we should work on with each other．
36．A．sharing     B．playing     C．communicating D．fighting
37．A．actions     B．activities   C．words       D．weapons
38．A．husband    B．friend       C．child    D．daughter
39．A．afraid       B．unlucky    C．uncertain  D．willing
40．A．have     B．bear     C．hold     D．afford
41．A．love     B．escape      C．hate      D．keep
42．A．daughter   B．son       C．baby     D．life
43．A．Furthermore    B．But   C．And     D．Or
44．A．bright       B．annoying  C．understanding   D．unfriendly
45．A．on        B．in         C．at         D．along
46．A．changed    B．seemed     C．went     D．turned
47．A．planning   B．aiming      C．working    D．accompanying
48．A．presented  B．told      C．admitted   D．informed
49．A．promised  B．pardoned  C．referred    D．reflected
50．A．wanted     B．asked     C．forced      D．found
51．A．it         B．she       C．they     D．that
52．A．walked    B．looked     C．gave        D．stormed
53．A．deserved   B．demanded C．equaled     D．appreciated
54．A．tear      B．break     C．crash     D．last
55．A．vain     B．general     C．silence      D．brief