完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
In the doorway of my home, I looked closely at my 23-year-old son, Daniel. In a few hours he would be flying to France to   36  a different life. It was a transitional(过渡的) time in Daniel’s life. I wanted to   37  him some words of significance. But nothing came from my lips, and this was not the   38  time I had let such moments pass.
When Daniel was five, I took him to the bus stop on his first day of kindergarten. He asked, “What is it going to be like, Dad? Can I do it?” Then he walked     39    the steps of the bus and disappeared inside. The bus drove away and I said nothing. A decade later, a similar   40  played itself out. I drove him to college. As I started to leave, I tried to think of something to say to give him 41   and confidence as he started this new stage of life. Again, words   42  me.
Now, as I stood before him, I thought of those    43  opportunities. How many times have I let such moments   44  ? I don’t find a quiet moment to tell him what they have   45  to me. Or what he might want to face in the years  46 . Maybe I thought it was not necessary to say anything.
What does it matter in the course of a lifetime if a father never tells a son what he really thinks of him?   47  as I stood before Daniel, I knew that it did matter. My father and I loved each other. Yet, I always   48  never hearing him put his    49  into words. Now I could feel my palms sweat and my throat tighten. Why is it so   50  to tell a son something from the heart?
My mouth turned dry, and I knew I would be able to get out only a few words clearly. “Daniel,” I said, “If I could have picked, I would have picked you.” That’s all I could say. He hugged me. For a moment, the world   51  , and there were just Daniel and me. He was saying something, but tears misted my eyes, and I couldn’t understand what he was saying. All I was   52  of was the stubble(短须) on his chin as his face pressed    53   mine. What I had said to Daniel was   54  . It was nothing. And yet, it was    55    .
36. A. experience         B. spend            C. enjoy              D. shape
37. A. show             B. give               C. leave              D. instruct
38. A. last                B. first               C. very              D. next
39. A. upward             B. into               C. down             D. up
40. A. sign                B. scene               C. scenery             D. sight
41. A. interest              B. instruction          C. courage           D. direction
42. A. failed              B. discouraged         C. struck             D. troubled
43. A. future               B. embarrassing        C. obvious           D. lost
44. A. last                B. fly               C. pass             D. remain
45. A. counted             B. meant              C. valued            D. eared
46. A. forward             B. before             C. ago                 D. ahead
47. A. But                 B. And                C. Instead            D. So
48. A. wondered            B. regretted              C. minded           D. tried
49. A. views              B. actions             C. feelings           D. attitudes
50. A. important            B. essential            C. complex           D. hard
51. A. disappeared          B. changed            C. progressed         D. advanced
52. A. sensitive             B. convinced          C. aware             D. tired
53. A. by                B. against            C. on                D. with
54. A. clumsy            B. gentle             C. absurd             D. moving
55. A. none              B. all                C. anything           D. everything