第二节：完形填空（共20小题，每小题1．5分，满分30分）

FormuchofourlifemymotherandIhatedeachother．Ispentmostofmychildhood 36 withher–ortryingtoavoidheraswellasherbitternessunhappinessandendlesssmoking．Ilearnedhowtodefendmyselfwith 37 designedtohurther．Inturnshevowed（发誓）Iwouldhavea 38 whowouldfeelthewayaboutmethatIfeltabouther．

ManyyearslaterwhenmyhusbandandIdecidedtohaveachildIwas 39 tohaveagirl．Icouldn’t 40 thethoughtofadaughterwhomightnotloveme–orwhowouldwantto 41 fromme．AssoonasIbecamepregnantIwasconvincedIwashavingaboy．InthedeliveryroomonmydoctorputtingmybabyintomyarmsIcouldn’twaittotellmymotherIhada 42 while“he”wasagirl．AtthatmomentIcouldn’timaginewantinganyonebuther．

43 Icouldn’tforgetmymother’steasing（耻笑的）vowevenaftershediedandIsawherinamore 44 light．AsmydaughtergotolderwheneverwearguedIworriedwewere 45 thesameawfulpaththatmymotherandIhadgonedown．

Lastsummermydaughter 46 18thesameagewhenmymotherthrewmeoutofherapartmentpermanently．HoweverIwaswithher 47 forherfirstyearatcollege．WhenmyhusbandandIdroppedheroffatherschoolinNewYorkIfinally 48 tohermybiggestfearthatwewouldenduplikemeandmymother．“Thatwillneverhappen．”she 49 mekissingmegoodbye．SixweekslatermyhusbandandIreturnedtothecampus．I 50 myselfarguingwithmydaughteraboutherdirtyroomnotusingthelibraryandhermistakeofchoosingtheroomnearthebathroom．Icouldn’tstopmyself．Andthen 51 came:“You’rejustlikeyourmother”mydaughterscreamed．“Ihateyou．”Andthenshe 52_ away．

IfinallyheardthewordsIhadalwaysdreaded．ButmaybethatwasbecauseI 53 them．IhadalwaysworriedthebondIsharedwithmydaughterwould 54 ．laterthateveningwepickedmydaughteruptoarestaurant．Weatein 55 ．ButwhenweseparatedIhuggedher．Thenextmorningshecalledtellingshelovedme．Therewasn’tanythingtobeafraidofanymore．Therewasjustarelationshipweshouldworkonwitheachother．

36．A．sharing B．playing C．communicatingD．fighting

37．A．actions B．activities C．words D．weapons

38．A．husband B．friend