第二节 完形填空（共10分，每小题1分） 通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的四个选项中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。
I was not quite seventeen when I decided to join the US Army. My mother tried her best to 41 me out of my dream, then finally signed the papers that would allow me to be a solider.
One day, nearly two years after the Philippines（
菲律宾）became my 42 , I was told to go to the office of Lieutenant Colonel（中校）Boyd. He seemed to be a kind man, but I was pretty sure that he hadn’t called me in to 43 the time of day.
Standing before his desk, I waited 44 as he read through some paperwork. Then he looked up. “Why, Private(二等兵), haven’t you written to your mother for more than six months?”
I felt weak in my knees. Has it been 45 long? I thought.
“I don’t have anything to say, sir.”
Lieutenant Colonel Boyd told me that my mother had got in touch with the American Red Cross, which in turn informed me about that. Then he said, “Go to that desk, and you’ll find some paper and a pen. Sit down right this minute and write to your mother, Private?”
“Yes, sir.”
When I finished a short letter, I stood before him again.
“Private, I’m 46 you to find something to say to your mother at least once a week. Do you understand?”
I did.
Some thirty-five years later, my 47 mother’s mind was not as good as it used to be, and I had to place her in a convalescent home（疗养院）. As I 48 her own things in a big old strong box, I found some letters tied with a bright red ribbon（缎带）.
They were the letters I had 49 from the Philippines. I sat on the floor of her room that afternoon reading each one, tears running down my face. I now realized how deeply I, as a young man, had made her worried by my careless thoughts.
The lesson I learned may have been too 50 to help my mother, but it’s still done me good.
These days I don’t need an officer standing over me to write my loved ones on a regular basis（定期）.
41. A. talk B. carry C. push D. take
42. A. space B. home C. country D. dream
43. A. lose B. take C. waste D. pass
44. A. worriedly B. excitedly C. nervously D. unhappily
45. A. that B. very C. quite D. too
46. A. ordering B. asking C. telling D. saying to
47. A. angry B. sad C. aged D. sorry
48. A. looked for B. went through C. put away D. brought out
