题目内容：

    I was sitting in the surgical waiting area(手术等候区) at the hospital waiting for word of my wife's operation. The small room was filled with other families and friends, who were ____ waiting to hear how their loved ones were doing.

There was a young boy sitting quietly in the ____. He held a small box of ____in one hand and a tablet (写字板) in the other. Every so often he'd place the tablet on his lap and draw something. As the hours passed I began to see the room almost ____. And there was a strange silence.

"Daddy, when is Mommy going home?" the young boy asked, breaking the ____.

"Tomorrow." his father replied. The boy picked up his crayons (蜡笔) and ____ something on the tablet.

I ____him as he moved his feet back and forth, looking up at the ceiling and then toward the sunshine-filled window. "When's ____, Daddy?" he asked. His father ____ him over to sit by him. "Come, ____ here next to me," he said with a gentle tone in his voice. ____ his things, the little boy walked slowly to his father's side from the corner. The man ____ out and held his son by his shoulder.

"There are three days in life. Yesterday, today and tomorrow. One is over and done, one we live in, the other we ____. We can't live in yesterday, but if we are happy enough today, we will be even happier tomorrow," he said in an attempt to ____ the boy.

The little boy looked at him for a moment and said, "If Mommy is going home tomorrow, I'll be _____. So, I want it to be tomorrow already, Daddy."

Now hanging on every word of this ____, I leaned forward to hear his response. It was ____.

"Son, the one great thing about today is once it ____, it is already almost tomorrow."

I thought about how ____ it was. Even in my adult life, I still live waiting for what tomorrow may_____. Now I know that it is already "almost tomorrow".

1.A. patiently B. happily C. peacefully D. eagerly

2.A. chair B. distance C. corner D. shadow

3.A. gifts B. crayons C. chalks D. toys

4.A. dark B. empty C. full D. clean

5.A. promise B. rule C. record D. silence

6.A. wrote B. printed C. drew D. expressed

7.A. followed B. found C. caught D. watched

8.A. today B. yesterday C. tomorrow D. future

9.A. knocked B. ordered C. pulled D. called

10.A. stand B. lie C. sit D. sleep

11.A. Saving B. Forgetting C. Gathering D. Choosing

12.A. reached B. took C. set D. got

13.A. spend B. waste C. expect D. kill

14.A. frighten B. warn C. persuade D. satisfy

15.A. better B. calmer C. smarter D. happier

16.A. story B. conversation C. opinion D. discussion

17.A. perfect B. silly C. active D. humorous

18.A. loses B. gets C. starts D. lasts

19.A. sincere B. important C. interesting D. meaningful

20.A. happen B. come C. need D. bring