题目内容：

    After 20 years of marriage, my wife wanted me to take another woman out to _______. She said, “I love you, but I know this other woman loves you too.”

The other woman that my wife wanted me to visit was my mother, who has been a widow (寡妇) for 19 years, but my busy life had made it impossible to visit her _______. That night I called to _______ her out for dinner.

“What’s wrong? are you well?” she asked. My mother is the type of woman who suspects that a late night _______ is a sign of bad news.

“I thought that it would be pleasant to spend some time with you,” I _______.

She thought about it for a moment, and _______. During the dinner, we had an agreeable conversation — _______ extraordinary but recent events of each other’s life.

Before we _______, she said, “I’ll go out with you again, _______ only if you let me invite you.”

A few days ________, my mother died of a heart attack. It ________ so suddenly that I didn’t have a chance to do anything for her. A few days after the funeral, I received an envelope with a receipt (收据) from the same place where mother and I had ________. An attached note ________:

“I paid this bill ________. I wasn’t sure that I could be there; but nevertheless, I paid for two ________ —one for you and the other for your ________. You will never know what that night meant for me. I ________ you, son.”

At that moment, I ________ the importance of saying in time: “I LOVE YOU”. Give your family the ________ they deserve, because sometimes things cannot be ________ till “some other time”.

1.A.home B.talk C.movie D.dinner

2.A.directly B.frequently C.rarely D.exactly

3.A.bring B.take C.force D.invite

4.A.visit B.meal C.ring D.date

5.A.argued B.whispered C.committed D.responded

6.A.agreed B.refused C.promised D.nodded

7.A.anything B.nothing C.something D.everything

8.A.met B.parted C.left D.divided

9.A.but B.and C.so D.or

10.A.before B.earlier C.ago D.later

11.A.broke B.formed C.fell D.struck

12.A.sat B.waited C.gathered D.dined

13.A.saw B.read C.showed D.wrote

14.A.in advance B.on purpose C.by accident D.with patience

15.A.tables B.dishes C.seats D.chances

16.A.mother B.family C.wife D.child

17.A.miss B.admire C.love D.hug

18.A.sensed B.accepted C.checked D.pursued

19.A.time B.money C.comfort D.calls

20.A.ensured B.delayed C.forgotten D.forgiven