完形填空 （泉港区第二中学  张明良）

When Gao Yushuang heard on television that the policy was changing, her mother was on the phone even before the presenter had finished speaking.

She asked: “What are you   1    for? The policy has changed. You should 2    to your country’s call.” But Gao was not so   3   . For her, she said, it felt like the   4    had passed.

“If it had happened five years before, everything would have been   5   ,” she said. “I would have been more   6   . My parents and in-laws would have been   7   , too. I    8       would have wanted a baby.”

For Gao, the balance had   9   . Her parents could become sick at   10   time, and she thought she lacked the    11   to look after and educate another young child, she said.

Gao said she didn’t go into all of this with her mother.  12    an argument, she simply said she was too  13  to have another baby.

The following day, she said, her phone was full of   14  about the change in government policy.

“It was more   15  than ever,” she said. “  16   was talking about having a second child, it felt like a time bomb. I felt I had betrayed my mother’s   17   . I was scared I might  18   one day.” So Gao sat down and wrote her future self a   19  titled “Why I don’t want a second child.”

For many moms, the end of China’s one-child rule   20  too late.

1. A. longing     B. waiting        C. paying        D. answering

2. A. respond     B. contribute      C. refer         D. devote

3. A. likely       B. sad           C. sure          D. complicated

4. A. time        B. chance        C. program      D. occasion

5. A. fantastic     B. strange       C. simple        D. different

6. A. energetic    B. efficient       C. popular       D. brilliant

7. A. wealthy     B. wealthier      C. healthier      D. healthy

8. A. certainly     B. clearly        C. obviously     D. probably

9. A. kept        B. improved      C. transformed    D. improved

10. A. every       B. one           C. a            D. any

11. A. time        B. energy        C. money       D. patience

12. A. Avoid       B. Avoided       C. To avoid     D. Avoiding

13. A. poor        B. tired          C. sharp        D. old

14. A. information  B. message       C. news         D. greeting

15. A. awkward    B. peaceful       C. stressful      D. peaceful

16. A. Whatever    B. Whoever      C. Whichever    D. Whenever

17. A. requires      B. willing       C. promises     D. wishes

18. A. die          B. regret        C. fear         D. remember

19. A. journal       B. book        C. message      D. sentence

20. A. realized      B. changed      C. got          D. came