Question

The relationship between a son and his father changes over time. it may   36   and flourish(繁茂) in mutual maturity. It may fail in disliked dependence or independence.

The first   37   I have of him--of anything, really--is his strength. To a little boy right after World War II , a father seemed a god with strange strengths and powers   38   him to do and know any things in the world, such as putting a bicycle chain back on, building a hamster cage or guiding a jigsaw(拼板玩具) so it   39   the letter F. In fact, I learned the alphabet that way in those pre-television days.

There were, of course, rules to learn. First came the handshake.    40   of those fishy (冷冰冰的) little finger grips, but a good firm squeeze   41   by an equally strong gaze into the other’s eyes.

As time passed, there were other rules to learn. “Always do your best.” “Do it now.” “Never lie!” And most   42  , “You can do whatever you have to do.”

By my teens, he wasn’t telling me   43   to do anymore, which was scary and exciting at the same time. He   44   perspective (视角), not telling me what was around the great corner of life but letting me know there was a lot   45   just today and the next, which I hadn’t thought of.

With father, I   46   became a grown up.

But one day, I realize now, there was a(n)   47  .

A School fact   48   something he said. Impossible that he could be wrong, but there it was in the book. I began to see, too, his   49   spots, his prejudices and his weaknesses. I never threw these up at him. He hadn’t to me. I   50   asking his advice.

There seemed to be a   51   between us, which I found   52   to fill in.

After much thought and practice (“You can do whatever you have to do.”), one night last winter, I sat down by his bed. I told my father how much I   53   him and talked of some of my advice on him.

He said he knew how hard my   54   had been to say and how proud he was of me.

“I had the best teacher,” I said. “You can do whatever you have to do.” He smiled a little. And we shook hands once again,   55     .

36. A. raise            B. grow               C. worsen             D. exist

37. A. lesson           B. idea               C. memory             D. touch

38. A. making          B. encouraging         C. getting             D. enabling

39. A. writes           B. forms              C. appears             D. comes

40. A. Nothing         B. All                C. None               D. Some

41. A. approved         B. accompanied         C. astonished           D. appointed

42. A. strictly           B. importantly         C. urgently            D. surprisingly

43. A. how             B. when                 C. what                D. why

44. A. provided       B. gained              C. lost                D. kept

45. A. earlier than     B. more than           C. shorter than          D. less than

46. A. luckily          B. gradually           C. surprisingly         D. regularly

47. A. choice          B. chance              C. change              D. check

48. A. confirmed       B. confused            C. contradicted          D. connected

49. A. strong           B. blind               C. poor               D. dark

50. A. began           B. continued           C. stopped             D. missed

51. A. gap             B. failure             C. crash               D. loss

52. A. impossible       B. easy               C. necessary            D. strange

53. A. disappointed     B. misunderstood       C. loved               D. supported

54. A. life           B. years               C. speech             D. words

55. A. hardly          B. firmly            C. warmly             D. friendly

Answer 1

36—40 BCDBC  41—45 BBCAB  46—50 BCCBC  51—55 ACCDB