Question

My wife Pat and I were having drinks outside our home, The weather was unusually____for March in Mississippi, There was barely any breeze, After we finished the second cup, flashes of____danced across the sky. When the first drops of rain drove us____, the phone rang.Pat’s face____on that gray and hot day. It was our son, David, a helicopter pilot who____in the US Air Force in South Korea. David intended to sound____, but we recognized the sign of homesickness from his voice.____,the power of conversation made us feel____,until a crash shook the windows.

David wondered what it was,“Just thunder,”Pat said.

There were several seconds of silence,“David”,I asked, “are you____there?”

“Yes…apart from the two of you, do you know what else I____most? Thunder, We have rain, wind, and____here, but it never thunders, Remember? Dad, when I was a kid, you laughed me out of fear of thunder? I wish I were there to____with you now.”

“Yes…”I said, trying to____my tears, On hanging up the phone, I told Pat,“I’m going to record our son some ____.”“Bob, the neighbors will think you’re crazy.”

“David won’t,” I said and went outside with a recorder, Later I ____the tape to David with a single line:A ____gift.

David called again, “Dad,”he said,“you won’t believe that some friends and I had a thunder party where we realized we were listening to the sounds of ____, Thanks, Dad! It was really a special present,” While David was in Korea, we found ourselves ____thunderstorms. ____feeling blue, we regarded the thunder as special which let us know that wherever we might be, we were _____together as a family.

1.A. wonderful B. fine C. hot D. unique

2.A. images B. lightning C. electricity D. clouds

3.A. over B. off C. outside D. inside

4.A. darkened B. lightened C. widened D. opened

5.A. served B. employed C. searched D. studied

6.A. miserable B. respectful C. comfortable D. Cheerful

7.A. Suddenly B. Gradually C. Increasingly D. Frequently

8.A. simpler B. less C. worse D. Better

9.A. still B. even C. instead D. yet

10.A. possess B. miss C. offer D. say

11.A. sky B. stars C. snow D. earth

12.A. play B. run C. Listen D. Work

13.A. gave out B. hold back C. took in D. Set off

14.A. music B. songs C. wind D. Thunder

15.A. gave B. presented C. mailed D. rushed

16.A. typical B. special C. common D. Strange

17.A. countryside B. city C. suburb D. home

18.A. expecting B. lacking C. trusting D. having

19.A. Other than B. Less than C. Rather than D. More than

20.A. established B. qualified C. linked D. pressed

Answer 1