Question

They say after a parents dies, the surviving children can taken on some of their parent’s characteristics. I ____

becoming anything like my dad for years ______I wanted to be me, not him; but there I sat at his memorial service several months ago, telling myself, “ You’ve   _______a lot more of your dad in you than you think.”

There is this phrase my dad ______, and I know I’m going to sound ______to complain about it, but it used to ______me. “ I am so proud of you,” he told us kids, whether we’d won a race or helped others. That should be a (n) _____thing, but here’s what always _____  my mind: “ You are taking credit for what isn’t really yours. You can be proud, but the _____  is mine.

Your parent is doing his best to give you  ______, but you do not _____it. “ I’m so proud of you.” It came out of my dad’s mouth _____, on those calls where I might have _______  something that happened at work or when he and Mom came to visit and we ______the talents of our two boys. I knew the feeling of parental ______well, especially when my boys achieved in ways that were  _____my comprehension and ability, but I looked for other ways to _____  it. “ That’s an extremely good story you’ve written!” I would say about the composition. I thought that by making my praise _____, it would feel like I was claiming their achievement less as mine and more as one they could own themselves.

So just the other day when my older son sent me an email about his scholarship, I searched  for _____things to say, but finally _____he doesn’t need my cleverness. They just want what my dad gave me. “ I’m so proud of you,” I wrote. Just like the old man to me.

1.A. insisted B. resisted C. considered D. meant

2.A. if B. until C. though D. because

3.A. remembered B. explained C. missed D. got

4.A. used B. created C. changed D. translated

5.A. interesting B. funny C. silly D. rude

6.A. worry B. harm C. bother D. reward

7.A. basic B. good C. difficult D. important

8.A. opened up B. went through C. tested out D. broke down

9.A. adjustment B. enjoyment C. achievement D. assignment

10.A. praise B. comment C. support D. information

11.A. win B. offer C. accept D. hear

12.A. in no time B. ahead of time C. all the time D. for a time

13.A. complained B. written C. forgotten D. mentioned

14.A. showed off B. depended on C. found out D. drew out

15.A. control B. choice C. responsibility D. pride

16.A. beyond B. near C. below D. about

17.A. feel B. express C. take D. analyze

18.A. scientific B. reliable C. specific D. logical

19.A. personal B. powerful C. clever D. secure

20.A. believing B. realizing C. proving D. suggesting

Answer 1