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A phone call reached me one cold winter day. I was ______ that my father was seriously ill.I had not seen my father since his divorce from my mom, and he had lived alone in a small trailer (拖车式活动房)in California, 100 miles away from me. The real ______ between us seemed much greater. I was in no hurry to change that, but ______ I promised to be there the next day.

The whole drive down, ______ flashed through my mind. I remembered my father, the proud Marine (海军陆战队队员). He snatched off the Christmas tree all the decorations the rest of us had put up and rehung them so there was ______ the same spacing between them. But we needn't ______ those military orders. I remembered clearly the battles he had with my mother. I remembered ______ to hear my father say just once, “I love you, Patty”, only to have him ______ at me, “You can't do anything right!”

Standing outside his trailer, I tried to ______ my courage to face him one more time. Slowly,I took a few steps inside, my hand and my whole body shaking, too ______ to believe my eyes. Sitting on the sofa, my father looked confused and frustrated. This wasn't the angry and ______ man I had known growing up. This man was ______ and seemed broken. Part of me felt sorry for him, but another part of me was thinking this was exactly the fate he ______.

“God, what am I supposed to do now?” I wondered. But as soon as the words ______ me, a sense of sorrow ______ me, and I knew that I had to take him to my home.

It was the ______ part I struggled with. The days of looking after my father turned into weeks, then months. All the pain, the conflicted feelings I'd been ______ over the years came rushing out. One night, I sat there, talking to God, begging him to help me let go of the ugly feelings I had toward my father. When I was finished, I felt an incredible peace, as if every ______ had been lifted from me. ______ had cleaned all that from me and I felt free to start living the joyful life God wanted me to live.

It has been eight years since father died. Now when I think of him, those are the moments I remember, which are, as I put on Dad's headstone, God's amazing ______.

1.A. reminded B. confirmed C. informed D. warned

2.A. difficulty B. challenge C. pain D. distance

3.A. somehow B. therefore C. otherwise D. somewhat

4.A. messages B. memories C. thoughts D. images

5.A. exactly B. vaguely C. generally D. roughly

6.A. admit B. recite C. master D. observe

7.A. attempting B. longing C. promising D. hesitating

8.A. stare B. aim C. laugh D. yell

9.A. strengthen B. support C. gather D. distribute

10.A. shocked B. puzzled C. worried D. disappointed

11.A. selfish B. sensitive C. controlling D. fascinating

12.A. fragile B. awkward C. cautious D. stubborn

13.A. grasped B. deserved C. determined D. expected

14.A. inspired B. failed C. escaped D. followed

15.A. absorbed B. defeated C. ruined D. overtook

16.A. physical B. emotional C. religious D. material

17.A. keeping up B. looking back C. holding back D. picking up

18.A. interference B. crime C. disaster D. burden

19.A. Forgiveness B. Sadness C. Kindness D. Awareness

20.A. virtue B. grace C. appreciation D. conscience

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