14.阅读下面短文,从各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项并在答题卡上将其涂黑.
Throughout the junior-and senior-high mornings I watched my father go to work,I(16)Dtold him how that affected me.I simply(17)Babout his ability to do what he did:keeping the(18)Afilled with food,paying my tuition fees and(19)CChristmas gifts under the tree,taking me to Boston to buy new clothes,dragging me to church on Sundays…Perhaps it was because these scenes seemed so(20)Bthat I never spoke of them.
And then at college,away from him--when his (21)Bbecame merely the voice over the phone 一一 I thought other men were more (22)Cthan Daddy.Those men who taught my classes and (23)Acomplex theories.
Then,I entered society.I looked forward to (24)Dhome,talking with Daddy,sharing a ball game,watching an old Western movie on television,drinking a beer,listening to the (25)Dabout his childhood days.I (26)ADaddy again--not as a boy in awe(敬畏),but with respect as a man.And I (27)Cthat he was my father,a man who committed himself to a thankless job in a society.
And now,when 1 spend precious moments with my own son,I wonder what he thinks of me.At what point will I (28)Bin his world of important men,and will there be a point when he'll return to me with a nod of (29)D?Will he treat me with love and (30)B?How will he measure my weaknesses and strengths?
Sometimes the (31)Alessons are the most difficult to teach.Sometimes the most essential truths are the most difficult to learn.I hope my son will one day value all the (32)Band truths that have passed to him,through (33)A,from his grandfather.And as my son grows older,I believe that he,too,will measure his steps by the strides (大步)I have made for him,just as I have (34)Amy goals because of the strides my father has made for me.When my son does this,perhaps he will feel the same (35)Dand fulfillment that 1 do when I say,"I am my father's son."
16.A.often | B.once | C.sometimes | D.never |
17.A.forgot | B.learned | C.doubted | D.wondered |
18.A.kitchen | B.market | C.restaurant | D.bedroom |
19.A.preparing | B.burying | C.piling | D.hiding |
20.A.mysterious | B.ordinary | C.special | D.boring |
21.A.duty | B.presence | C.absence | D.performance |
22.A.considerate | B.kind | C.important | D.believable |
23.A.explained | B.created | C.proved | D.studied |
24.A.leaving | B.rebuilding | C.visiting | D.returning |
25.A.jokes | B.truth | C.news | D.stories |
26.A.rediscovered | B.recalled | C.retold | D.repeat |
27.A.noticed | B.saw | C.realized | D.watched |
28.A.rise | B.disappear | C.fall | D.die |
29.A.approval | B.sympathy | C.supporting | D.understanding |
30.A.praise | B.respeet | C.hate | D.envy |
31.A.simple | B.useful | C.complex | D.big |
32.A.opportunities | B.lessons | C.gifts | D.knowledge |
33.A.me | B.them | C.her | D.himself |
34.A.achieved | B.set | C.quitted | D.changed |
35.A.embarrassment | B.disappointment | C.excitement | D.pride |