“Where would we be right now if I did not have the restaurant? How else would I be able to provide for our family? Who give me, a man without
36 ，a job?” My father
37 s
ay these things on our car rides to the stores that supply our
38.He would tell me stories of long, hard hours spent
39 in the hot kitchen and helping all the 40. Now I
41 late on weekends to welcome him，
42 that he will tell me something
43 .He always knows how to inspire me. I could never understand
44 he grew to be so wise without even having the opportunity to complete high school.
“Make sure you get a job
45 you have to wear a tie!” he’d always say with a smile. They were like a paintbrush(画笔) that began
46 this beautiful picture in my head that I have entitled(有资格的)my
47 in life.My father has worked day in and day out，with few days off, for 20 years, never
48 .He would explain how this is
49 he had to do to make my
50 better. My father worked hard so that I
51 go to the best schools. He worked to supply me with
52 that would provide a job where I had to wear a tie.
My father is a
53 in which I can only hope to catch a reflection(反省)of myself. He is the one I strive to model myself after.
54 , when I make a great name for myself as a doctor, someone will ask, “Where did you get such a great work ethic (道德) ?”
“My father!” I’ ll say, adjusting(调整) my
55 and I’ ll smile.
小题1:A work B success C money D an education
小题2:A used to B would C always D might
小题3:A family B kitchen C restaurant D hotel
小题4:A to work B work C works D working
小题5:A friends B cooks C customers D waiters
小题6:A hold up B keep up C stand up D stay up
小题7:A wished B wishing C hoped D hoping
小题8:A wonderful B interesting C big D wise
小题9:A whether B how C where D when
小题10:A when B where C which D that
小题11:A putting B describing C imagining D painting
小题12:A job B success C goal D future
小题13:A complained B complains C complaining D complaint
小题14:A what B that C which D why
小题15:A job B life C days D future
小题16:A would B could C should D must
小题17:A opportunities B hopes C occasions D possibilities
小题18:A model B mirror C hero D example
小题19:A The other day B Another day C Some days D One day
小题20:A tie B suit C dress D shirt
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running. The man drove aside, hit a big tree and was hurt in the accident. Two weeks later Henry was taken to court (法庭). A judge asked if he heard the whistle when he was running across the street. He said that something was wrong with his ears and he could hear nothing. 
hand and listen to me with your deaf (聋的)one. Well, can you hear me? ”
