5.One evening I heard a loud crash in our quiet neighborhood.(21)Dthat evening my wife had asked me to go to the store to get some soft drinks.It was a good time to let my teenage daughter Holly practice her(22)C,so I sent her to the store in my truck.At dinner my son talked about how much he liked my(23)A.I enjoyed having it,but I said:"Guy,my heart is not set on that truck.
I like it but it is (24)B metal and won't last forever."After hearing the loud noise,the whole(25)Dran outside.My son shouted:"Dad; Dad,Holly crashed your truck."
My heart sank and my mind was(26)Awith conflicting thoughts.Was anyone hurt?Who else was involved?As I ran to the door,I heard a voice in my (27)Asay:"Here is a chance to show Holly what you really (28)B.She'11 never forget it."
The accident had occurred in my own driveway.Holly had crashed my truck into our other car. Holly was(29)Cphysically but when I reached her,she was crying and saying:"Oh,Dad,I'm sorry.I know how much you love this truck."I held her in my arms as she cried.
Later that week a friend(30)Cby and asked what had happened to my truck.I told her the whole (31)BHer eyes moistened (润湿) and she said:"That happened to me when I was a girl.I(32)Dmy dad's car and ran into a log that had fallen(33)Athe road.I ruined the car.When I got home my Dad knocked me to the ground and began to kick me.
Over 40 years later,she still felt the(34)Bof the night.It was a deep wound on her (35)D.
I remember how(36)DHolly was on the night she crashed our truck,and how I (37)Cher.One day,when Holly thinks(38)Aon her life,I want her to know that I love her a thousand times more than any piece of property.
I repaired the car,but the dent (凹陷)in my truck is (39)Bthere today.Every day it reminds me of what really(40)Cin my life.
21.A.After | B.Before | C.Later | D.Earlier |
22.A.studying | B.cooking | C.driving | D.operating |
23.A.truck | B.family | C.neighbor | D.house |
24.A.still | B.just | C.also | D.always |
25.A.truck | B.evening | C.street | D.family |
26.A.flooded | B.pleased | C.surrounded | D.surprised |
27.A.heart | B.house | C.neighborhood | D.truck |
28.A.hate | B.love | C.refuse | D.worry |
29.A.beaten | B.hurt | C.unhurt | D.worried |
30.A.stood | B.walked | C.stopped | D.drove |
31.A.accident | B.story | C.adventure | D.experience |
32.A.gave | B.bought | C.rode | D.borrowed |
33.A.across | B.through | C.against | D.over |
34.A.accident | B.pain | C.car | D.sorry |
35.A.body | B.head | C.face | D.soul |
36.A.glad | B.serious | C.disappointed | D.sad |
37.A.knocked | B.kicked | C.comforted | D.beat |
38.A.back | B.forward | C.up | D.down |
39.A.already | B.still | C.never | D.not |
40.A.works | B.needs | C.matters | D.helps |