10.The Moving Love Story about Onions
I always recall my dad as well as my mom whenever I see or hear of the onions.Although all between my dad and my mom has passed with the tide of time,the memory still (36)C in my mind.In my memory,my parents are a favorable loving and caring couple.They lived in
(37)A with each other from the day of their marriage to the existence of me in the family.
(38)A,those happy days didn't last long.When I was ten,my mom suddenly (39)D in a faint when washing up in the kitchen.I was so (40)Bat that time that my mind went blank without any response but to cry.My dad ran to her and yelled her name but she was still unconscious,(41)B he sent her to the nearest hospital as fast as he could.After an all-round check,the doctor said with (42)Cto my dad that she had got diagnosed with brain cancer in the late period.That evening he didn't say anything.
My mom (43)D and would never come back to me anymore.I managed to live by myself but the flow of sorrow and (44)C to her never stopped.My dad has to (45)D a role of a breadwinner as well as a household wife.He behaved just as usual,but I found that he developed a(n) (46)A of cutting onions,which was really strange.Every time I saw him cutting onions,I discovered that several drops of (47)C flowed over his flush cheek.
"Why are you (48)B?"
"No,it's because of the stimulant from the onions"
"I have learned from a science book that if you cut onions in the water,you will not cry."I said with satisfaction.
"Oh,really?Thank you,my little love."was my dad's(49)D.But next time,when he cut onions in the basin full of water,his eyes still (50)A with tears."Why?"I said to myself with too much (51)B.
Now,I grow up,and my father (52)D does so as he did before.What a white and fancy but moving (53)C my father had made in those years.The (54)A my mom's death brings to my whole family is so deeply rooted in his heart.
Now,he still believes that I have been taken in by his white lie.Mom,you will never be lonely in the heaven as there is a middle-aged man devoting what remains of his life to (55)B33 you and weep not once for you.
36.A.leaves | B.sinks | C.flashes | D.fades |
37.A.harmony | B.quarrel | C.trouble | D.return |
38.A.However | B.Therefore | C.Besides | D.Otherwise |
39.A.hurt | B.drank | C.broke | D.fell |
40.A.moved | B.shocked | C.embarrassed | D.annoyed |
41.A.but | B.so | C.or | D.for |
42.A.pride | B.fear | C.sympathy | D.courage |
43.A.recovered | B.cured | C.operated | D.died |
44.A.conflict | B.pardon | C.miss | D.puzzle |
45.A.fetch | B.carry | C.bring | D.play |
46.A.habit | B.theory | C.experience | D.tradition |
47.A.waters | B.bloods | C.tears | D.sweats |
48.A.laughing | B.crying | C.shouting | D.cutting |
49.A.question | B.action | C.expression | D.response |
50.A.wet | B.hurt | C.cool | D.light |
51.A.hesitation | B.confusion | C.imagination | D.intention |
52.A.also | B.once | C.ever | D.still |
53.A.promise | B.apology | C.lie | D.excuse |
54.A.sorrow | B.glory | C.fortune | D.reputation |
55.A.marry | B.memorize | C.amuse | D.trust |