12.This always began after breakfast:"go ahead,everyone.I'll(41)Bthe dishes!"For the next hour dad did the dishes,singing songs like I Had a Hat when I came in.
I suppose it was(42)Dfor a boy's father to wear an apron(围裙)-but I never thought much of it(43)Cthe day that dad broke with tradition.
‘Tommy',he said(44)A."There comes a time in every boy's life when he must take on(45)B.Starting today,I want you to do the dishes on Sunday morning so that your mother and I can work the word(46)Din the paper together.
"You want me to do the dishes?"
"(47)Cwrong with taking over the dishes,son?"
I didn't taste a bit of(48)Athat day.Dad seemed in merry mood as he described an excellent game.
Everything grew quiet.my sister began to(49)Bthe table.My brother was scraping(刮掉) the last of the egg from his plate.My father(50)C:"let's go read the paper,Hon."
"Aren't you doing the dishes?"my mother asked.
"Your oldest son has(51)Aoffered,"replied my father.
So this was(52)Amy life had come to.Ask me to turn through a rainstorm.(53)Dme to ride the roller coaster---backward.There things I would do.But I could never do those dishes.There are nothing(54)Cbut to refuse.
People often say there is an(55)Bchemistry between a father and a son.Dad came back into the kitchen just as I was about to(56)Aout.He had loosened his tie and rolled up the sleeves of his shirt----ready to(57)B.In his right,band was the old apron.
I want you to have this,Tommy.It will keep your clothes from getting wet.Thanks,son."(58)Dthat he disappeared into the Sunday paper.I looked down at the apron.It had seen better days.I could see my dad(59)Cfor the dishes and washing them happily.My dark angel disappeared.Soon I was singing a song about an(a)(60)D.I knew the kind of man I wanted to be---my dad.
41.A.take notice | B.take care of | C take apart | D take in |
42.A.obvious | B.average | C magic | D strange |
43.A.once | B.when | C until | D after |
44.A.cheerfully | B.angrily | C madly | D bitterly |
45.A.plans | B.responsibilities | C decisions | D traditions |
46.A.form | B.speech | C lab | D puzzle |
47.A.nothing | B.something | C anything | D everything |
48.A.breakfast | B.lunch | C supper | D dinner |
49.A.collect | B.clear | C move | D set |
50.A.explained | B.claimed | C announced | D insisted |
51.A.generously | B.honestly | C luckily | D modestly |
52.A.what | B.how | C which | D why |
53.A.convince | B.inspire | C permit | D command |
54.A.lost | B.done | C left | D kept |
55.A.extra | B.special | C sincere | D healthy |
56.A.storm | B.take | C make | D give |
57.A.laugh | B.relax | C eat | D perform |
58.A.on | B.for | C to | D with |
59.A.fighting | B.searching | C reaching | D sending |
60.A.glove | B.apron | C towel | D hat |