Question

Throughout the junior-and senior-high mornings I watched my father go to work, I ______ told him how that affected me . I simply ______ about his ability to do what he did; keeping the ______ filled with food, paying my tuition fees and ______ Christmas 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 ______ that I never spoke of them.

And then at college, away from him---when his ______ became merely the voice over the phone---I thought other men were more ______ than Daddy. Those men who taught my classes and ______ complex theories.

Then, I entered society. I looked forward to ______ home, talking with Daddy, sharing a ball game, watching an old Western movie on television, drinking a beet, listening to the ______ about his childhood days. I ______ Daddy again-not as a boy in awe(敬畏), but with respect as a man. And I ______ that he was my father, a man who committed himself to a thankless job in a society.

And now, when I spend precious moments with my own son. I wonder what he thinks of me. At what point will I ______ in his world of important men, and will there be a point when he’ll return to me with a nod of ______? Will he treat me with love and ______? How will he measure my weaknesses and strengths?

Sometimes the ______ lessons are the most difficult to teach. Sometimes the most essential truths are the difficult to learn. I hope my son will one day value all the ______ and truths that have passed to him, through ______, 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 ______ my goals because of the strides my father has made for me. When my son does this, perhaps he will feel the same ______ and fulfillment that I do when I say, ”I am father’s son.”

1.A. often B. once C. sometimes D. never

2.A. forgot B. learned C. doubted D. wondered

3.A. kitchen B. market C. restaurant D. bedroom

4.A. preparing B. burying C. piling D. hiding

5.A. mysterious B. ordinary C. special D. boring

6.A. duty B. presence C. absence D. performance

7.A. considerate B. kind C. important D. believable

8.A. explained B. created C. proved D. studied

9.A. leaving B. rebuilding C. visiting D. returning

10.A. jokes B. stories C. news D. truth

11.A. rediscovered B. recalled C. retold D. repeat

12.A. noticed B. saw C. realized D. watched

13.A. rise B. disappear C. fall D. die

14.A. approval B. sympathy C. supporting D. understanding

15.A. praise B. hate C. respect D. envy

16.A. simple B. useful C. complex D. big

17.A. opportunities B. lessons C. gifts D. knowledge

18.A. her B. them C. me D. himself

19.A. achieved B. set C. quitted D. changed

20.A. embarrassment B. disappointment C. excitement D. pride

Answer 1