Question

There was a time when I thought my dad didn’t know how to be a good father. I couldn’t   16   him ever saying the words “I love you.” It seems to me his only purpose in life was to say “  17  ” to anywhere I wanted to go and anything I wanted to do, including getting a   18  . Some parents bought their kids cars when they got their driver’s licenses. Not my dad — he said that I’d have to get a job and buy my own.

So that is what I did. I got a job at a very nice restaurant and   19   every penny I could and when I had enough to buy my car, I did! The day I brought that car home, my dad was the first one I wanted to   20   it off to. “Look, dad, a car of my own. If you ever want a ride, you only need to pay me five dollars.” I offered with a smile.

“I see,” was all he said.

One day, there was something wrong with my father’s truck. So he needed a   21   to work. The sun wasn’t even up when we left the house,   22   it was already getting warm out. It was going to be a hot day. As my dad got out of my car, I   23  him, dressed in his work clothes, getting his   24   from the truck (车尾箱) of my car. Watching his sun-weathered face, and even from a distance I could tell there were  25   lines than I ever remembered being there before. I realized how hard my dad works for the family. My father is a cement finisher(水泥修整工).

Suddenly, it came up with me that he actually got down on his hands and knees to sweat over hot concrete(混凝土) to make a living for his family. And he did this day in and day out,   26 hot it got. Never, not once, had I heard him   27   about it. To him we were “worth” it. And never once did he ask us to pay for it.

When he closed the trunk, his tools set off to the side, he walked over to my window to   28   me five dollars. I rolled down the window and said “Good-bye, dad. Keep your five dollars. It’s my __29__. Don’t work too hard. I love you.”

His eyes met mine, then glanced away in the direction of his waiting tools, he   30   his throat(喉咙) and said, “Oh, and… me, too.”

1.A. like           B. remember         C. forget           D. care

2.A. Sorry        B. Yes              C. No                D. Well

3.A. car          B. friend           C. job                 D. present

4.A. spent        B. earned           C. kept               D. saved

5.A. take        B. put              C. turn                 D. show

6.A. ride         B. leave            C. trip                  D. hurry

7.A. as           B. although        C. but                   D. since

8.A. helped       B. followed        C. left                  D. watched

9.A. tools        B. clothes          C. luggage            D. bag

10.A. fewer        B. more           C. longer               D. less

11.A. whatever     B. whenever        C. wherever              D. however

12.A. talk         B. complain         C. ask                D. speak

13.A. hand         B. borrow           C. lend                  D. take

14.A. help         B. advice           C. treat              D. idea

15.A. cleaned      B. wiped            C. cleared             D. felt

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.D

5.D

6.A

7.C

8.D

9.A

10.B

11.D

12.B

13.A

14.C

15.C

【解析】

1.根据下文呢的意思可知答案为B，即从来未听到父亲讲的这句话“I love you”

2.根据上下文的意思可知答案为C，从作者对于父亲的抱怨可知。

3.根据后文内容Some parents bought their kids cars when they got their driver’s licenses.可知答案为A

4.根据文章意思可知答案为D，即攒钱的意思。

5.show it off to sb 表示向…展示，故选D

6.a ride to do sth ，意思为一个去做某事的顺风车，故选A

7.根据前后句子意思的关系可知答案为C表示转折关系。

8.根据上下文的意思可知答案为D，表示观察的意思。

9.根据后文内容My father is a cement finisher(水泥修整工).可知答案为A

10.用more来突出父亲工作的艰辛，故选B

11.根据意思可知答案为D，表示无论怎样，故选D

12.complain about sth表示抱怨…，故选B

13.根据下文的内容可知答案为A，表示递给我的意思。

14.it ’s my treat为固定词组搭配，表示把你的钱拿回去。

15.clear the throat 表示亲了亲嗓子，故选C