My dad was a fisherman. He worked hard and stayed out until he caught enough ______ to feed the family nearly every day. When the weather was bad he would ______ me to school. An old truck was used in his fishing business. When we got to the school, he would give me a big ________on the face and tell me to be a good _______. It was so embarrassing for me. I was 12 years old, and my dad would still kiss me goodbye!
I remember the day when I decided I was too _______for a goodbye kiss. When we got to the school and came to a stop, he had his usual big smile. He started to lean 倾斜 toward me, but I put my hand up and ________, “No, Dad. ” It was the first time I had ever talked to him that way. He had a surprised look on his face for a long time, and his________started to be wet. He turned and looked out of the windshield 挡风玻璃. “You’re ______,” he said. “You are a big boy—a man. I won’t kiss you any more. ”
It wasn’t long after that when my dad went out to ______and never came back. It was a day when most of the fishermen stayed at home except Dad. He had a big family to feed
How I wish I had been a man then. If I had been a man, I would ________have told my dad I was too old for a goodbye kiss.
1.A. food B. birds C. animals D. fish
2.A. ride B. carry C. drive D. bring
3.A. kiss B. laugh C. look D. hand
4.A. man B. boy C. teacher D. fisherman
5.A. old B. young C. excited D. moved
6.A. spoke B. said C. repeated D. answered
7.A. hands B. feet C. eyes D. face
8.A. kind B. clever C. wrong D. right
9.A. school B. sea C. boat D. river
10.A. still B. ever C. never D. only
When I arrived at the cinema, the movie___________for10 minutes.
A. has begun B. had begun C. had been on D. has been
Jim was too __________to say anything to his wife when he heard the ________ news.
A. excited; excited B. exciting; exciting C. exciting; excited D. excited; exciting
The TV show__________“The Undersea World” let many people see __________ under the sea.
A. was called; what was life like B. called; how life was like
C. was called; that life was like D. called; what life was like
I’m not sure if it _________tomorrow。If it __________ ,we won’t climb the South Hill.
A. will snow; snows B. will snow; will snow
C. snows; snows D. snows; will snow
I __________to read, so I always put my________to good use by working in the after-school care center at her elementary school.
A. love; loves B. loving; loving C. love; love D. loves; loves