阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出最佳选项。
I was tired and hungry after a long day of work. When I walked into the living-room, my 12-year-old son looked 1at me and said, "I love you." I didn't know what to say. 2several seconds all I could do was to stand there and 3down at him. My first thought was that he must need 4with his homework or he was trying to 5me for some news.
Finally I asked, "What was that all about?"
"Nothing," he said. "My teacher said we should 6our parents that we love them and see what they say. It' s 7” .
The next day I called his teacher to find out more about this "experiment" and how the other parents had 8.
"Most of the fathers had the 9reacting as you did," the teacher said. "When I first 10we try this, I asked the children what they thought their parents would say. Some of them thought their parents would have heart trouble. The
11is," the teacher explained, "felling loved is an important part of
12. It is something all people 13. What I' m trying to tell the children is that it' s too 14we don' t all express those feeling. A boy should be 15to tell his dad he loves him."
The teacher, a middle-aged man, understands how 16it is for some of us to say the things that would be good for us to say.
When my son came to me that evening, I held on to him for ___17second. And just 18he pulled away, I said in my deepest, most manly voice, "Hey, I love you, too."
I don' t know if saying that made either of us healthier, but it did feel pretty good. Maybe next time one of my children said "I love you.", it would not take me a whole
19to think of the fight 20.
1.A. down B. away C. out D. up
2.A. After B. For C. At D. On
3.A. sit B. get C. look D. knock
4.A. rest B. time C. help D. paper
5.A. report B. prepare C. answer D. excuse
6.A. help B. tell C. ask D. make
7.A. a matter B. an experiment C. a word D. a sentence
8.A. said B. reacted C. done D. explained
9.A. same B. different C. usual D. common
10.A. suggested B. agreed C. allowed D. planned
11.A. point B. idea C. way D. cause
12.A. body B. health C. life D. study
13.A. have B. know C. take D. require
14.A. bad B. good C. late D. early
15.A. fit B. ready C. worth D. able
16.A. easy B. much C. often D. difficult
17.A. a more B. a full C. an exact D. an extra
18.A. before B. after C. because D. if
19.A. day B. week C. afternoon D. night
20.A. answer B. key C. reason D. experiment
Mike called ______ my house, but I wasn't in. So he left a massage
telling me he would call ______ me the next day.
A. at, at B. on, on C. at, on D. on, at
A decision was _______ that those who once _______ to the company in order to get a job would not be let _________.
A. given; lay; stay B. made; lied; to stay
C. designed; laid; stayed D. done; lying; staying
Only then ______ how much damage had been caused.
A. she realized B. she had realized
C. had she realized D. did she realize
It was not _____she took off her glasses_____I realized she was my old friend.
A. when, that B. until , that
C. until , when D. when, then
Use the umbrella to ______ yourself from the rain.
A. prevent B. keep C. save D. protect
