阅读下面短文，从短文后各题的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上涂黑。
I was tired and hungry after a long day of work. When I walked into the living room, my 12-year-old son looked __1__ at me and said, “I love you.” I didn’t know what to say. __2__ several seconds all I could do was to stand there and __3__ down at him. My first thought was that he must need __4__ with his homework or he was trying to __5__ me for some news. Finally I asked, “What was that all about?”
“Nothing.” He said, “My teacher said we should __6__ our parents that we love them and see what they say. It’s a(n) __7__.”
The next day I called his teacher to __8__ more about this “experiment” and how the other parents had __9__.
“Basically, most of the fathers had the __10__ reaction as you did.” The teacher said, “When I first __11__ we try this, I asked the children what they thought their parents would say. Some of them thought their parents would have heart trouble.” “The __12__ is,” the teacher explained, “feeling loved is an important part of __13__. It’s something all human beings __14__. What I’m trying to tell the children is that it’s too __15__ that we don’t all express those feelings. A boy should be __16__ to tell his dad that he loves him.”
The teacher, a middle-aged man, understands how __17__ it 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 __18__ second. And just __19__ he 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 if my child says “I love you”, it would not take me a whole day to think of the right __20__.
1.A. down B. away C. out D. up
2.A. After B. For C. At D. On
3.A. glance B. glare C. stare D. watch
4.A. patience B. time C. help D. paper
5.A. report B. prepare C. answer D. apologize
6.A. help B. ask C. tell D. make
7.A. thing B. experiment C. word D. sentence
8.A. search for B. search C. find out D. find
9.A. said B. reacted C. done D. explained
10.A. same B. different C. usual D. ordinary
11.A. allowed B. agreed C. suggested D. planned
12.A. point B. idea C. way D. cause
13.A. body B. health C. life D. study
14.A. have B. know C. take D. require
15.A. bad B. good C. late D. early
16.A. fit B. ready C. nice D. able
17.A. easy B. much C. often D. difficult
18.A. a much B. a full C. an exact D. an extra
19.A. before B. after C. because D. if
20.A. answer B. key C. reason D experiment
________ the classroom, the teacher found all the parents already______ there.
A. Entered; seated B. Entering; seating
C. Entered; seating D. Entering; seated
The meeting___ last night was a great success and all the disagreements got ___.
A. to be held; settled B. held; settled
C. holding; settling D. being held; settled
_________ money, his parents couldn’t send him to university.
A. Lacked B. Lacking of C. For lack of D. Lacked in
I will not speak unless _______.
A. I will be asked to B. asked C. asked to D. I am asked
David has got everything ready, _________ it well.
A. determined to do B. to be determined to doing
C. determining doing D. to determine to do
