I was tired and hungry after a long day of work. When I walked into the living room, my 12-year-old son looked __36__ at me and said, “I love you.” I didn’t know what to say. __37__ several seconds all I could do was to stand there and __38__ down at him. My first thought was that he must need __39__ with his homework or he was trying to __40__ me for some news. Finally I asked, “What was that all about?”
“Nothing.” He said, “My teacher said we should __41__ our parents that we love them and see what they say. It’s a(n) __42__.”
The next day I called his teacher to __43__ more about this “experiment” and how the other parents had __44__.
“Basically, most of the fathers had the __45__ reaction as you did.” The teacher said, “When I first __46__ 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 __47__ is,” the teacher explained, “feeling loved is an important part of __48__. It’s something all human beings __49__. What I’m trying to tell the children is that it’s too __50__ that we don’t all express those feelings. A boy should be __51__ to tell his dad that he loves him.”
The teacher, a middle-aged man, understands how __52__ 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 __53__ second. And just __54__ 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 __55__.
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
