There was a time when I thought my dad didn’t know a thing about being a good father. I couldn’t 36 him ever saying the words “I love you.” It seems to me his only purpose in life was to say “ 37 ” to anywhere I wanted to go and anything I wanted to do, including getting a 38 . 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 39 every penny I could and 40 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 41 to. “Look, dad, a car of my own. If you ever want a ride, I’ll only 42 you 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 43 to work. The sun wasn’t even up when we left the house , 44 it was already getting warm out. It was going to be a(n) 45 day. As I dropped my dad off, I 46 him, dressed in his work clothes, getting his 47 from the truck (车尾箱) of my car. Watching his sun-weathered face, and even from a distance I could tell there were 48 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).
In that instant, it 49 to me that he actually got down on his hands and knees to sweat over hot concrete to make a living for his family. And he did this day in and day out, 50 hot it got. Never, not once, had I hear him 51 about it. To him we were “worth” it. And never once did he “charge” us for it.
When he closed the trunk, his tools set off to the side, he walked over to my window to 52 me five dollars. I rolled down the window and said “Good-bye, dad. Keep your five dollars. It’s my 53 . Don’t work too hard. I love you.”
His 54 met mine, then glanced away in the direction of his waiting tools, he 55 his throat 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.when B.if C.because D.though
6. A.pay it back B.hand it over C.turn it up D.show it off
7. A.pay B.charge C.offer D.provide
8. A.ride B.leave C.trip D.hurry
9. A.as B.although C.but D.since
10. A.ordinary B.hot C.work D.special
11. A.helped B.followed C.left D.watched
12. A.tools B.clothes C.luggage D.bag
13. A.fewer B.more C.longer D.deeper
14. A.happened B.seemed C.occurred D.appeared
15. A.whatever B.whenever C.wherever D.however
16. A.talk B.complain C.ask D.speak
17. A.hand B.pass C.lend D.take
18. A.help B.advice C.treat D.reply
19. A.hands B.smile C.voice D.eyes
20. A.cleaned B.wiped C.cleared D.felt
—Jack is always complaining about not having any money.
—The problem is that he doesn't work hard and never ____.
A.does B.had C.did D.has
After five days of fantastic space trip, the two astronauts walked out of the spaceship, _____.
A.tired but happy B.tiredly but happily
C.tiredly and happily D.tired and happy
All the books written by Dickens are available in our library. You may borrow ___ you love.
A.whatever B.whichever C.whenever D.however
The way he thought of _________ living is to work for them.
A.make B.making C.made D.to make
The song “In Spring”___ original singer is Wang Feng has brought national fame to Xuriyanggang, ____won the second place in the 2010 Avenue of Stars Finals.
A.who; whose B.which; who C.whose; who D.of whom; who