Dear son,
The day that you see me old and I am already not in good health, have patience and try to understand me.
If I get dirty when eating, if I can not dress, have patience and remember the hours I 31 teaching it to you. If, when I speak to you, I 32 the same things thousand and one times, do not 33 me, listen to me. When you were small, I had to read to you thousand and one times the same story 34 you got to sleep. When I do not want to have a 35 , neither shame me nor scold me. Remember when I had to chase you with thousand excuses I 36 , in order that you wanted to bathe. When you see my 37 little about new technologies, give me the necessary time and do not look at me with your mocking(嘲弄) smile. I taught you 38 to do so many things: to eat food, to dress well, to confront life…. When at some moment I lose the memory or the 39 of our conversation, let me have the necessary time to remember, and if I cannot do it, do not become nervous, as the most important thing is not our conversation but surely to be with you and to have you 40 to me.
If ever I do not want to eat, do not force me. I know well 41 I need to and when not. When my 42 legs do not allow me to walk, give me your 43 , the same way I did when you gave your first 44 . And when someday I say to you that I do not want to 45 any more ---- that I want to rest forever, do not get ___46__. Someday you will understand.
Try to understand that my age is not lived but survived. Some day you will discover that, despite my mistakes, I always wanted the 47 thing for you and that I tried to prepare the way for you. You must not feel sad, angry or impotent(无可奈何) for seeing me 48 you. You must be next to me, try to understand me and to help me as I did it when you 49 living. Help me to walk, help me to end my way with love and 50 . I will pay you by a smile and by the immense love I have had always for you.
I love you, Son
Your father
1. A.paid B.spent C.cost D.took
2. A.praise B.think C.repeat D.criticize
3. A.interrupt B.disturb C.look D.avoid
4. A.when B.after C.since D.until
5. A.rest B.word C.shower D.sleep
6. A.discovered B.invented C.noticed D.assumed
7. A.knowing B.fearing C.enjoying D.consulting
8. A.what B.when C.how D.why
9. A.news B.attitude C.material D.thread
10. A.talking B.listening C.responding D.appealing
11. A.where B.how C.that D.when
12. A.tired B.short C.long D.strong
13. A.leg B.ear C.hand D.mind
14. A.step B.pace C.laugh D.cry
15. A.talk B.live C.write D.sleep
16. A.careful B.interested C.calm D.angry
17. A.last B.first C.best D.most
18. A.near B.behind C.below D.against
19. A.made B.started C.earned D.found
20. A.mercy B.care C.excuse D.patience
____ in a sandstorm was a terrible experience. Nowhere _____ but to stay at home.
A.To be caught; we could go B.To have been caught; could we go
C.Having caught; we could go D.Caught; could we go
Janet as well as the other young people who ____ sent abroad by the government ____ brought up in a small town.
A.was, was B.was, were C.were, were D.were, was
In the south no one spoke to you at bus stops or in the markets, _____ here people smiled at you and said a few words.
A.although B.so C.whereabouts D.whereas
_____, he together with his families ____ escaped from the shaking building when the earthquake struck Lushan County of Ya’an.
A.Unfortunately; narrowly B.Fortunately; narrowly
C.Absolutely; thankfully D.Sadly; hopefully
She returned home , ______ the feathers_____ her chicken by the terrible tornado.
A.found; taken off B.finding; had been taken off
C.to find; were taken away D.finding; has been taken off