An 80-year-old man was sitting in his house beside his 45-year-old son. Suddenly a crow(乌鸦) landed in front of the window. The father___21___ son, "What is that?" The son replied, "It is a crow." ___22___ few minutes, the father asked his son a second time, "What is that?" The son said "I just ___23___ you that it’s a crow." After a little __24____ , the father again asked his son, "What is that?" That time a(n) __25____ tone could be heard in the son’s __26____ . "It’s a crow, a crow!"
A little later, the father went to his room and __27____ with an old diary which he had __28____ for many years. After opening the right page, he asked his son to ___29___ it. When the son read it, tears came to his eyes." Today my __30____ was sitting with me on the sofa.When a crow was__31____ by the window, my son asked me 23 times what it was, and I __32____ to him all 23 times that it was a crow. I hugged him __33____each time he asked me the same question. I did not feel__34____ answering the same question."
If your __35____ become old, don’t treat them or look __36____ them as a burden(累赘). Instead be warm and__37____ to them. From today on say this to yourself, "I want to ___38___ my parents happy forever, for they have __39____ for me ever since I was born, and they have always showed their ___40___love to me."
1. A.demanded B.asked C.commanded D.tested
2. A.Before B.During C.After D.Within
3. A.told B.reminded C.called D.consulted
4. A.sigh B.doubt C.breath D.while
5. A.sad B.angry C.pitiful D.gentle
6. A.face B.mind C.voice D.pace
7. A.came up B.came out C.came back D.came on
8. A.kept B.gathered C.collected D.searched
9. A.tear B.read C.write D.recite
10. A.son B.daughter C.brother D.father
11. A.lying B.wiping C.sitting D.spying
12. A.required B.repeated C.recalled D.replied
13. A.lovingly B.carefully C.deeply D.lightly
14. A.puzzled B.worried C.Amazed D.annoyed
15. A.parents B.relatives C.families D.teachers
16. A.up B.upon C.down D.into
17. A.wise B.kind C.strict D.generous
18. A.send B.pray C.own D.see
19. A.frightened B.hunted C.cared D.waited
20. A.pleasant B.limited C.useful D.selfless
I __________get on the bus when I heard someone calling me from behind.
A.was to B.was going to C.would D.was about to
Mary is no longer__________ she was 5 years ago
A.whom B.that C.what D.when
My uncle__________until he was 45.
A.married B.didn’t marry C.was not marrying D.would marry
We are looking forward to _________ a chance to watch the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
A.give B.be given C.being given D.giving
I was just talking to Margot when Jackson ________.
A.cut in B.cut off C.cut down D.cut up