Frank told us of his childhood. “My dad ...

Frank told us of his childhood. “My dad was a fisherman, and he 36   the sea. It was    37  making a living on the sea. He worked hard and would stay out    38   he caught enough to feed the family.”

“He was a big man, and was   39   from pulling the nets and fighting the seas. When you got close to him, he smelled like the    40  . No matter how much my mother    41   his clothes, they would    42   smell of fish.”

“Every day he drove me to school. When the old truck rattled (嘎嘎作响) down the road, I would shrink down into the seat hoping to    43  . When we reached school, he would give me a kiss on the cheek and    44  me to be a good boy. It was so embarrassing for me. I was    45   twelve years old!”

“I    46   the day I decided I was too old for a goodbye kiss. When he started to lean toward me, I put my hand up and said, ‘No, Dad.’ It was the first time I had ever talked to him in that   47  , and he had this    48   look on his face. I said, ‘Dad, I’m too old for a goodbye kiss.’ My dad looked at me and his eyes were filled with tears. I had never seen him    49  . ‘You’re right,’ he said. ‘You are a big boy...a man. I won’t    50   you any more.’”

   51   began to well up in Frank’s eyes, “It wasn’t long after that when my dad went to sea and never came back.    52   of the boats stayed in that day because of a coming storm, but not dad. He had a big family to    53  .”

“Guys, you don’t know what I would like is to have my dad give me just one more kiss on the cheek, to feel his    54  old face, to smell the ocean on him. I wish I had been a man then.   55   I had been a man, I would never have told my dad I was too old for a goodbye kiss.”

1.                A．hated          B．loved          C．owned   D．sold

2.                A．hard           B．enjoyable       C．easy D．comfortable

3.                A．before         B．after           C．until D．unless

4.                A．thin           B．fat             C．weak D．strong

5.                A．ocean          B．land           C．sky  D．animals

6.                A．made          B．washed         C．changed  D．bought

7.                A．never          B．seldom         C．still  D．ever

8.                A．survive         B．disappear       C．succeed  D．appear

9.                A．force          B．advise          C．order    D．tell

10.               A．sometimes      B．once           C．already    D．only

11.               A．remember      B．forget          C．recognize  D．forecast

12.               A．voice          B．way           C．case  D．attitude

13.               A．tired           B．surprised       C．worried   D．annoyed

14.               A．smile          B．sing           C．sigh  D．cry

15.               A．kiss            B．cheat          C．punish    D．beat

16.               A．Fear           B．Tears          C．Blood D．Anger

17.               A．Both           B．None          C．Most D．Few

18.               A．blame          B．hold           C．rescue    D．feed

19.               A．smooth         B．dirty           C．rough D．clean

20.               A．If             B．When          C．Whether  D．Where