When I was a child, my father had to do three jobs for a family of seven. Every time I saw him come back late, looking ______, I promised myself that someday I would show my ______ to my father for what he had done.
Over the next twenty years, my father worked hard to _______our big family and suffered a lot from a heart problem. One morning, my father’s old car broke down and he asked me to ______him up after his medical examination. He had ______ refused when I offered to replace (取代) his old car. He said that he did not want something that he couldn’t pay________.
______he stepped out of the doctor’s office, he looked serious. We drove in silence and he made me promise to keep the medical report as a ________. I did this with a heavy heart.
At that time, I was _______a new car. I asked my father to go with me to pick_______out. When I started talking with the salesman, I noticed my father________a brown car. I________chose a white car. My father took one final look at the brown car and seemed kind of ______before leaving. I heard him muttering (嘀咕) to himself, “_______like that car. Wish I could ________it.”
Several days later, I asked my father if he could go with me to pick up______new car. As we arrived, the salesman______him a key to a new car - the brown one - and________that it was for him, from me. My father looked at me in great_______. I told him it was my childhood______and smiled at this man, who had given up everything for his family.
1.A. excited B. tired C. angry D. sad
2.A. thanks B. jobs C. talents D. regrets
3.A. build B. save C. protect D. support
4.A. send B. give C. pick D. look
5.A. strongly B. hardly C. exactly D. happily
6.A. myself B. itself C. himself D. ourselves
7.A. Before B. Since C. As D. Until
8.A. fact B. secret C. decision D. suggestion
9.A. imagining B. making C. producing D. expecting
10.A. it B. one C. that D. him
11.A. attacking B. admiring C. buying D. stealing
12.A. finally B. suddenly C. simply D. easily
13.A. worried B. pleased C. sorry D. proud
14.A. Really B. Actually C. Recently D. Clearly
15.A. borrow B. afford C. collect D. receive
16.A. my B. your C. his D. her
17.A. returned B. lent C. handed D. posted
18.A. created B. explained C. warned D. doubted
19.A. fun B. pain C. trouble D. surprise
20.A. dream B. promise C. experience D. interest
Last year, nearly 28,000 new energy cars________ and 80 percent of them were buses.
A. sold B. sell C. are sold D. were sold
This is a very good picture. Who _______ it?
A. paints
B. is painting
C. painted
D. has painted
—Is this toolbox Mr. Black’s?
—It was, but it is_________ now. I bought it last week.
A. my B. mine C. him D. his
I don’t know to get off. Would you please remind me of my stop?
A. what B. when C. if D. how
—Jenny, you are so beautiful in your new dress!
—Thanks! But I__________ it for several times.
A. wear B. will wear C. was wearing D. have worn