Dad and I were always passionate（热情的）about our feelings, and when I reached my teen years, our ________ really heated up. Our biggest fight was about my chosen ________.
“People like us aren’t writers!” Dad would shout.
“Maybe people like you aren’t writers,” I would shout ________, “but people like me are!”
I grew up in a nice house with a lawn and lots of rooms. All I had to do was get good grades and stay out of trouble. Dad spent his youth living in an old building and ________ money to support his family. But he drew a curtain（门帘，幕） over his ________, never speaking of his growing-up days. No one knew what he had _______. But not knowing Dad’s past, I could never know what drove him to want so much safety for me.
As I insisted on writing, Mom told me Dad read and re-read everything I got published, although he ______ mentioned my work to me. Instead, he continually tried to drive me into a career he considered _______ -nursing or teaching.
But in the last days of his life, Dad ________. It was as if he suddenly realized that he should make the truth known. He talked about everything—how it felt to carry heavy baskets of coal upstairs and ________ one bathroom with five other families, and how worried he was that his family wouldn’t have enough warm clothes for winter. Dad told me _______ he’d wanted to protect me from poor life, so I’d never have to go ________ what he had. When he said sorry for trying to break off my wings, I told him that he was the very one who’d given me the chance to ________. Dad smiled and tried to nod.
On the last day of his life, as Mom and I sat holding his hands, he signaled(示意) to the nurse to come close. “You know my daughter,” he said with great _____. “I just want you to know—she’s a ________.”
It was the proudest moment of my life.
1.A.discussions B.fights C.movements D.conversations
2.A.school B.career C.subject D.topic
3.A.out B.in C.around D.back
4.A.saving B.raising C.wasting D.making
5.A.future B.past C.present D.dream
6.A.chosen B.provided C.experienced D.achieved
7.A.sometimes B.never C.always D.often
8.A.safe B.easy C.special D.challenging
9.A.stayed up B.opened up C.put up D.picked up
10.A.deal B.clean C.share D.build
11.A.what B.how C.when D.where
12.A.over B.into C.for D.through
13.A.read B.live C.fly D.change
14.A.pains B.hope C.pride D.sadness
15.A.nurse B.teacher C.writer D.doctor
—Could you please tell me_________? —I’m not sure. Perhaps in a couple of days.
A.when he is coming back B.how many days he will stay there
C.how long will he be back D.how soon will he come back
—I’ve made little progress in math during this term.
—Don’t worry. .
A. It’s never too old to learn B. Rome was not built in a day
C. Well begun is half done D. The early bird catches the worm
—Many people think women are better at cooking than men .
— ______.Most top cooks in the world are men .
A.I agree B.Exactly C.Not at all D.That’s not the case
–Your robot has caught a virus and it no longer works properly.
–Wow, ______ mess it has made! I really don’t know _______ to do with it.
A.what, how B.how, how C.what a, what D.how, what
—How do you like the documentary “A Bite of China III”?
—Wonderful! I like it very much, ____ many viewers think it’s not so attractive.
A.because B.if C.unless D.although
