Question

For 52 years my father got up every morning at 5:30 a.m., except Sunday, and went to work. I__41__saw my father home from work ill. He had no hobbies, __42__taking care of his family.

For 22 years, __43__I left home for college, my father__44__me every Sunday at 9:00 a.m.. He was always interested in my__45__,or how my family was doing, and I never once heard him__46__about his lot (生活状况) in life. The calls even came when he and my mother were in other states.

Nine years ago when I__47__my first house, my father, 67 years old, spent three days__48__my house. He would not__49__me to pay someone to have it done. All he __50__was a cup of tea, a paint brush and to talk to him. But I was too__51__.I had a law practice to run, and I could not take__52__to hold the brush, or talk to my father.__ 53__things happened several times later.

The morning on Sunday. January 16, 1996, my father telephoned me__54__,this time from my sister’s home in Florida. But the__55__came again at 4:40 p.m. that day. My father was in the__56__in Florida with an aneurysm (动脉瘤)．I got on an airplane__57__, and on the way, I__58__of all the times I had not taken the time to talk to my father. I determined that when I arrived, I would__59__for the lost time, and have a nice long talk with him.

I arrived in Florida at 11:30 p.m., my father had__ 60__at 9:12 p.m.. This time it was he who did not have time to talk, or to wait for me.

1..

．A. ever　           B．never            C．always         D．often

2..

．A. except           B．rather than        C．more than       D．or rather

3..

A. because          B．before            C．although       D．since

4..

．A. visited          B．praised           C．telephoned        D．met

5..

．A. work             B．life              C．study         D．plan

6..

．A. worry           B．care             C．talk            D．look

7..

．A. built            B．found            C．bought             D．sold

8..

．A. repairing        B．painting          C．cleaning          D．decorating

9..

．A. teach            B．order            C．force              D．allow

10..

A. asked            B．kept             C．ordered        D．served

11..

．A. smart　　        B．upset            C．busy           D．tired

12..

．A. practice             B．task             C．tea            D．time

13..

．A. Different            B．Similar          C．Funny          D．Strange

14..

．A. as usual         B．in pain          C．casually       D．finally

15..

A. call               B．moment         C．situation        D．scene

16..

．A. church          B．school          C．home             D．hospital

17..

．A. immediately      B．happily         C．gradually       D．carefully

18..

．A. heard            B．spoke           C．thought         D．demanded

19..

．A .take up          B．make up         C．turn up         D．put up

20..

．A. started out       B．given in         C．passed away  D．come back

Answer

1.. B

2..A

3..D

4..C

5..B

6.. C

7..C

8..B

9..D

10..A

11..C

12..D

13..B

14..A

15..A

16..D

17..A

18..C

19..B

20..C

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