Dear son,
The day that you see me old and I am already not in good health, have patience and try to understand me.
If I get dirty when eating, if I can not dress, have patience and remember the hours I teaching it to you. If, when I speak to you, I the same things thousand and one times, do not me, listen to me. When you were small, I had to read to you thousand and one times the same story you got to sleep. When I do not want to have a , neither shame me nor scold me. Remember when I had to chase you with thousand excuses I , in order that you wanted to bathe. When you see my little about new technologies, give me the necessary time and do not look at me with your mocking (嘲弄) smile. I taught you to do so many things: to eat good, to dress well, to confront life….When at some moment I lose the memory or the of conversation, let me have the necessary time to remember, and if I can not do it, do not become nervous, as the most important thing is not our conversation but surely to be with you and to have you to me.
If ever I do not want to eat, do not force me. I know well I need to and when not. When my legs do not allow me to walk, give me your , the same way I did when you gave your first . And when someday I say to you that I do not want to any more — that I want to rest forever, do not get angry. Someday you will understand.
Try to understand that my age is not lived but survived. Some day you will discover that, my mistakes, I always wanted the thing for you and that I tried to prepare the way for you. You must not feel sad, angry or impotent (无奈) for seeing me you. You must be next to me, try to understand me and to help me as I did it when you living. Help me to walk, help me to end my way with love and . I will pay you by a smile and by the immense love I have had always for you.
I love you, Son.
Your father
1.A. paid B. spent C. cost D. took
2.A. repeat B. think C. praise D. criticize
3.A. disturb B. avoid C. look D. interrupt
4.A. when B. after C. until D. since
5.A. rest B. word C. sleep D. shower
6.A. noticed B. discovered C. invented D. assumed
7.A. knowing B. fearing C. enjoying D. consulting
8.A. what B. when C. how D. why
9.A. attitude B. thread C. material D. news
10.A. talking B. appealing C. responding D. listening
11.A. when B. how C. that D. where
12.A. short B. tired C. long D. strong
13.A. hand B. ear C. mind D. leg
14.A. laugh B. step C. pace D. cry
15.A. talk B. sleep C. write D. live
16.A. though B. since C. while D. despite
17.A. last B. best C. first D. most
18.A. against B. behind C. near D. below
19.A. made B. found C. started D. earned
20.A. patience B. mercy C. excuse D. care
— What is that building ______ construction ?
— It looks like a hospital..
A. under B. on C. in D. through
Honestly speaking, I would agree with Shirley, though not ______.
A. entirely B. widely C. possibly D. eventually
Every possible means ______ to prevent the air pollution, but the sky is still not clear.
A. has been used B. have been usedC. is used D. are used
My father and my mother have been married for 30 years, and never once ______ with each other.
A. they have quarrelledB. did they quarrel
C. had they quarrelledD. have they quarrelled
Although the old man was ______ death, he still fought with the disease bravely.
A. at the end of B. on the top of
C. at the edge of D. on condition that
