There was a time when I thought my dad didn’t know a thing about being a good father. I couldn’t _______ him ever saying the words “I love you.” It seemed to me his only purpose in life was to say “_______” to anywhere I wanted to go and anything I wanted to do, including getting a ______. Some parents bought their kids cars when they got their driver’s licenses. ________ my dad — he said that I’d have to get a job and buy my own.
So that was what I did. I got a job at a very nice restaurant and _______ every penny I could. And when I had enough to buy my car, I _______! The day I brought that car home, my dad was the first one I wanted to show it _______ to. “Look, dad, a car of my own. If you ever want a ride, I’ll only _______ you five dollars.” I offered with a smile.
“I see,” was all he said.
One day, there was something wrong with my father’s truck. So he needed a ________ to work. The sun wasn’t even up when we left the house , ________it was already getting warm out. It was going to be a(n) ________ day. As I dropped my dad off, I ________ him, dressed in his work clothes, getting his ________ from the truck (车尾箱) of my car. Watching his sun-weathered face, and even from a distance I could tell there were ________ lines than I ever remembered being there before. I realized how hard my dad worked for the family. My father was a cement finisher(水泥修整工).
In that instant, it ________ to me that he actually got down on his hands and knees to sweat over hot concrete to make a living for his family. And he did this ________, no matter how hot it got. Never, not once, had I heard him _______ about it. To him we were “worth” it. And never once did he “charge” us for it.
When he closed the trunk, his tools set off to the side, he walked over to my window to ________ me five dollars. I rolled down the window and said “Good-bye, dad. Keep your five dollars. It’s ________ me. Don’t work too hard. I love you.”
His eyes met mine, then glanced away in the direction of his waiting tools, he cleared his ________ and said, “Oh, and… me, too.”
A.like B.remember C.forget D.care
A.Sorry B.Yes C.No D.Good
A.car B.friend C.job D.bus
A.So B.As C.Not D.Even
A.spent B.earned C.kept D.saved
A.did B.changed C.stopped D.was
A.out B.in C.up D.off
A.pay B.charge C.offer D.accept
A.ride B.leave C.trip D.hurry
A.as B.although C.but D.since
A.ordinary B.hot C.unusual D.special
A.helped B.followed C.left D.watched
A.tools B.clothes C.luggage D.bag
A.fewer B. more C.longer D.less
A.happened B.seemed C.occurred D.appeared
A.now and then B.day and night C.all the time D.day in and day out
A.talk B.complain C.ask D.speak
A.hand B.pass C.lend D.take
A.for B.at C.on D.in
A.hands B.eyes C.throat D.clothes