A nurse took a tired soldier to an old man , “Your son is here ,” she told the old man. The old man could hardly 1 the young soldier clearly. He reached out his 2 .The soldier held the old man’s hand. The nurse brought a chair so that he could sit 3 the bed. All through the night, the young soldier sat there 4 the old man’s hand. Now and then he heard him say a few words. The dying man said 5 . He only held his son’s hand tightly all through the night.
The next morning, the old man died. The soldier freed his hand and went to 6 the nurse .While the nurse did 7 she had to do, he waited. Then he asked her, “Who was that man?”
The nurse was 8“Wasn’t he your father?” she said.
“No, he wasn’t”, the soldier answered.” I 9 saw him before.”
“Then 10 didn’t you say anything when I took you to 11 ?”
“I knew right away there had been a 12 , and I also knew he needed his son ,_13 his son just wasn’t here. When I found that he was too 14 to tell whether or not I was his son, I knew 15 he needed me, I stayed.
A.see B.look C.saw D.seeing
A.head B.foot C.hand D.hair
A.besides B.beside C.under D.on
A.held B.holds C.holding D.was holding
A.everything B.nothing C.anything D.something
A.cry B.speak C.tell D.say
A.how B.who C.what D.when
A.surprising B.surprised C.surprise D.surprises
A.sometimes B.usually C.always D.never
A.where B.why C.which D.who
A.him B.he C.his D.her
A.bed B.chair C.mistake D.hand
A.and B.or C.but D.then
A.sick B.healthy C.strong D.nice
A.how many B.how long C.how much D.how old