When I was growing up, I seldom heard the words “I love you” from my father. If your father never
1 them to you when you are a
2 , it gets more and more
3 for him to say those words as you get older. To tell you the truth, I could hardly
4 when I heard those words from my father. Neither could I remind when I had last said those words to
5 . I decided to
6 my shyness aside and make the first move.
7 hesitating for some time, in our next
8 conversation, I spoke out the words suddenly, “Dad ... I love you!”
There was a
9 at the other end. It wasn’t after a while did he awkwardly(笨拙地) reply, “Well,
10 to you!” I laughed and said, “Dad, I
11 you love me, and when you are ready, I know you will say what you want to say.”Fifteen minutes later my mother called and
12 asked, “Paul, is everything okay?”
A few weeks later, Dad
13 our phone conversation with the words, “Paul, I love you.” I was at work during this conversation and the
14 was (were) rolling down my cheeks as I finally “
15 ” the love. As we both sat there in tears, we
16 that this special moment had taken our father and son
17 to a new level.
A short while after this special moment, my father
18 escaped death from the following heart surgery. Many times since his return to the usual state of health, I have
19 , if I did not take the first step and Dad did not
20 the surgery, I would have never heard him say those words.
| 小题1: | | A．speaks | B．says | C．offers | D．provides |
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| 小题2: | | A．man | B．mother | C．child | D．father |
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| 小题3: | | A．easy | B．possible | C．delighted | D．difficult |
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| 小题4: | | A．forget | B．remember | C．mind | D．decide |
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| 小题7: | | A．Before | B．After | C．When | D．Since |
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| 小题8: | | A．phone | B．email | C．letter | D．record |
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| 小题9: | | A．smile | B．voice | C．cry | D．silence |
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| 小题10: | | A．same | B．difficult | C．true | D．similar |
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| 小题11: | | A．hope | B．know | C．wonder | D．doubt |
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| 小题12: | | A．crazily | B．delightedly | C．nervously | D．terribly |
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| 小题13: | | A．concluded | B．disturbed | C．broke | D．carried |
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| 小题14: | | A．hairs | B．water | C．sweat | D．tears |
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| 小题15: | | A．understood | B．expressed | C．heard | D．saw |
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| 小题16: | | A．discussed | B．considered | C．believed | D．realized |
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| 小题17: | | A．decision | B．development | C．relationship | D．situation |
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| 小题18: | | A．narrowly | B．easily | C．unlikely | D．generally |
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| 小题19: | | A．said | B．thought | C．dreamed | D．apologized |
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| 小题20: | | A．think | B．fight | C．fail | D．Survive |
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