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| In the doorway of my home, I looked closely at my 23yearold son, Daniel. In a few hours he would be flying to France to __1__ a different life. It was a transitional (过渡的) period in Daniel's life. I wanted to __2__ him some words of significance. But nothing came from my lips, and this was not the __3__ time I had let such moments pass. When Daniel was five, I took him to the bus stop on his first day of kindergarten. He asked, "What is it going to be like, Dad? Can I do it?" Then he walked __4__ the steps of the bus and disappeared inside. The bus drove away and I said nothing. A decade later, a similar __5__ was played out. I drove him to college. As I started to leave, I tried to think of something to say to give him __6__ and confidence as he started this new stage of life. Again, words __7__ me. Now, as I stood before him, I thought of those __8__ opportunities. How many times have I let such moments __9__? I don't find a quiet moment to tell him what he has __10__ to me or what he might __11__ to face in the years that followed. Maybe I thought it was not necessary to say anything. What does it matter in the course of a lifetime if a father never tells a son what he really thinks of him? __14__ as I stood before Daniel, I knew that it did matter. My father and I loved each other. Yet I always __13__ never hearing him put his __14__ into words. Now I could feel my palms sweat and my throat tighten. Why is it so __15__ to tell a son something from the heart? My mouth turned __16__, and I knew I would be able to get out only a few words clearly. "Daniel," I said, "if I could have picked one, I would have picked you."That's all I could say. He hugged me. For a moment, the world __17__, and there were just Daniel and me. He was saying something, but tears misted my eyes, and I couldn't understand what he was saying. All I was __18__ of was the stubble (胡子茬) on his chin as his face pressed against mine. What I had said to Daniel was __19__. It was nothing. And yet, it was __20__. | |||
| ( )1.A.experience ( )2.A.show ( )3.A.last ( )4.A.along ( )5.A.sign ( )6.A.interest ( )7.A.failed ( )8.A.future ( )9.A.last ( )10.A.counted ( )11.A.think ( )12.A.But ( )13.A.wondered ( )14.A.views ( )15.A.important ( )16.A.blue ( )17.A.disappeared ( )18.A.sensitive ( )19.A.clumsy ( )20.A.none |
B．spend B．give B．first B．into B．scene B．instruction B．discouraged B．embarrassing B．pass B．meant B．want B．And B．regretted B．actions B．easy B．dry B．changed B．convinced B．gentle B．all |
C．enjoy C．make C．very C．down C．scenery C．courage C．struck C．obvious C．fly C．valued C．expect C．Instead C．minded C．feelings C．hard C．sweet C．progressed C．aware C．absurd C．anything |
D．shape D．instruct D．next D．up D．sight D．direction D．embarrassed D．lost D．remain D．cared D．wish D．So D．tried D．attitudes D．complex D．bitter D．advanced D．tired D．moving D．everything |