I was an angry adolescent in my first year of college . In my eyes , my father seemed to 41 me in no way .
One day we had a serious fight . I saw my father as 42 me and wanted to break free . 43 , he regarded me as disobedient and tried hard to keep his 44 on me . We both exploded in 45 . The situation was so unbearable that I 46 out of the house and took the bus to school . My mind raced with 47 thoughts about my father , fee
ling certain that no one in the world had ever had such a terrible father !
“ I am the son of an IDIOT ! How dare he interrupt my life and plans ! ” I wrote these words on a thought card , which served as a communication 48 as well as the admission ticket to the literature class of Dr. Simon , a unique excellent teacher with 49 teaching methods . Being ten minutes late , I 50 handed it to him and dashed into the classroom .
The next day , his comment on the 51 card struck me as if someone had punched me in the stomach . It read , “ Why not stop blaming and be responsible for yourself ? ” No one had 52 me to do so !
The 53 kept coming up over the next few weeks . As I again heard myself blaming my father for this or that , I asked myself , “ How long can you 54 blaming others for YOUR life ? ”
Gradually , my thinking 55 . It took over a year 56 people began to notice that I was taking responsibility for my own actions and feelings .
I was amazed at improvement of my grades and the 57 of number and quality of my friends . It was 58 astonishing how much smarter my father seemed . Fights with my father became less and finally disappeared for I learned to think of him as a loving man with good 59 , who just had no smooth ways to 60 me .
It all started with a question .
41. A. fear | B. surprise | C. please | D. deny |
42. A. motivating | B. controlling | C. betraying | D. teasing |
43. A. Meanwhile | B. Indeed | C. Moreover | D. Otherwise |
44. A. words | B. beliefs | C. authority | D. sympathy |
45. A. courage | B. shouts | C. passion | D. tears |
46. A. stormed | B. jumped | C. slipped | D. dropped |
47. A. respectful | B. mad | C. remarkable | D. funny |
48. A. ability | B. service | C. gift | D. tool |
49. A. extreme | B. outdated | C. revolutionary | D. unrealistic |
50. A. unwillingly | B. delightedly | C. gratefully | D. hurriedly |
51. A. returned | B. spare | C. blank | D. messy |
52. A. forced | B. challenged | C. ensured | D. permitted |
53. A. description | B. concept | C. quote | D. question |
54. A. get away with | B. get along with | C. get ahead of | D. get down on |
55. A. remained | B. changed | C. flashed | D. survived |
56. A. since | B. after | C. before | D. as |
57. A. appearance | B. decline | C. demand | D. increase |
58. A. hardly | B. usually | C. equally | D. strangely |
59. A. intentions | B. imagination | C. memory | D. suggestions |
60. A. accept | B. impress | C. entertain | D. guide |