I spend half of my life with my mother and the other half with my father.My father lives with a twenty-pound cat named Tofu.He ( 36 ) me his favorite daughter.I am his only child.
My father’s apartment is quite different from any other person’s living space.Except for my room,there is no ( 37 ).He doesn’t like sofas or any comfortable chairs,( 38 ) he has only a drawing table,a desk and his bed.
From my father’s studio window,you can see a large ( 39 ) of San Fransisco.I like to watch the ( 40 ) change in the bay when the sun is setting.He spends a lot of time ( 41 ) on the studio floor.That’s ( 42 ) he thinks,he says.He has a big kitchen,and ( 43 ) the refrigerator is an old clock he winds every week for good luck.The last time the clock stopped,my father’s car was towed(被拖走) and ( 44 ) other terrible things happened,so he has become very superstitious.When he goes out of town,he ( 45 )someone to feed Tofu and wind the clock so it won’t stop.
The one thing he has plenty of is house rules.You have to ( 46 ) your shoes when you come in.He won’t allow anyone who wears a baseball cap into his house.Every time I go to stay at his house,he makes up ( 47 ) rule.”House rule number 579,no television grograms with laugh tracks!”he will say.But then he can ( 48 ) remember the numbers,so they change constantly.
The rule that he always enforces is the one that ( 49 ) me to write a two-page essay ( 5 0 ) I want something.He didn’t speak English until he was sixteen,and he had a hard time learning to write it,so he wants me to become a good ( 51 ) at an early age.This ritual started when I asked him if I could have my ears pierced(穿孔) when I was nine.He said I couldn’t do it until I was thirty-five.But I kept ( 52 ) him,and he finally said that if I wrote an essay and I could ( 53 ) him in writing why I wanted holes ( 54 ) my ears，maybe he would say okay.I wrote my first essay for my father,and after one month of writing and rewriting,he finally gave me his ( 55 )
36.A.named B.let C.hoped D.called
37.bookshelf B.furniture C.TV sets D.room
38.A.but B.then C.so D.for
39.A.part B.view C.beauty D.kind
40.A.boats B.colors C.buildings D.fishes
41.A.lying B.sleeping C.waking D.reading
42.A.when B.how C.why D.what
43.A.over B.under C.on top of D.at the bottom of
44.A.no B.a lot C.some D.every
45.A.hires B.lets C.hopes D.allowed
46.A.put up B.take down C.put on D.take off
47.A.the same B.a new C.a modern D.a bad
48.A.never B.always C.almost D.still
49.A.requests B.requires C.reminds D.encourages
50.A.anytime B.next time C.some time D.the first time
51.A.speaker B.girl C.learner D.writer
52.A.telling B.asking C.calling D.making
53.A.explain B.suggest C.persuade D.believe
54.A.in B.on C.by D.up
55.A.permission B.judgement C.encouragement D.action