完形填空题
I still remember father spent plenty of time teaching me how to pronounce a word, how to understand something that I saw for the first time and how to be polite to others. And I will never 1 one sentence my father used to say to me, “I love you, son. Say you love me, son.” Naturally, I would scream, “I love you, Dad.”
When I was growing up, I found that I had little in 2 with my father gradually. Sometimes we often argued about something sharply and then the argument changed into a quarrel(争吵）. I knew there was a gap between us. I didn’t 3 hearing the words “I love you” from my father the last time. To tell you the truth, I couldn’t honestly remember when I had last said those words to him, either.
Now father was in hospital. The doctor said it was 4 and he needed an operation at once, 5 he wasn’t sure whether my father was able to survive (幸免于, 经受得住) it. Everything in my childhood 6 in my mind. Then I called and said, “Dad, I love you!”
There was a 7 at the other end and he replied coldly, “Well, I love you, too!”
I cried and said, “Dad, I know you love me, and when you are 8 , I know you will say what you want to say.”
Fifteen minuets later my mother called and nervously asked, “Paul, is everything OK?”
A few weeks later, I was working when I received my father’s call, “Paul, I love you.” I was so 9 that my tears rolled down my cheeks. Perhaps both of us 10 that this special moment had taken our relationship to a new level.
A short while after this special moment, my father finally narrowly escaped death following the heart operation. I can’t 11 that if I did not take the first 12 and Dad did not survive the surgery, what kind of life I would lead now.
1. A. forget B. practice C. understand D.say
2. A. heart B. manner C. common D.danger
3. A. expect B. remember C. enjoy D. think
4. A. difficult B. serious C. important D.sad
5. A. but B. because C. so D. and
6. A. appeared B. opened C. kept D.reached
7. A. happiness B. surprise C. silence D. luck
8. A. free B. ready C. happy D.excited
9. A. touched B. bored C. encouraged D.educated
10. A. required B. realized C. reported D.got
11. A. conclude B. infer C. imagine D.decide
12. A. advice B. step C. word D.world