Question

There was a time when I thought my dad didn’t know how to be a good father. I couldn’t   16   him ever saying the words “I love you.” It seems to me his only purpose in life was to say “  17  ” to anywhere I wanted to go and anything I wanted to do, including getting a   18  . Some parents bought their kids cars when they got their driver’s licenses. Not my dad — he said that I’d have to get a job and buy my own.

So that is what I did. I got a job at a very nice restaurant and   19   every penny I could and when I had enough to buy my car, I did! The day I brought that car home, my dad was the first one I wanted to   20   it off to. “Look, dad, a car of my own. If you ever want a ride, you only need to pay me five dollars.” I offered with a smile.

“I see,” was all he said.

One day, there was something wrong with my father’s truck. So he needed a   21   to work. The sun wasn’t even up when we left the house,   22   it was already getting warm out. It was going to be a hot day. As my dad got out of my car, I   23  him, dressed in his work clothes, getting his   24   from the truck (車尾箱) of my car. Watching his sun-weathered face, and even from a distance I could tell there were  25   lines than I ever remembered being there before. I realized how hard my dad works for the family. My father is a cement finisher(水泥修整工).

Suddenly, it came up with me that he actually got down on his hands and knees to sweat over hot concrete(混凝土) to make a living for his family. And he did this day in and day out,   26 hot it got. Never, not once, had I heard him   27   about it. To him we were “worth” it. And never once did he ask us to pay for it.

When he closed the trunk, his tools set off to the side, he walked over to my window to   28   me five dollars. I rolled down the window and said “Good-bye, dad. Keep your five dollars. It’s my __29__. Don’t work too hard. I love you.”

His eyes met mine, then glanced away in the direction of his waiting tools, he   30   his throat(喉嚨) and said, “Oh, and… me, too.”

1.A. like           B. remember         C. forget           D. care

2.A. Sorry        B. Yes              C. No                D. Well

3.A. car          B. friend           C. job                 D. present

4.A. spent        B. earned           C. kept               D. saved

5.A. take        B. put              C. turn                 D. show

6.A. ride         B. leave            C. trip                  D. hurry

7.A. as           B. although        C. but                   D. since

8.A. helped       B. followed        C. left                  D. watched

9.A. tools        B. clothes          C. luggage            D. bag

10.A. fewer        B. more           C. longer               D. less

11.A. whatever     B. whenever        C. wherever              D. however

12.A. talk         B. complain         C. ask                D. speak

13.A. hand         B. borrow           C. lend                  D. take

14.A. help         B. advice           C. treat              D. idea

15.A. cleaned      B. wiped            C. cleared             D. felt

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.D

5.D

6.A

7.C

8.D

9.A

10.B

11.D

12.B

13.A

14.C

15.C

【解析】

1.根據下文呢的意思可知答案為B，即從來未聽到父親講的這句話“I love you”

2.根據上下文的意思可知答案為C，從作者對于父親的抱怨可知。

3.根據后文內容Some parents bought their kids cars when they got their driver’s licenses.可知答案為A

4.根據文章意思可知答案為D，即攢錢的意思。

5.show it off to sb 表示向…展示，故選D

6.a ride to do sth ，意思為一個去做某事的順風車，故選A

7.根據前后句子意思的關系可知答案為C表示轉折關系。

8.根據上下文的意思可知答案為D，表示觀察的意思。

9.根據后文內容My father is a cement finisher(水泥修整工).可知答案為A

10.用more來突出父親工作的艱辛，故選B

11.根據意思可知答案為D，表示無論怎樣，故選D

12.complain about sth表示抱怨…，故選B

13.根據下文的內容可知答案為A，表示遞給我的意思。

14.it ’s my treat為固定詞組搭配，表示把你的錢拿回去。

15.clear the throat 表示親了親嗓子，故選C