题目内容
Everyone has his idol, so do I. I admire my father. He was a highly educated, intelligent gentleman. He could debate or discuss for hours on almost any topic and hold your _____ in the process. I thought there was nothing he wasn’t _____ to do.
A few days before my younger brother’s 7th birthday, Dad planned to assemble（装配）a new _____ as a special birthday surprise. After nearly an hour of _____ the instructions, Dad was still unable to ______ the new bike together. Later he _____ the paper of instructions, ____ up his tool box, and decided to take the bike back to the local toy store and pay extra ____ to have it correctly assembled there. ____ an idea came to him, as he called out to Lovett, the quiet little man who cut our grassland.
“Lovett, have you ever assembled a boy’s bicycle?”
As Lovett walked towards the bike, Dad handed him the _____. Lovett handed it back to him, saying, “No, thanks. I can’t read. When you can’t read, you have to _____.” Less than 15 minutes later, the new bicycle was _____ assembled, with no _____ parts remaining. Dad shook Lovett’s hand, patted him on the back, thanked him, and hid the bike.
On the night after my brother received his shiny new gift, Dad announced at the family dinner table what had happened several days earlier. He took great _____ in telling it over and over again — he used it as an example of thinking.
He did not refer to illiteracy（文盲）, but strongly taught us to use our _____ . The joke was on my father, ____ he was able to turn it into a learning tool, and I liked him even more after that incident. I also gained a new ____ for Lovett. To me he had_____been the old yard man who didn’t ______much, but after that day, he seemed to smile _____, even walk taller. It’s amazing what a real nod of approval can do to lift people up.
1.A. belief B. breath C. view D. attention
2.A. willing B. lucky C. able D. capable
3.A. toy B. bicycle C. computer D. boat
4.A. reviewing B. searching C. examining D. reading
5.A. bring B. get C. put D. work
6.A. went through B. turned to C. devoted to D. folded up
7.A. picked B. brought C. added D. set
8.A. effort B. money C. tax D. service
9.A. Since B. Then C. Thus D. Though
10.A. instructions B. routines C. tools D. orders
11.A. exchange B. learn C. think D. admit
12.A. partly B. largely C. hardly D. fully
13.A. major B. spare C. separate D. different
14.A. care B. action C. risk D. delight
15.A. heads B. resources C. knowledge D. hands
16.A. but B. or C. and D. so
17.A. relief B. regard C. respect D. reward
18.A. never B. ever C. always D. often
19.A. care B. say C. earn D. show
20.A. grayer B. colder C. weaker D. broader
, and even my garbage cans.