题目内容
To increase his schoolteacher income, my dad worked as a shopping assistant. Dad could run his pencil down a long list of _______recording the prices of what customers bought and quickly arrive at the _______ sum, never getting the total cost wrong.
Later on, the store______, and Dad had another occupation as a taxi driver. His three _____ had one thing in common—they kept him in the public_______. He was so well-known that in any city in the USA he would meet someone he ______ in the first half hour.
My mother suffered from serious illnesses. _____ Dad taught all day and worked all evening, with all the ______ costs, there was not enough money for us to ______ a car. There was a bus he _______rode to and from the grocery store, but many times he ______money by riding his bike.
At that time I used to stutter (口吃) and had difficulty ______ the letter “R”. Dad would encourage me to _______ ahead about what I was going to say so I would be able to get it out without _________
I was always ______ that my father was a well-respected man. I used to think that being a teacher made him a ______ kind of person, but today I _______ that the most unusual thing about him was not his job, but the _______he kept going. The true ______always falls on those who always try their best to ______ their responsibilities and that’s what my father did.
1.A. names B. fears C. figures D. suggestions
2.A. small B. large C. considerable D. correct
3.A. closed down B. turned around C. broke down D. looked around
4.A. children B. jobs C. targets D. firms
5.A. opinion B. interest C. knowledge D. eye
6.A. taught B. knew C. cared D. served
7.A. If B. Since C. So D. Though
8.A. medical B. school C. test D. daily
9.A. drive B. share C. own D. rent
10.A. sometimes B. rarely C. frequently D. never
11.A. afforded B. made C. collected D. saved
12.A. writing B. pronouncing C. listening D. understanding
13.A. learn B. look C. think D. worry
14.A. doubt B. trouble C. shame D. questions
15.A. surprised B. tried C. proud D. certain
16.A. popular B. common C. special D. amusing
17.A. imagine B. guess C. occur D. realize
18.A. way B. idea C. time D. feeling
19.A. hope B. respect C. opportunity D. fortune
20.A. shoulder B. avoid C. exchange D. affect