【题目】I’m Jessica. Roland, my father, was a carpenter. When I was just a baby, I was so weak and sick that I had been in and out of the ________ for a whole year. The doctors were not ________ that I would live another year.
Taking care of me was ________, so our family was deep in debt. My father saw no ________ at the end of this tunnel. Then one day he saw a(n) ________ in the newspaper: “Security guards ________. $100,000 a year.” Without any hesitation, he ________ the number. The line was busy, but he kept calling and ________ got through. He was worried that the jobs were all ________, but they told him plenty of jobs were still available. And they would fly him to Iraq for his ________ in five days.
My father ________ it was dangerous; he might get injured or killed, but the money was too good; ________, the family would have full medical benefits, which would ________ me to get the care I needed. He said if he ________ the first year, he would probably sign up for a second year.
My mother was ________. She asked, “What if you get killed? What are we going to do ________ you?”
“You’ve got to think ________. Think about how well of we’ll be in two or three years after I bring back all that money. This is the ________ thing I could do for this family.” He said to my mom. Then my dear father ________ to Iraq five days later.
Roland, my beloved father, put all his heart to support our family just ________ he loved me, loved us.
【1】A. school B. hospital C. gym D. store
【2】A. aware B. content C. expert D. confident
【3】A. worthwhile B. expensive C. necessary D. desperate
【4】A. light B. fire C. wind D. traffic
【5】A. warning B. essay C. notice D. advertisement
【6】A. lost B. found C. wanted D. provided
【7】A. chose B. called C. discovered D. recorded
【8】A. finally B. easily C. actually D. quickly
【9】A. applied for B. taken C. given up D. declared
【10】A. study B. guidance C. goal D. assignment
【11】A. knew B. insisted C. suspected D. warned
【12】A. instead B. besides C. therefore D. otherwise
【13】A. convince B. persuade C. enable D. require
【14】A. survived B. failed C. recovered D. disappeared
【15】A. brave B. upset C. happy D. curious
【16】A. behind B. against C. without D. beyond
【17】A. positively B. carefully C. generally D. fairly
【18】A. simplest B. best C. cheapest D. toughest
【19】A. ran B. drove C. flew D. rode
【20】A. as if B. when C. in case D. because