Hello , I’m Meg . I’m 12 years ____1____ . I have a brother ____2____ a sister . My brother is nine and my sister is ____3____ four . I like hamburgers and salad . My brother likes ____4____ and my sister likes ice cream . We ____5____ a small sports collection . We ____6____ like tennis . Today is my ____7____ birthday . It’s January 21^st . There’s a big cake ____8____ the table . How ____9____ is it ? Do you know ? It’s seven ____10_____ . We love our mother .

A traveler came out of the airport．There were a lot of t   1  ．He asked every taxi driver’s name．Then he took the third o  2  ．It cost 5 dollars from the a  3   to the hotel．

“How m  4   does it cost for the whole day?” the man asked．“l00 dollars．” a  5   the taxi driver．This was very expensive，b  6   the man said it was OK．

The taxi driver t  7   the man everywhere．He showed him all the parks and gift shops in the city．In the e  8   they went back to the hotel．The traveler gave the d  9   1000 dollars and said，“What a  10   tomorrow?” “It’s another l00 dollars，”said the taxi driver．But the traveler said，“That’s OK! See you t  11  ．” The taxi driver w  12   very pleased．

The n  13   day the taxi driver took the traveler everywhere again．They v  14   all the parks and gift shops again，and in the evening they went back to the h  15  ．The man gave the taxi driverl00 dollars again and said，“I’m going home tomorrow．”The taxi driver was s  16   because he liked the traveler，and above all，100 dollars a day w  17    a lot of money．“So you’re going home．Where do you come from?” he asked．“I come from New York!” said the traveler．I have a sister in New York．H  18    name is Susanna．Do you know her?” the taxi driver asked．“Of c  19   I know her．She gave me 200 dollars f  20   you!”．

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 (车尾箱) 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(喉咙) 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