摘要:My grandfather had a small farm and also worked as a factory laborer. He was well respected for honoring his 16 . That’s what made it so hard one autumn when difficult 17 closed in on him. When harvest time came, he’d 18 together his old one-row corn picker for the season. He had 19 to harvest a few ribbons of corn on a friend’s farm, 20 after harvesting his own corn, my grandpa’s little corn picker broke 21 . Then the chance of being able to help out his friend got even smaller; the factory where my grandpa worked began to 22 overtime. In order to keep his job there he had to leave the farm before dawn and didn’t get home until well after 23 . One autumn night, he and his wife sat at the kitchen table drinking black coffee, trying to 24 out a way. “There’s 25 you can do, said my grandma. “You’ll just have to tell him that you can’t 26 with the corn this year. “Well, that just doesn’t seem 27 for me, said my grandpa. “My friend is 28 on me. I can’t exactly let my friend’s harvest rot in the field, can I? “If you don’t have the 29 , you just can’t do it, she said. “Well, I could do it the 30 we used to do it. I could harvest it by hand, he said. “When do you think you’d have 31 to do it? she asked. “With the over-time you’ve been working you’d be up all night...besides it’d be too 32 . “I know one night could do it, he said. “There’s still one more full moon in October. As it 33 , the harvest moon had yet to pass. It’s called the harvest moon 34 it gives farmers more light and more time to collect their crops. So a few days later, after a long shift at the factory, my grandpa made his way to the field. The weather was cold but clear, and the moon was brilliant. He 35 through the night to keep his word. 16. A. field B. wife C. job D. word 17. A. situations B. friends C. results D. neighbors 18. A. mix B. add C. piece D. work 19. A. advised B. insisted C. promised D. refused 20. A. and B. but C. so D. or 21. A. down B. up C. out D. in 22. A. consider B. cancel C. reduce D. require 23. A. midnight B. lunch C. sunset D. sunrise 24. A. figure B. give C. turn D. put 25. A. something B. nothing C. anything D. everything 26. A. compete B. agree C. deal D. help 27. A. special B. suitable C. strange D. natural 28. A. living B. looking C. depending D. focusing 29. A. instruction B. information C. equipment D. permission 30. A. way B. idea C. thought D. spirit 31. A. mind B. trouble C. time D. courage 32. A. expensive B. dark C. late D. cold 33. A. believed B. happened C. seemed D. concluded 34. A. where B. when C. though D. because 35. A. worked B. slept C. walked D. drove

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Returning from a trip overseas, I sensed that something was wrong between Keith, one of my two sons, and me. So I asked him, “Keith, have I done anything that really __1__your feeling?”

Immediately, he said, “Yes. Last Christmas you promised us a special    2    that I really wanted but you never gave it to me.”

       The    3   was that I’d completely forgotten about it. I   4     , “Is there anything else I’ve done wrong, but didn’t apologized for?”

Again, his   5    was immediate, “Remember last Christmas when Mom said you had to go to the  6    because Stephen was going to be born? You left us at home and  7        in a hurry. Remember?”

“Well, you left and forgot the suitcase.” I couldn’t believe he  8     all the details! “After you came back from the hospital you were  9    . When you got home, the suitcase had been opened and everything had been thrown all over the place, and you   10   me.”

“And you didn’t do it?” I asked.

“No, I didn’t . I was just searching for my gift.”

My heart sank. I felt  11    . I hugged Keith and asked him to  12     me. His Honesty made me think of our other son, Kevin. Maybe I’d hurt his feelings, too. I went to ask him the same question. Kevin’s answer was as immediate as his  13    , “Last Christmas you promised us a special toy, but you forgot about it.”

Though Christmas had passed, I took my two sons to the store that day and bought them what I had promised. The  14    thing wasn’t the toy. The problem was I’d made a promise too  15     and didn’t keep it as their father.

A.showed            B.hurt         C.attended      D.expressed

A.candy             B.book           C.picture       D.toy

A.challenge          B.message      C.idea         D.fact

A.complained       B.apologized    C.continued      D.explained

A.suggestion         B.answer          C.memory        D.blame

A.hospital        B.church           C.school       D.garden

A.settled down      B.went on       C.set off       D.got up

A.knew             B.imagined     C.discovered      D.remembered

A.angry          B.worried         C.happy         D.satisfied

A.praised           B.punished     C.helped          D.educated

A.terrible            B.hopeless        C.inspired       D.encouraged

A.support           B.criticize      C.suspect        D.forgive

A.mother           B.brother       C.sister          D.father

A.strange           B.interesting     C.important     D.difficult

A.lightly           B.rudely          C.equally         D.truly

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