I grew up in a community called Estepona. I was 16 when one morning, Dad told me I could drive him into a   31  village called Mijas, on condition that I took the car in to be   32  at a nearby garage. I readily accepted. I drove Dad into Mijas, and   33  to pick him up at 4 pm, then dropped off the car at the   34 . With several hours to spare. I went to a theater.   35 , when the last movie finished, it was six. I was two hours late!
I knew Day would be angry if he   36  I’d been watching movies. So I decided not to tell him the truth. When I   37  there I apologized for being late, and told him I’d   38  as quickly as I could, but that the car had needed some major repairs. I’ll never forget the   39  he gave me. “I’m disappointed you   40  you have to lie to me, Jason.” Dad looked at me again. “When you didn’t   41 . I called the garage to ask if there were any   42 , and they told me you hadn’t  yet picked up the car. ” I felt  43  as I weakly told him the real reason. A   44  passed through Dad as he listened attentively. “I’m angry with   45 . I realize I’ve failed as a father. I’m going to walk home now and think seriously about   46  I’ve gone wrong all these years.” “But Day, it’s 18 miles!” My protests and apologies were   47 . Dad walked home that day. I drove behind him,   48  him all the way, but he walked silently.
Seeing Dad in so much   49  and emotional pain was my most painful experience. However, it was   50  the most successful lesson. I have never lied since.

I grew up poor – living with six brothers, my father and a wonderful mother．We had   26  money and few worldly goods, but plenty of love and attention．I was   27   and energetic．I understood that no matter how poor a person was, they could   28   afford a dream．

My dream was to be a   29 ．When I was sixteen, I could crush a baseball, throw a ninety – mile – per – hour fastball．I was also   30  : my high – school coach was Ollie Jarvis, who   31  me the difference between having a dream and showing strong belief．One particular   32  with him changed my life forever．

It was a summer and a friend recommended me for a summer 33 ．This meant a chance for my first income – cash for a new bike and new clothes, and the   34  of savings for a house for my mother．The opportunity was attracting, and I wanted to   35   at it．

Then I realized I would have to   36   summer baseball to handle the work schedule, and that meant I would have to tell Coach Jarvis I wouldn’t be playing．I was   37   about this．

When I told Coach Jarvis, he was as  38  as I expected him to be．“You have your whole life to work,” he said．“Your   39  days are limited．You can’t afford to waste them．”

I stood before him with my head   40  , trying to think of how to explain to him why my dream of buying my mom a house and having money in my pocket was worth  41   his disappointment in me．

“How much are you going to make at this job?” he demanded．

“$ 3．25 an hour,” I replied．

“Well, is $ 3．25 an hour the price of a   42  ?” he asked．

That   43  laid bare for me the difference between wanting something right now and having a goal．I devoted myself to   44   that summer, and within the year I was offered a $ 20,000 contract．I signed with the Denver Broncos in 1984 for $ 1．7 million, and bought my mother the   45  of my dreams．

I stepped out of the hospital. My heart was filled with sadness and regret. My former best friend, Faith, had just ___21____.

She was only 16. ____22___, she was diagnosed with a terrible cancer in her right breast. Before her last breath we, who were so ____23___ to her, gathered around her side, ____24___ to hold back our tears and ___25____ her. Everyone wanted to give her their last ___26___, but people were just so choked up.

After that moment of deep ___27___. I was asked to help go through Faith’s things. Arranging her drawers, I suddenly discovered an ___28____ letter with the title “ My last words”.

I opened it slowly, checked the date and began to read the letter. The happy girl we had been with us was___29__ not as optimistic as we thought. She kept ___30____ until she couldn’t hold it in any more. But she had a beautiful imagination and great ambition.

In her ___31____ letter, she mentioned her dreams, her family and her shock in finding the ___32___. From her words I could see that she had left us with too many words unsaid and too many deeds undone. I am __33___ that she would have reached her goals and achieved her dreams ___34____ only God had given her some more time. 

There is a saying that says fate is fair to everybody. But I just can’t help rejecting that ___35___. Faith, who had been a wonderful person and had great plans, had died before achieving her final dreams. It is time that ___36___ her from reaching her biggest moment. Why did ____37____ treat her unfairly？

Life is so short and precious that everyone should ____38____ it. Fate is unfair, which has become a motivation for me I have become bent on continuing my dreams and ___39____ never to give up. I will no longer waste ____40____ or complaint. I am going to get right down to working with all my strength.[

21. A. run away              B. passed away          C. gone by               D. walked away

22. A. Unfortunately          B. Unreasonably         C. Suddenly              D. Truly

23. A. thankful               B. polite               C. dear                  D. friendly

24. A. failing                B. tending              C. trying                D. deciding

25. A. educate        B. comfort             C. leave                  D. support

26. A. words         B. demands             C. instructions            D. wishes

27. A. silence           B. thought             C. feeling                 D. sorrow

28. A. unopened      B. unfinished           C. untouched             D. unlocked\

29. A. obviously      B. actually             C. simply                D. slightly

30.A.still              B. modest              C. calm                 D. silent

31.A.first             B. next                 C. last                   D. former

32.A. letter            B. danger               C. disease               D. problem

33.A. afraid            B. eager               C. anxious               D. sure

34.A.because           B. when               C. though                D. if

35.A.promise           B. dream               C. sentence               D. belief

36.A. discouraged       B. protected            C. stopped                D. held

37.A.history            B. fate                C. fact                   D. illness

38.A. value             B. mind               C. share                  D. hold

39.A. made             B. told                C. determined             D. promise

40.A. energy           B. strength            C. money                 D. time

Tears went out of my eyes when I talked to my parents on the phone. What were they doing when I   26   them? This is what I want to know most. I had supper at five in the dining room. There is no need for me to cook and wash the dishes.   27  , now it is the   28   time for my parents. Dad works from seven in the morning to nine in the evening.   29  , all of the housework is   30   to my mum alone. She also has to work in the vineyard(葡萄园)   31   her own job.

Every day she   32   at 4 o’clock in the morning, and then works till dark. One day I called her at 7:30 in the evening. She told me she was   33   in the vineyard and hadn’t had supper yet. Tears ran down my cheeks. 

Dear mum, I’ll study hard in the university because I am your   34  . I’ll look after myself because I am   35   to you. I promise you so much but I   36   want you to promise me you will tend （照顾）yourself and Dad because you are like my blood. I cannot   37   without you.

Mum has ever said that the happiest time for Dad and her is when my sister and I come home. We play cards in the room, watch TV or do   38   else we like, with Dad and Mum   39   delicious food in the kitchen. It is   40   the happiest time for me. I could   41   all the difficulties and unhappiness. The   42   thing to do is to enjoy the time with my parents.

　　  43  , sometimes, doesn’t need many words. Love your parents as they love you. Give them a   44   and tell them you   45   them.

26. A. missed              B. met                  C. called              D. saw

27. A. However           B. Indeed             C. Instead            D. Anyway

28. A. happiest        B. busiest             C. hardest            D. easiest

29. A. Actually             B. Therefore        C. Generally        D. Unfortunately

30. A. passed             B. handed            C. returned          D. left

31. A. but                 B. except              C. without             D. besides

32. A. wakes up          B. gets up            C. comes home    D. gets back

33. A. yet                B. already              C. even                D. still

34. A. wish                  B. expectation   C. hope         D. desire

35. A. important          B. necessary        C. only                 D. single

36. A. just                   B. ever                 C. never               D. seldom

37. A. work                  B. study               C. play                 D. live

38. A. anything           B. everything       C. something       D. nothing

39. A. eating               B. enjoying           C. preparing        D. having

40. A. too                  B. also                 C. either               D. neither

41. A. avoid                B. escape         C. forget          D. hide

42. A. very                  B. last                  C. only                 D. best

43. A. Rest                  B. Play                 C. Love                D. Work

44. A. gift                    B. prize                C. present            D. call

45. A. remember         B. miss                 C. enjoy               D. have

The   16   picked up the thermos and poured some hot water into the tea-cup and placed it on the small table in front of his  17   , who were a father and daughter, and put the lid on the cup with a clink．Apparently  18  of something, he hurried into the inner room, leaving the  19  on the table．His two guests heard a chest of drawers opening and a rustling （飒飒响声）．

       They  20  sitting in the living-room, the 10-year-old daughter, looking at the flowers outside the window．The father was just about to take his cup when the  21  came, right there in the living-room．Something was hopelessly broken．

       It was the thermos, which had fallen to the floor．The girl looked  22  her shoulder at once, startled （吓一跳）,  23  ．It was  24   neither of them had touched it, not even a little bit．

       The sound caused the host to rush back from the inner room．He looked at the  25  floor and blurted out, “It doesn’t matter, it doesn’t matter!”

       The father started to say something．Then he muttered, “Sorry, I  26  it and it fell．”

       “ It doesn’t matter,” the host said．

       Later, when they left the house, the daughter said, “ Daddy, I saw your  27  in the windowpane （窗玻璃）．You were sitting perfectly  28  ．Why did you say…．”

The father  29  , “What then would you  30  as the cause of its fall?”

       “ It fell by itself．The floor is uneven （不平）．It wasn’t steady when Mr．Li put it there．”

       “It won’t  31  , girl．It sounds more  32   when I say I knocked it down．There are things people accept less the more you  33   them．The truer your story is, the less true it sounds．”

The daughter was  34  in silence for a while．Then she said, “ Can you  35   it only this way?”

       “Only this way,” the father said．

16．A．owner         B．host             C．guest            D．master

17．A．friends         B．neighbours         C．children           D．guests

18．A．knowing       B．remembering             C．hearing           D．thinking

19．A．thermos       B．cup               C．lid              D．tea

20．A．enjoyed       B．remained         C．imagined         D．hated

21．A．stranger        B．host             C．crash            D．noise

22．A．around         B．at               C．behind           D．over

23．A．staring        B．watching         C．shouting           D．crying

24．A．helpless       B．exciting          C．strange           D．terrible

25．A．broken        B．steaming         C．dirty             D．flooded

26．A．touched       B．used              C．hit              D．moved

27．A．face           B．shadow          C．reflection                D．action

28．A．calm          B．still             C．silent            D．straight

29．A．shouted        B．whispered        C．laughed           D．repeated

30．A．tell                 B．make            C．accept           D．give

31．A．do             B．suit               C．go              D．fit

32．A．comfortable    B．friendly          C．acceptable        D．agreeable

33．A．defend        B．support          C．discuss            D．argue

34．A．kept          B．shut             C．worried            D．lost

35．A．do             B．explain            C．make              D．manage