通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的四个选项中选择最佳的一项。
I still remember father spent plenty of time teaching
me how to pronounce a word, how to understand something that I saw for the
first time and how to be polite to others. And I will never __21__ one sentence
my father used to say to me, “I love you, son. Say you love me, son.” __22__, I
would scream, “I love you, Dad.”
When I was growing up, I found that I had little in
__23__ with my father gradually. Sometimes we often argued about something sharply
and then the argument changed into a __24__. I knew there was a gap between us.
I didn’t __25__ hearing the words “I love you” from my father the last time. To
tell you the truth, I couldn’t honestly remember when I had last said those
words to him, either.
Now father was in hospital. The doctor said it was
__26__ and he needed an operation at once, __27__ he wasn’t sure whether my
father was able to survive(幸免于, 经受得住) it. Everything
in my childhood__28__ in my mind. Then I called and said, “Dad, I love you!”
There was a __29__ at the other end and he replied
coldly, “Well, I love you, too!”
I cried and said, “Dad, I know you love me, and when
you are __30__, I know you will say what you want to say.”
Fifteen minuets later my mother called and nervously
asked, “Paul, is everything OK?”
A few weeks later I was working when I received my
father’s call, “Paul, I love you.” I was so __31__ that my tears rolled down my
cheeks. Perhaps both of us __32__ that this special moment had taken our
relationship to a new level.
A short while after this special moment, my father
finally narrowly escaped death following the heart operation. I can’t __33__
that if I did not take the first __34__ and Dad did not survive the surgery,
what kind of life I would lead now.
21. A. forget B.
read C.
understand D. practice
22. A.
Actually B.
Simply C. Naturally D.
Strangely
23. A. heart B.
manner C.
mind D.
common
24. A. fight B.
quarrel C.
question D.
discussion
25. A. expect B.
think C. enjoy D.
remember
26. A. risky B.
serious C.
important D.
difficult
27. A. but B.
because C. so D.
for
28. A. put B.
opened C. kept D.
appeared
29. A.
response B. pause C.
silence D.
surprise
30. A. free B.
ready C. happy D.
convenient
31. A.
touched B.
amused C.
encouraged D. shocked
32. A.
required B. realized C.
reacted D.
reported
33. A.
conclude B. infer C.
imagine D.
decide
34. A. effect B.
step C.
word D.
advice
