“I'm 2 tomorrow,” he said.

　　“I know.” My 3 was almost a whisper（低声）. I was 4 at myself for being so weak, but I wasn't about to cry.

　　“My 5 is early, so there is still 6 time to come to the airport,” he said. Seeing the 7 look on my face, he quickly added. “I promise（答应）I won't leave without saying goodbye.”

　　I tried to say 8 , but didn't. It's always 9 to keep quiet if you're about to cry. “You promised you wouldn't cry,” he said to me, thinking that I was close to 10 .

　　One afternoon, I was walking down the street when I saw my father's new car. I 1 to see my father, but to my surprise, I saw a young woman driving instead. “She stole my father's car.” I thought. So I quickly stopped a taxi and got in. I said to the driver, “Follow that new car 2 ” And I told him why.

　　The taxi driver had a car phone, and I asked him to call the police. Soon we heard the 3 of a police car and its loudspeaker. The police told the woman to stop her car. Our car came to a stop, too. I 4 right now and said to the woman, “It's not your car. It's my 5 ”

　　The woman smiled and said, “Oh. You're Mr Johnson's younger son, right? I've ever seen your photo at your father's office.”

A rich American went into a shop in London. He wanted very much __31___ a nice looking watch. He saw a watch and liked it __32_____much that he decided to buy it. But the owner of the shop insisted five hundred dollars for it. When the American was hesitating, a young man suddenly came into the shop, took___33__out of the owner’s hand and ran out with it. It all happened in few seconds. When the owner ran out ___34____the street, the young man was already disappearing among the people. The American went on. At the next corner, he saw ___35_____with the stolen watch in his hand. “Don’t you want to buy a fine watch, sir?” he asked in a low_____36____ , “It’s only a hundred dollars.”

“The young man doesn’t know _____37____saw him stealing the watch just now,” he thought. The American paid at once and went ___38______back to his room with the watch. He told his friend about the fine watch. His friend took a look at the watch and started laughing. He said, “You are ____39_____. The watch isn’t worth ___40______ten dollars. I’m sure the shop owner and the young man planned all this together.”

I stood in the doorway，watching my older brother carefully putting clothes into his bag．I coughed uneasily．Finally  1   that I Was there，Rocky turned toward me with a sad smile.

   “I’m leaving tomorrow．”He said．

   “I know．”My  2  was almost a whisper(低声)．I was angry at myself for being so weak, but I Wasn’t about to cry．

    “My  3  is early，so there is still enough time to come to the airport，”he said．Seeing the  4   look on my face，he quickly added，“I promise(答应)1 won’t leave without saying goodbye．”

    I tried to say  5  ，but didn’t．It’s always better to keep quite if you’re about to cry． “You promised you wouldn’t cry，”he said to me，thinking that I was close to tears(流泪)．

    I remember the day he taught me how to ride a bike．  6   I thought he was always right behind me，holding the seat to keep me from   7  ．I was happy with this，but he knew he couldn’t hold me up all my life． He told me that one day he would have to let go．

    His coughing stopped my thinking．What was left to say? How could I say  8  to the person who taught me everything?

    The next morning I  9  looked at my alarm clock, and I realized he had left

10  ago．We never even said goodbye．

    Goodbye，Rocky! Although he may have been many miles away，I knew he heard me，even if it was only an answer in his heart．

1．A．forgetting    B．realizing     C．watching    D．learning

2．A．voice         B．sound         C．noise       D．word

3．A．ship          B．flight        C．train       D．bus

4．A．surprised     B．excited       C．sad         D．happy

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

6．A．At 1ast       B．From now on   C．At first    D．So far

7．A．riding        B．running       C．walking     D．falling

8．A．goodbye       B．hello         C．yes         D．sorry

9．A．gave up       B．stood up       C．looked up  D．woke up

10．A．minutes       B．hours          C．days       D．weeks