Question

     When l was younger, I thought that boys and grown men shouldn't cry. Tears were a sign  of being weak  which a man  isn't  36  to be.

     However, just last June, I  37  that courage isn't all about trying to keep all  the pain inside and trying to hide the   38   

     My 18-year-old sister had eloped (私奔) and then  I saw how  39  my father's heart was. We were used to seeing him as a(an)   40   father.

     For three days he wouldn't talk. He would just sit quietly outside our house in the   41    On the fourth night,  I sat beside him and asked him to tell me what he felt about    42    .

     It had been years since I laid my hand on my father's shoulder as we have drifted (疏远)further and further apart while I was   43   . That night though, I sensed my father trying to   44   his pain and I wanted him to be able to let it out. We had all cried over what happened except him.

     The simple   45  and my words, "Dad, it's not your fault. " broke my father's  46   In the  darkness, he began to cry. I   47  his shoulders shaking as he whispered,"  48    did I go wrong?  All I ever wanted was for my children to grow up   49    Why couldn't your sister wait?"

     I understood then why he   50   to be in the dark.  51   being there, he had hoped not to spare his   52   a father's pain. His tears,   53   we hadn't seen them before that night, were there   all the same.

     I saw his   54   , that night when my father cried with my hand on his shoulder, and 55   his  pain.

 

36. A. supposed	B. likely	C. suitable	D. glad
37. A. believed	B. wondered	C. discovered	D. cared
38. A. secrets	B. tears	C. opinions	D. qualities
39. A. weak	B. sweet	C. warm	D. simple
40. A. hard-working	B. easy-going	C. kind-hearted	D. strong-willed
41. A. room	B. dark	C. garden	D. eye
42. A. something	B. nothing	C. anything	D. everything
43. A. running away	B. giving in	C. growing up	D. turning round
44. A. forget	B. control	C. reduce	D. prove
45. A. touch	B. idea	C. thought	D. feeling
46. A. heart	B. mind	C. dam	D. memory
47. A. noticed	B. felt	C. heard	D. imagined
48. A. How	B. What	C. When	D. Where
49. A. quickly	B. naturally	C. happily	D. right
50. A. preferred	B. managed	C. used	D. agreed
51. A. For	B. On	C. By	D. Of
52. A. family	B. children	C. function	D. experience
53. A. if	B. because	C. until	D. though
54. A. condition	B. pain	C. courage	D. trouble
55. A. remembered	B. understood	C. touched	D. respected

Answer 1

36．A     37．C     38．B     39．A     40．A     41．B     42．D     43．C     44．B     45．A

46．C     47．B     48．D     49．D     50．A     51．C     52．A     53．D     54．C    55．B