There was a time when I thought my dad didn’t know a thing about being a good father. I couldn’t 41 him ever saying the words “I love you.” It seems to me his only purpose in life was to say “ 42 ” to anywhere I wanted to go and anything I wanted to do, including getting a 43 . Some parents bought their kids cars when they got their driver’s licenses. Not my dad ---- he said that I’d have to get a job and buy my own.
So that is what I did. I got a job at a very nice restaurant and 44 every penny I could and 45 I had enough to buy my car, I did! The day I brought that car home, my dad was the first one I wanted to 46 to. “Look, dad, a car of my own. If you ever want a ride, I’ll only 47 you five dollars.” I offered with a smile.
“I see.” was all he said.
One day, there was something wrong with my father’s truck. So he needed a 48 to work. The sun wasn’t even up when we left the house, 49 it was already getting warm out. It was going to be a(n) 50 day. As I dropped my dad off, I 51 him, dressed in his work clothes, getting his 52 from the trunk (车尾箱)of my car. Watching his sun weathered face, and even from a distance I could tell there were 53 lines than I ever remembered being there before. I realized how hard my dad works for the family. My father is a cement finisher(水泥修整工).
In that instant, it 54 to me that he actually got down on his hands and knees to sweat over hot concrete to make a living for his family. And he did this day in and day out, 55 hot it got. Never, not once, had I heard him 56 about it. To him we were “worth” it. And never once did he “charge” us for it.
When he closed the trunk, his tools set off to the side, he walked over to my window to 57 me five dollars. I rolled down the window and said “Good-bye, dad. Keep your five dollars. It’s my 58 . Don’t work too hard. I love you.”
His 59 met mine, then glanced away in the direction of his waiting tools, he 60 his throat and said, “Oh, and… me, too.”
41．A．like B．remember C．forget D．care
42．A．Sorry B．Yes C．No D．Well
43．A．car B．friend C．job D．present
44．A．spent B．earned C．kept D．saved
45．A．when B．if C．because D．though
46．A．pay it back B．hand it over C．turn it up D．show it
47．A．pay B．charge C．offer D．provide
48．A．ride B．leave C．trip D．hurry
49．A．as B．although C．but D．since
50．A．ordinary B．hot C．work D．special
51．A．helped B．followed C．left D．watched
52．A．tools B．clothes C．luggage D．bag
53．A．fewer B．more C．longer D．deeper
54．A．happened B．seemed C．occurred D．appeared
55．A．whatever B．whenever C．wherever D．however
56．A．talk B．complain C．ask D．speak
57．A．hand B．pass C．lend D．take
58．A．help B．advice C．treat D．reply
59．A．hands B．smile C．voice D．eyes
60．A．cleaned B．wiped C．cleared D．felt
40．There are plenty of jobs______ in the western part of the country.
A．present B．available C．precious D．convenient
39．People try to avoid public transportation delays by using their own cars, and this ______ creates further problems.
A．in short B．in return C．in doubt D．in turn
38．_____for cheating in the exam, Tony was in low spirits.
A．Blaming B．Blamed C．To blame D．To be blamed
37．On average the fire drill is arranged twice a month in our school, to teach students how to deal
with dangerous_______.
A．states B．conditions C．situations D．positions
36．We had thought the examination would be difficult, but it _____ easy.
A．turned B．appealed C．appeared D．proved
35．I’d like to express our appreciation to you on______ of my family and myself.
A．advantage B．benefit C．side D．behalf
34．After he retired from office, Rogers ________painting for a while, but soon lost interest.
A．took up B．saved up C．kept up D．broke up
33．---Oh, you are here. Where have you been all this time? The plane is about to take off.
--- I’m sorry, but I _______ for you here at the reception desk.
A．waited B．had been waiting
C．was waiting D．have been waiting
32．At present teenagers prefer going to the net bar, _______as is known to some of them, they can chat with their friends or play games, _______ some more reading.
A．which; rather than do B．which; doing
C．where; to doing D．where; to do