(2009届英语周报模拟四)
For 52 years my father got up every morning at 5∶30 a．m.，except Sunday，and went to work.I__1__saw my father home from work ill.He had no hobbies，__2__taking care of his family.
For 22 years，__3__I left home for college，my father__4__me every Sunday at 9∶00 a．m..He was always interested in my__5__，or how my family was doing，and I never once heard him__6__about his lot (生活状况) in life.The calls even came when he and my mother were in other states.
Nine years ago when I__7__my first house，my father,67 years old，spent three days__8__my house.He would not__9__me to pay someone to have it done.All he __10__was a cup of tea，a paint brush and to talk to him.But I was too__11__.I had a law practice to run，and I could not take__12__to hold the brush，or talk to my father.__13__things happened several times later.
The morning on Sunday.January 16,1996，my father telephoned me__14__，this time from my sister’s home in Florida.But the__15__came again at 4∶40 p．m.that day.My father was in the__16__in Florida with an aneurysm (动脉瘤)．I got on an airplane__17__，and on the way，I__18__of all the times I had not taken the time to talk to my father.I determined that when I arrived，I would__19__for the lost time，and have a nice long talk with him.
I arrived in Florida at 11∶30 p．m.，my father had__20__at 9∶12 p．m..This time it was he who did not have time to talk，or to wait for me.
1.A.ever B．never
C．always D．often
2．A.other than B．rather than
C．more than D．or rather
3． A.because B．before
C．although D．since
4．A.visited B．praised
C．telephoned D．met
5．A.work B．life
C．study D．plan
6．A.worry B．care
C．talk D．look
7．A.built B．found
C．purchased D．sold
8．A.repairing B．painting
C．cleaning D．decorating
9．A.teach B．advise
C．force D．allow
10．A.asked B．kept
C．ordered D．served
11.A.smart B．upset
C．busy D．tired
12．A.practice B．task
C．tea D．time
13．A.Different B．Similar
C．Funny D．Strange
14．A.as usual B．in pain
C．casually D．finally
15．A.call B．moment
C．situation D．scene
16．A.church B．school
C．home D．hospital
17．A.immediately B．happily
C．gradually D．carefully
18．A.heard B．spoke
C．thought D．demanded
19．A.take up B．make up
C．turn up D．put up
20．A.started out B．given in
C．passed away D．come back
15．As I waited for Mike to arrive，I________the clock and saw that he was late.
A．glanced at B．stared at
C．watched D．noticed
14．To our great________，Geoffrey’s illness proved not to be as serious as we had feared.
A．anxiety B．relief
C．view D．judgment
13．-I wonder if she will show up at the concert.
-She will.She is only too________to watch the famous conductor.
A．anxious B．proud
C．interested D．satisfied
12．________by the rising price of gas，many car owners use their cars less frequently.
A．Driven B．Being driven
C．To drive D．Having driven
11．He’s been________as judge in the State Supreme Court in California.
A．determined B．appointed
C．admitted D．assumed
10．Father together with his good friends was________to go out for a camp________it began to rain.
A．hardly；than B．around；as
C．about；when D．nearly；while
9．Before the final examination，many students have shown________of tension.Some have trouble in sleeping while others have lost their appetite.
A．signs B．marks
C．anxiety D．remarks
8．If you want to________in the world，you must learn to work hard while you are still young.
A．make much of yourself B．make the way out
C．make you out D．make your way
7．(2009年徐州二模)Hillary Clinton arrived in Beijing yesterday，________the start of her short visit to China.
A．marked B．having marked
C．marking D．to mark