When I was growing up, I seldom heard the words “I love you” from my father. If your father never
1 them to you when you are a
2 , it gets more and more
3 for him to say those words as you get older. To tell you the truth, I could hardly
4 when I heard those words from my father. Neither could I remind when I had last said those words to
5 . I decided to
6 my shyness aside and make the first move.
7 hesitating for some time, in our next
8 conversation, I spoke out the words suddenly, “Dad ... I love you!”
There was a
9 at the other end. It wasn’t after a while did he awkwardly(笨拙地) reply, “Well,
10 to you!” I laughed and said, “Dad, I
11 you love me, and when you are ready, I know you will say what you want to say.”Fifteen minutes later my mother called and
12 asked, “Paul, is everything okay?”
A few weeks later, Dad
13 our phone conversation with the words, “Paul, I love you.” I was at work during this conversation and the
14 was (were) rolling down my cheeks as I finally “
15 ” the love. As we both sat there in tears, we
16 that this special moment had taken our father and son
17 to a new level.
A short while after this special moment, my father
18 escaped death from the following heart surgery. Many times since his return to the usual state of health, I have
19 , if I did not take the first step and Dad did not
20 the surgery, I would have never heard him say those words.
小題1: | A.speaks | B.says | C.offers | D.provides |
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小題2: | A.man | B.mother | C.child | D.father |
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小題3: | A.easy | B.possible | C.delighted | D.difficult |
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小題4: | A.forget | B.remember | C.mind | D.decide |
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小題7: | A.Before | B.After | C.When | D.Since |
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小題8: | A.phone | B.email | C.letter | D.record |
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小題9: | A.smile | B.voice | C.cry | D.silence |
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小題10: | A.same | B.difficult | C.true | D.similar |
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小題11: | A.hope | B.know | C.wonder | D.doubt |
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小題12: | A.crazily | B.delightedly | C.nervously | D.terribly |
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小題13: | A.concluded | B.disturbed | C.broke | D.carried |
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小題14: | A.hairs | B.water | C.sweat | D.tears |
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小題15: | A.understood | B.expressed | C.heard | D.saw |
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小題16: | A.discussed | B.considered | C.believed | D.realized |
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小題17: | A.decision | B.development | C.relationship | D.situation |
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小題18: | A.narrowly | B.easily | C.unlikely | D.generally |
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小題19: | A.said | B.thought | C.dreamed | D.a(chǎn)pologized |
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小題20: | A.think | B.fight | C.fail | D.Survive |
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