My Forever Valentine我永遠的“情人”
Valentine’s Day was the time my father chose to show his love for the special people in his life. Over the years I fondly (天真的) thought   1  him as my “Valentine man”.
My first recollection of the   2  he could bring to Valentine’s Day came when I was six. That morning at the breakfast table I found a card and a gift-wrapped package at my chair. The card was   3  “Love, Dad” and the gift was a ring with a small piece of red glass to   4  my birthstone, a ruby (紅寶石). There is   5  difference between red glass and rubies to a child of six, and I remember   6  that ring with pride that all the cards in the world   7  not surpass (超越).
  8  I grew older, the gifts gave   9  to heart-shaped boxes filled with my   10__  chocolate and always included a   11  card signed “Love, Dad”. In those years my thank-you became   12  of a perfunctory (敷衍) response. The cards seemed less   13 , and I took for granted that the Valentine would   14  be there. I had   15  my hopes and dreams in receiving cards and gifts from “significant others” and “Love Dad” just didn’t seem quite   16 .
His final card remains on my desk today. It’s a   17  of how special fathers can be and how important it has been to me over the years to know that I had a father who continued a   18_       of love with simple acts of understanding and an ability to express happiness over the people in his life.
Those things never   19 , nor does the memory of a man who never   20  being my Valentine.
小題1:
A．ofB．a(chǎn)bout C．upD．over
小題2:
A．memoryB．magicC．puzzleD．presents
小題3:
A．readB．writtenC．shownD．signed
小題4:
A．recoverB．resembleC．representD．replace
小題5:
A．muchB．little C．greatD．less
小題6:
A．havingB．owningC．wearingD．watching
小題7:
A．couldB．did C．mustD．should
小題8:
A．BecauseB．SinceC．WhenD．As
小題9:
A．roomB．wayC．honourD．seat
小題10:
A．favoriteB．lovelyC．dearD．precious
小題11:
A．usualB．commonC．strangeD．special
小題12:
A．lessB．littleC．moreD．much
小題13:
A．importantB．beautifulC．familiarD．standard
小題14:
A．surelyB．a(chǎn)lwaysC．regularlyD．often
小題15:
A．letB．keptC．placedD．remembered
小題16:
A．suitableB．enoughC．effective D．sacred
小題17:
A．signalB．certificateC．consequenceD．reminder
小題18:
A．traditionB．hobbyC．habitD．custom
小題19:
A．loseB．dieC．missD．a(chǎn)ppear
小題20:
A．thoughtB．wantedC．triedD．stopped

小題1:A
小題2:B
小題3:D
小題4:C
小題5:B
小題6:C
小題7:A
小題8:D
小題9:B
小題10:A
小題11:D
小題12:C
小題13:A
小題14:B
小題15:C
小題16:B
小題17:D
小題18:A
小題19:B
小題20:D

提到情人節(jié)，人們可能馬上聯(lián)想到鮮花、巧克力以及年輕的戀人們。情人其實是一個古老而廣泛的概念，包括所有我們深愛的人以及深愛著我們的人，比如我們的父母。
小題1:think of … as …是固定短語，意為“把……視為／看作……”。
小題2:該句大意為“我對情人節(jié)的記憶最早是從我六歲那年開始的�！�
小題3:卡片上有父親的簽名。該選項從下文也可得到提示。
小題4:戒指上紅玻璃象征／代表著我的誕生石——紅寶石。
小題5:對一個六歲的孩子而言，紅玻璃和紅寶石沒有什么不同。  
小題6:表示佩戴首飾只能用wear。
小題7:世界上所有的卡片都不能超過它。
小題8:as在此處引導(dǎo)時間狀語從句，意為“隨著”。
小題9:give way to是固定短語，意為“為……所代替”。
小題10:該題可采用排除法，修飾巧克力不能用“可愛的；親愛的；寶貴的”但可以用“最喜愛的”。  
小題11:父親的卡片是特殊的。
小題12:該句句意為“而我的感謝越來越成為一種敷衍的回應(yīng)。”從上下文可知，此處是與以前相對比。
小題13:這些卡片看起來已經(jīng)不是那么重要。
小題14:我想當(dāng)然地認為情人節(jié)年年都有。
小題15:我把夢想和希望放在收到那些來自“重要的其他人”的卡片和禮物上。
小題16:來自父親的賀卡似乎遠遠不能夠（滿足女兒的需要）。
小題17:父親送我的最后一張卡片在提醒著我：父親對子女的愛是多么特別又是多么重要。
小題18:父親表達的是一種傳統(tǒng)的愛。
小題19:該句句意為“這些事情永遠不會消逝，就如同我對一位男子的記憶，他永遠是我的情人�！边@句話表達了女兒對父親永遠的懷念。
小題20:根據(jù)該句句意，stop doing sth.符合語境。
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