5.In a class I teach for adults,I recently did the"unpardonable."I gave the class homework!
The assignment (任務(wù)) was to"go to someone you love(36)Dthe next week and tell them you love them.It(37)Ato be someone you have never(38)Bthose words to before or at least haven't shared those words with for a long time."That doesn't(39)Dlike a very tough assignment,(40)Ayou stop to realize that most of the men were over 35 and were(41)Cin the generation of men that were taught that expressing emotions is not"macho (男子漢氣概的)."Showing feelings or crying (heaven forbid!) was just not done(42)Cthis was a very threatening assignment for some.
At the(43)Aof our next class,I asked if someone wanted to(444)Bwhat happened when they told someone they loved them.I fully expected one of the(45)Dto volunteer,as was usually the(46)A,but on this evening one of the men raised his hand.He appeared quite moved and a bit(47)B.As he unfolded out of his chair,he began by saying,"Dennis.I was quite(48)Cwith you last week when you gave us the assignment.I didn't feel that I had(49)Dto say those words to and(50)A,who were you to tell me to do something that personal?But as I began driving home my conscience (良知) started talking to me.It was telling me that I(51)Cexactly who I needed to say I love you to.You see,five years ago,my father and I had a heated( 。 52Aand really never resolved it since that one.We(53)Cseeing each other unless we absolutely had to at Christmas or other family gatherings.But(54)Bthen,we hardly spoke to each other.So last.Tuesday(55)DI got home,I had convinced myself.I was going to tell my father I loved him."
36.A.a(chǎn)fter | B.before | C.for | D.within |
37.A.has to | B.ought to | C.had better | D.can |
38.A.told | B.said | C.talked | D.spoken |
39.A.look | B.hear | C.listen | D.sound |
40.A.when | B.until | C.that | D.unless |
41.A.born | B.grown | C.raised | D.risen |
42.A.And | B.But | C.So | D.For |
43.A.beginning | B.end | C.middle | D.stating |
44.A.a(chǎn)nnounce | B.share | C.a(chǎn)nswer | D.a(chǎn)sk |
45.A.men | B.a(chǎn)dults | C.students | D.women |
46.A.case | B.thing | C.story | D.experience |
47.A.a(chǎn)fraid | B.shaken | C.terrible | D.worried |
48.A.happy | B.pleased | C.a(chǎn)ngry | D.satisfied |
49.A.everybody | B.nobody | C.someone | D.a(chǎn)nyone |
50.A.else | B.except | C.beside | D.besides |
51.A.thought | B.considered | C.knew | D.guessed |
52.A.disagreement | B.encouragement | C.disappointment | D.discouragement |
53.A.imagined | B.risked | C.a(chǎn)voided | D.escaped |
54.A.still | B.even | C.just | D.only |
55.A.by the time | B.a(chǎn)t the time | C.for the time | D.during the time |