It’s hard being an astronaut’s son. I   21  , everybody expects you to be special or   22  , and I’m just an average student, and I’m average, too, when it   23  basketball, football, soccer, and baseball.
     I often wonder   24  my father ever had a son like me. I mean he’s so  25  and so good at everything. So I used to dream about doing something spectacular(不平常的) to   26  my father and make him  27   me.
     In one class, my teacher  28   a Father’s Day essay contest for us and the winners’ essays would be read in front of all the parents and students. After school I walked home,   29   my father, who I would write about in my essay.
     He sat with me in the   30   when I was a little kid and had a nightmare. He   31   me with a new puppy at my eighth birthday party. He sat and tried to   32   death to me when Grandpa Bob died. To me, he wasn’t a world-famous astronaut, just my dad.
    I wrote about all these  33  in my essay.

One of our neighbors said, “I   34  you’ll win the contest, David. You're the only one in town who could write about being the son of an astronaut.” I  35  .

I hadn’t shown anyone the essay, but now I almost hoped I wouldn’t win. I didn’t want to win just  36  my father was an astronaut.

I won the second prize. When I finished reading my essay, the   37   applauded. I saw my father blowing his nose. I went back to my seat.
    Dad nodded to me,  38  his throat, and put his hand on my shoulder. “Son, this is the   39  moment of my life,” he said.
    It was the proudest moment of my life, too. Maybe I’ll never be a great hero or win a Nobel Prize, but just then, it was   40  just to be my father’s son.

 (甘肅省靜寧一中高三第二次模擬考試)

It’s hard being an astronaut’s son. I   21  , everybody expects you to be special or   22  , and I’m just an average student, and I’m average, too, when it   23  basketball, football, soccer, and baseball.
     I often wonder   24  my father ever had a son like me. I mean he’s so  25  and so good at everything. So I used to dream about doing something spectacular(不平常的) to   26  my father and make him  27   me.
     In one class, my teacher  28   a Father’s Day essay contest for us and the winners’ essays would be read in front of all the parents and students. After school I walked home,   29   my father, who I would write about in my essay.
     He sat with me in the   30   when I was a little kid and had a nightmare. He   31   me with a new puppy at my eighth birthday party. He sat and tried to   32   death to me when Grandpa Bob died. To me, he wasn’t a world-famous astronaut, just my dad.
    I wrote about all these  33  in my essay.

One of our neighbors said, “I   34  you’ll win the contest, David. You're the only one in town who could write about being the son of an astronaut.” I  35  .

I hadn’t shown anyone the essay, but now I almost hoped I wouldn’t win. I didn’t want to win just  36  my father was an astronaut.

I won the second prize. When I finished reading my essay, the   37   applauded. I saw my father blowing his nose. I went back to my seat.
    Dad nodded to me,  38  his throat, and put his hand on my shoulder. “Son, this is the   39  moment of my life,” he said.
    It was the proudest moment of my life, too. Maybe I’ll never be a great hero or win a Nobel Prize, but just then, it was   40  just to be my father’s son.

21. A. mean            B. say                    C. know                  D. believe

22. A. strange            B. honest                 C. perfect                D. formal

23. A. refers to         B. relates with             C. talks about          D. comes to

24. A. why             B. how                   C. whether                D. when

25. A. normal                B. funny                  C. special                 D. unique

26. A. shock            B. influence              C. attract            D. impress

27. A. proud of          B. interested in             C. satisfied with        D. ashamed of

28. A. reported          B. announced              C. claimed           D. warned

29. A. caring about       B. worrying about     C. thinking about        D. complaining about

30. A. silence          B. threat                  C. horror                 D. dark 

31. A. pleased            B. astonished               C. supported            D. encouraged

32. A. describe         B. explain                  C. declare                 D. remark

33. A. experiments        B. incidents              C. details            D.memories

34. A. wish              B. guess                  C. bet                    D. promise

35. A. smiled              B. nodded                 C. doubted             D. shrugged（聳肩）

36. A. because         B. if                      C. while                  D. as

37. A. parents        B. audience                  C. students                  D. teachers

38. A. cleaned             B. blew                   C. cleared                 D. opened

39. A. best           B. proudest                C. finest                  D. greatest

40. A. natural           B. ambitious                C. important             D. enough