For 52 years my father got up every morning at 5:30 a.m., except Sunday, and went to work. I__41__saw my father home from work ill. He had no hobbies, __42__taking care of his family.

For 22 years, __43__I left home for college, my father__44__me every Sunday at 9:00 a.m.. He was always interested in my__45__,or how my family was doing, and I never once heard him__46__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__47__my first house, my father, 67 years old, spent three days__48__my house. He would not__49__me to pay someone to have it done. All he __50__was a cup of tea, a paint brush and to talk to him. But I was too__51__.I had a law practice to run, and I could not take__52__to hold the brush, or talk to my father.__53__things happened several times later.

The morning on Sunday. January 16, 1996, my father telephoned me__54__,this time from my sister’s home in Florida. But the__55__came again at 4:40 p.m. that day. My father was in the__56__in Florida with an aneurysm (动脉瘤)．I got on an airplane__57__, and on the way, I__58__of all the times I had not taken the time to talk to my father. I determined that when I arrived, I would__59__for the lost time, and have a nice long talk with him.

I arrived in Florida at 11:30 p.m., my father had__ 60__at 9:12 p.m.. This time it was he who did not have time to talk, or to wait for me.

小题1:.

．

A．ever　

B．never

C．always

D．often小题2:.

．

A．except

B．rather than

C．more than

D．or rather小题3:.

A．because

B．before

C．although

D．since小题4:.

．

A．visited

B．praised

C．telephoned

D．met小题5:.

．

A．work

B．life

C．study

D．plan小题6:.

．

A．worry

B．care

C．talk

D．look小题7:.

．

A．built

B．found

C．bought

D．sold小题8:.

．

A．repairing

B．painting

C．cleaning

D．decorating小题9:.

．

A．teach

B．order

C．force

D．allow小题10:.

A．asked

B．kept

C．ordered

D．served小题11:.

．

A．smart　　

B．upset

C．busy

D．tired小题12:.

．

A．practice

B．task

C．tea

D．time小题13:.

．

A．Different

B．Similar

C．Funny

D．Strange小题14:.

．

A．as usual

B．in pain

C．casually

D．finally小题15:.

A．call

B．moment

C．situation

D．scene小题16:.

．

A．church

B．school

C．home

D．hospital小题17:.

．

A．immediately

B．happily

C．gradually

D．carefully小题18:.

．

A．heard

B．spoke

C．thought

D．demanded小题19:.

．

A．take up

B．make up

C．turn up

D．put up小题20:.

．

A．started out

B．given in

C．passed away

D．come back