My Forever Valentine我永远的“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 (红宝石). 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.
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小题2:B
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小题8:D
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小题10:A
小题11:D
小题12:C
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小题15:C
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小题20:D
提到情人节，人们可能马上联想到鲜花、巧克力以及年轻的恋人们。情人其实是一个古老而广泛的概念，包括所有我们深爱的人以及深爱着我们的人，比如我们的父母。
小题1:think of … as …是固定短语，意为“把……视为／看作……”。
小题2:该句大意为“我对情人节的记忆最早是从我六岁那年开始的。”
小题3:卡片上有父亲的签名。该选项从下文也可得到提示。
小题4:戒指上红玻璃象征／代表着我的诞生石——红宝石。
小题5:对一个六岁的孩子而言，红玻璃和红宝石没有什么不同。
小题6:表示佩戴首饰只能用wear。
小题7:世界上所有的卡片都不能超过它。
小题8:as在此处引导时间状语从句，意为“随着”。
小题9:give way to是固定短语，意为“为……所代替”。
小题10:该题可采用排除法，修饰巧克力不能用“可爱的；亲爱的；宝贵的”但可以用“最喜爱的”。
小题11:父亲的卡片是特殊的。
小题12:该句句意为“而我的感谢越来越成为一种敷衍的回应。”从上下文可知，此处是与以前相对比。
小题13:这些卡片看起来已经不是那么重要。
小题14:我想当然地认为情人节年年都有。
小题15:我把梦想和希望放在收到那些来自“重要的其他人”的卡片和礼物上。
小题16:来自父亲的贺卡似乎远远不能够（满足女儿的需要）。
小题17:父亲送我的最后一张卡片在提醒着我：父亲对子女的爱是多么特别又是多么重要。
小题18:父亲表达的是一种传统的爱。
小题19:该句句意为“这些事情永远不会消逝，就如同我对一位男子的记忆，他永远是我的情人。”这句话表达了女儿对父亲永远的怀念。
小题20:根据该句句意，stop doing sth.符合语境。