阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 Forgiving My Father I grew up on a small farm. My fat
英语试题 03-02
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Forgiving My Father
I grew up on a small farm. My father worked in the city as a welder (焊工). He was quiet, distant. He was a man made of leather and chewing tobacco who tried to teach me useful things, including respect. He also had a ___16___. I did not like him very much.
One day I came home from school. Once inside, I was told by my mother that he didn't feel well. His back hurt. Multiple myeloma, I ___17___, is a type of blood cancer. For the last year of my father's life, his entire day consisted of rising from his hospital bed in the living room and walking to his ___18___to sit and think. He was ___19___in that chair when I came home one day during the ninth grade. I do not remember where my mother and brother were, but the two of us were alone. He asked me to sit down.
What followed still ___20___me these decades later. He told me about his ___21___: his family growing up, what it was like in the Pacific during World War II, his loves, his heartbreaks. It was as if a pipe had ___22___, his inner self rushing out to me in a great flood. He had been speaking for maybe an hour or more when I realized that he was doing more than ___23___. He was asking to be ___24___. All it took was understanding that that was what he____25____, and I forgave everything, immediately.
When he died, I didn't ____26____to school for a few days. My biggest ____27____going back was gym class. It was poorly ____28____, and bullies ran the show. On my first day, I was standing there when a (an) ____29____voice yelled, ''Lensch! '' It was a guy who had given many of us a few lumps (包，肿块) over the years. I turned to face him and said, ''What do you want? '' The other boys didn’t say a word as they waited for the ____30____.
''I heard your dad died, '' he said. ''Is that true? ''
I quietly replied, ''Yes. ''
He didn't ____31____me. He didn't even move. Instead, he said, ''I'm sorry. ''
I was____32____. I'm sure I cried. Those two words are how I have remembered that kid ever since. What do you do when your ''enemies'' reveal that they are also ____33____? I think you either forgive and move ____34____or hold on to resentment (怨恨)and live in the past. I'm certainly not glad that my father got____35____, but at the same time, I realize that if he hadn't, I might never have come to love him.
16. A. temper B. taste C. fame D. nerve
17. A. meant B. doubted C. learned D. felt
18. A. bench B. chair C. bedroom D. balcony
19. A. predictably B. acceptably C. hopefully D. surprisingly
20. A. touches B. annoys C. educates D. encourages
21. A. life B. career C. youth D. achievement
22. A. burst B. leaked C. moved D. frozen
23. A. teaching B. telling C. supporting D. complaining
24. A. known B. forgiven C. mistaken D. forgotten
25. A. found B. received C. needed D. escaped
26. A. contribute B. adapt C. head D. return
27. A. relief B. favor C. lesson D. fear
28. A. understood B. prepared C. regulated D. attracted
29. A. angry B. warning C. pitying D. familiar
30. A. defeat B. quarrel C. miracle D. fight
31. A. punish B. beat C. disappoint D. scold
32. A. frustrated B. shocked C. thrilled D. frightened
Forgiving My Father
I grew up on a small farm. My father worked in the city as a welder (焊工). He was quiet, distant. He was a man made of leather and chewing tobacco who tried to teach me useful things, including respect. He also had a ___16___. I did not like him very much.
One day I came home from school. Once inside, I was told by my mother that he didn't feel well. His back hurt. Multiple myeloma, I ___17___, is a type of blood cancer. For the last year of my father's life, his entire day consisted of rising from his hospital bed in the living room and walking to his ___18___to sit and think. He was ___19___in that chair when I came home one day during the ninth grade. I do not remember where my mother and brother were, but the two of us were alone. He asked me to sit down.
What followed still ___20___me these decades later. He told me about his ___21___: his family growing up, what it was like in the Pacific during World War II, his loves, his heartbreaks. It was as if a pipe had ___22___, his inner self rushing out to me in a great flood. He had been speaking for maybe an hour or more when I realized that he was doing more than ___23___. He was asking to be ___24___. All it took was understanding that that was what he____25____, and I forgave everything, immediately.
When he died, I didn't ____26____to school for a few days. My biggest ____27____going back was gym class. It was poorly ____28____, and bullies ran the show. On my first day, I was standing there when a (an) ____29____voice yelled, ''Lensch! '' It was a guy who had given many of us a few lumps (包，肿块) over the years. I turned to face him and said, ''What do you want? '' The other boys didn’t say a word as they waited for the ____30____.
''I heard your dad died, '' he said. ''Is that true? ''
I quietly replied, ''Yes. ''
He didn't ____31____me. He didn't even move. Instead, he said, ''I'm sorry. ''
I was____32____. I'm sure I cried. Those two words are how I have remembered that kid ever since. What do you do when your ''enemies'' reveal that they are also ____33____? I think you either forgive and move ____34____or hold on to resentment (怨恨)and live in the past. I'm certainly not glad that my father got____35____, but at the same time, I realize that if he hadn't, I might never have come to love him.
16. A. temper B. taste C. fame D. nerve
17. A. meant B. doubted C. learned D. felt
18. A. bench B. chair C. bedroom D. balcony
19. A. predictably B. acceptably C. hopefully D. surprisingly
20. A. touches B. annoys C. educates D. encourages
21. A. life B. career C. youth D. achievement
22. A. burst B. leaked C. moved D. frozen
23. A. teaching B. telling C. supporting D. complaining
24. A. known B. forgiven C. mistaken D. forgotten
25. A. found B. received C. needed D. escaped
26. A. contribute B. adapt C. head D. return
27. A. relief B. favor C. lesson D. fear
28. A. understood B. prepared C. regulated D. attracted
29. A. angry B. warning C. pitying D. familiar
30. A. defeat B. quarrel C. miracle D. fight
31. A. punish B. beat C. disappoint D. scold
32. A. frustrated B. shocked C. thrilled D. frightened
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