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When I was a child, my father had to do three jobs for a family of seven. Every time I saw him come back late, looking tired, I promised myself that some day I would show my 1 to my father for what he had done.
Over the next twenty years, my father worked hard to 2 our big family and suffered (遭受) a lot from a heart problem. One morning, my father's old car 3 and he asked me to pick him up after his medical examination. He had 4 refused when I offered to replace his old car. He said that he did not want something that he was unable to pay himself.
As he stepped out of the doctor's office, he looked unusually 5 . We drove in silence and he made me promise to keep the medical report as a 6 . I did this with a heavy heart.
At that time, I was 7 a new car. I asked my father to go with me to pick one out. 8 I started talking with the salesman, I noticed my father admiring a brown car. I 9 chose a white car. My father took one final look at the brown car and seemed kind of 10 before leaving I heard him muttering (嘀咕) to himself, "Really like that car. Wish I could 11 _ it
Several days later, I asked my father if he could go with me to pick up 12 new car. As we arrived, the salesman 13 him a key to his new car - the brown one - and explained that it was for him, 14 me. My father looked at me in great 15 . I explained it was my childhood promise and smiled at this man, who had given up everything for his family.
1. A. thanks B. dreams C. talents D. regrets
2. A. build B. save C. protect D. support
3. A. set off B. came back C. broke down D. went by
4. A. strongly B. rudely C. shyly D. happily
5. A. angry B. moved C. serious D. friendly
6. A. fact B. secret C. decision D. suggestion
7. A. testing B. designing C. checking D. expecting
8. A. Unless B. When C. Since D. Because
9. A. finally B. suddenly C. simply D. immediately
10. A. worried B. pleased C. sorry D. proud
11. A. borrow B. afford C. collect D. choose
12. A. my B. your C. his D. her
13. A. returned B. showed C. handed D. posted
14. A. to B. from C. with D. for
15. A. fun B. pain C. trouble D. surprise
1A 2D 3C 4A 5C 6B 7D 8B 9A 10C 11B 12A 13C 14B 15D