When I was a small boy my family was very poor. My father always used his savings to my mother to visit her parents who lived far away. There was just my younger brother and myself in the house. One evening Dad came home from and there was no food in the house, not a piece of bread. Although we were , my brother and I went to bed without eating anything. My father had no money, but I knew from the on his face that he could not let us have an empty stomach. He the house and about two hours later returned and quickly us up. He had in his hand two small potato pies, which he gave us to eat. I don't know where he got the but somehow he to get us something to eat. My father had not eaten and had worked all day he sat there with great satisfaction watching us eat. This has stayed in my mind and left more of an impression than any amount of he may ever have given me. At that moment, I felt happy knowing that he was there and would not let us . I guess the I am trying to make is that in difficult times it is not to show weakness but strength and character. If a is the cement (粘合剂) that holds a family together, then the father is that strengthens that cement. It is his values and and memories that have carried me forward and helped me to my own problems in life. In my own I have learned that it is the valuable time you spend with your children and the values you give to them that will remain with them always. 小题1: A．force B．encourage C．send D．teach 小题2: A．hospital B．work C．school D．shop 小题3: A．quite B．just C．only D．even 小题4: A．nervous B．hungry C．sleepy D．busy 小题5: A．worry B．pleasure C．disappointment D．surprise 小题6: A．cleaned B．observed C．left D．searched 小题7: A．brought B．put C．called D．woke 小题8: A．chance B．food C．support D．recipe 小题9: A．managed B．decided C．agreed D．waited 小题10: A．so B．or C．but D．and 小题11: A．normally B．always C．shortly D．softly 小题12: A．cost B．time C．salary D．money 小题13: A．suffer B．know C．leave D．cry 小题14: A．decision B．promise C．point D．apology 小题15: A．strange B．important C．difficult D．common 小题16: A．father B．brother C．sister D．mother 小题17: A．something B．anything C．everything D．nothing 小题18: A．words B．records C．actions D．failures 小题19: A．work out B．carry out C．run into D．look into 小题20: A．opinion B．home C．order D．turn