There was a time when I thought my dad didn’t know a thing about being a good father. I couldn’t 36 him ever saying the words “I love you.” It seems to me his only purpose in life was to say “ 37  ” to anywhere I wanted to go and anything I wanted to do, including getting a 38 . Some parents bought their kids cars when they got their driver’s licenses. Not my dad ---- he said that I’d have to get a job and buy my own. So that is what I did. I got a job at a very nice restaurant and 39 every penny I could and 40 I had enough to buy my car, I did! The day I brought that car home, my dad was the first one I wanted to 41 to. “Look, dad, a car of my own. If you ever want a ride, I’ll only 42 you five dollars.” I offered with a smile. “I see,” was all he said. One day, there was something wrong with my father’s truck. So he needed a 43 to work. The sun wasn’t even up when we left the house , 44 it was already getting warm out. It was going to be a(n) 45 day. As I dropped my dad off, I 46 him, dressed in his work clothes, getting his 47 from the truck (车尾箱) of my car. Watching his sun-weathered face, and even from a distance I could tell there were 48 lines than I ever remembered being there before. I realized how hard my dad works for the family. My father is a cement finisher(水泥修整工). In that instant, it 49 to me that he actually got down on his hands and knees to sweat over hot concrete to make a living for his family. And he did this day in and day out, 50 hot it got. Never, not once, had I hear him 51 about it. To him we were “worth” it. And never once did he “charge” us for it. When he closed the trunk, his tools set off to the side, he walked over to my window to 52 me five dollars. I rolled down the window and said “Good-bye, dad. Keep your five dollars. It’s my 53 . Don’t work too hard. I love you.” His 54 met mine, then glanced away in the direction of his waiting tools, he 55 his throat and said, “Oh, and… me, too.” 小题1: A．like B．remember C．forget D．care 小题2: A．Sorry B．Yes C．No D．Well 小题3: A．car B．friend C．job D．present 小题4: A．spent B．earned C．kept D．saved 小题5: A．when B．if C．because D．though 小题6: A．pay it back B．hand it over C．turn it up D．show it off 小题7: A．pay B．charge C．offer D．provide 小题8: A．ride B．leave C．trip D．hurry 小题9: A．as B．although C．but D．since 小题10: A．ordinary B．hot C．work D．special 小题11: A．helped B．followed C．left D．watched 小题12: A．tools B．clothes C．luggage D．bag 小题13: A．fewer B．more C．longer D．deeper 小题14: A．happened B．seemed C．occurred D．appeared 小题15: A．whatever B．whenever C．wherever D．however 小题16: A．talk B．complain C．ask D．speak 小题17: A．hand B．pass C．lend D．take 小题18: A．help B．advice C．treat D．reply 小题19: A．hands B．smile C．voice D．eyes 小题20: A．cleaned B．wiped C．cleared D．felt