I was in my home office on a cold Sunday when I heard a quick knock on the door. I _____ downstairs, threw open the door and saw my dad _____ something wrapped up in paper in his arms. Strangely, he had given no hint (暗示) of it when we spoke on the phone last night.
“Open it.” he said.
I opened it to find a yellow begonia (秋海棠). It occurred to me that it was Mother’s Day.
“But···but I’m not a mother.” I said, _____.
My dad smiled, “Well, some special people aren’t mothers. but I think they _____ to get flowers, too.” With that, he hugged me and drove off.
Later, I called to thank him and we got to talking a lot. That’s when he let me in on his little _____. He had decided that he would challenge himself to do one act of _____ per day. It had started several weeks before when he accidentally knew a friend of his was having a rough day. He knew she loved ice cream, so he drove straight to her house with a huge tub of ice cream.
“She laughed _____ when she saw it,” he said, “It really delighted me to know that I had _____ her day.”
When asked why, he added, “I already know about the importance of being _____ in the moment. So, I try to be there with each person I am spending time with. I want them to feel important and believe in the goodness in people in that moment.”
I realized my dad was making a difference in people’s lives. ______, I also want to be more like my dad, who goes out of his way to make people feel loved and cared for.
1. A.fell | B.waited | C.raced | D.looked |
2. A.shaking | B.pulling | C.holding | D.collecting |
3. A.annoyed | B.confused | C.worried | D.disappointed |
4. A.deserve | B.decide | C.promise | D.pretend |
5. A.celebration | B.joke | C.secret | D.excuse |
6. A.faith | B.courage | C.appreciation | D.kindness |
7. A.coldly | B.excitedly | C.proudly | D.nervously |
8. A.kept | B.spent | C.predicted | D.brightened |
9. A.present | B.healthy | C.patient | D.humorous |
10. A.Depressed | B.Inspired | C.Terrified | D.Astonished |