1 . I lay in bed, staring at the ceiling (天花板). I hadn’t been able to sleep _________ since Richard passed away a month ago. I was full of pain and _________ at not ever having told him how much I loved him.
Richard was my stepfather. When I was nine, Richard _________. Richard was a big guy with huge hands. But he was the gentlest _________ I’d ever meet. On weekends, we’d work together on home improvement projects and the three of us were _________.
One day, while working in the barn, Dad got a nosebleed that wouldn’t stop. When we took him to the _________, they told us it was internal bleeding from the blood thinners (稀释剂) he was on. It was only a (n) _________ of time. All we could do was make him _________.
I sat alone with him that day. He was _________, and we spent time talking about the barn, the horses and his truck. There was so much I wanted to say, and so much I wanted to hear from him __________. But it was hard for us to be open with our __________. It was the last time we ever spoke. Dad __________ a few days later.
As I was grieving (悲痛), suddenly, a birthday card from Dad __________ my eye, which was written for my birthday years ago. It said he loves me. Holding that, in tears, I assumed Dad knew how much he __________ to me. For the first time since Dad’s passing, I felt a heavenly peace, and finally I could __________.
1. A.curiously | B.actively | C.peacefully | D.shortly |
2. A.consideration | B.regret | C.anxiety | D.attempt |
3. A.called in | B.checked out | C.came along | D.kept up |
4. A.soul | B.worker | C.expert | D.neighbor |
5. A.cautious | B.polite | C.lucky | D.happy |
6. A.garage | B.hospital | C.school | D.museum |
7. A.matter | B.incident | C.plan | D.strategy |
8. A.healthy | B.secure | C.silent | D.comfortable |
9. A.refreshed | B.awake | C.excited | D.relieved |
10. A.in contrast | B.by the way | C.in return | D.on the contrary |
11. A.skills | B.emotions | C.gestures | D.instructions |
12. A.tensed | B.recovered | C.died | D.relaxed |
13. A.caught | B.absorbed | C.shook | D.interrupted |
14. A.signaled | B.clarified | C.promised | D.meant |
15. A.sleep | B.speak | C.entertain | D.work |