1 . Growing up, I understood one thing about my dad: He knew everything. I asked him questions and he gave me _________. When I moved out on my own, I usually called him when something broke and I needed to know how to _________ it.
But then, eventually, I _________ him less. I got married, and my husband had the _________ I was short of. I didn’t know when it happened, but our _________ when I called developed into six words. Me: “Hi, Dad.” Him: “Hi, sweetie. Here’s Mom.” There would be a(n) _________ if my mum wasn’t at home. I _________ loved my dad, but I wondered at times if maybe he had already _________ everything I needed to know.
Then, this past summer, my dad said that he once spent a summer in college building boats. “You did?” I asked. I thought I knew everything about my dad. However, I never knew this. I _________ that in the past 40 years, I had focused on myself only. I felt a deep sense of __________.
A few weeks later, I called my parents. Dad answered. “Hi, sweetie. Here’s Mom.,” he said.
__________ to know more about him, I said, “Wait, Dad. How are you?” We __________ talking about a new battery he’d bought for his boat. To anyone else, it would sound like a __________ conversation between a dad and his daughter. But to me, it was novel and a new __________. I spent the first part of my life needing to talk to my dad. Now I talk to him because I __________ to.
1. A.reminders | B.reports | C.responses | D.reasons |
2. 3. A.knew | B.needed | C.missed | D.saw |
4. A.knowledge | B.resource | C.freedom | D.character |
5. A.arrangement | B.meeting | C.performance | D.conversation |
6. A.explanation | B.tension | C.silence | D.exchange |
7. A.certainly | B.usually | C.hardly | D.particularly |
8. A.acquired | B.shared | C.gathered | D.stressed |
9. A.proved | B.complained | C.guessed | D.realized |
10. A.shame | B.doubt | C.shock | D.pity |
11. A.Lucky | B.Eager | C.Ready | D.Happy |
12. A.aimed at | B.got through | C.stuck to | D.ended up |
13. A.normal | B.long | C.personal | D.serious |
14. A.advance | B.opportunity | C.beginning | D.agreement |
15. A.learn | B.want | C.promise | D.prepare |