1 . The other day a big, ugly, black bat found its way to my bathroom. I am what is known as “the man of the house”, so it was my_________, in fact my manly duty, to rid the house of the_________creature.
Being a man does not_________the fact that I am extremely_________of bats. All men, I think, sometimes have had that feeling of being_________in some male role. Sometimes it is something as simple as having to_________that you know something about car engines when the car won’t start. But sometimes the trap is a (n)_________one. Many men prefer to be something different from what society_________men should be. What these men want is the_________to be what they want to be.
As I came towards the frightening bat, I__________what would happen if I had simply told my wife that I wouldn’t do it. But I couldn’t do that! I__________opened the window, carefully lifted a broom and swept the bat out of the__________.
My wife was__________and my son thought I was a__________. They asked me how I had got rid of the bat, I started to tell them—but then__________. A man doesn’t talk of such things.
1. A.action | B.job | C.character | D.decision |
2. A.awful | B.lovely | C.magical | D.intelligent |
3. A.determine | B.prove | C.explain | D.change |
4. A.afraid | B.fond | C.tired | D.ashamed |
5. A.interested | B.trapped | C.involved | D.absorbed |
6. A.admit | B.expect | C.pretend | D.confirm |
7. A.difficult | B.accessible | C.small | D.visible |
8. A.forbids | B.thinks | C.predicts | D.refuses |
9. A.anxiety | B.promise | C.freedom | D.talent |
10. A.concluded | B.revealed | C.doubted | D.wondered |
11. A.eagerly | B.accidentally | C.slowly | D.violently |
12. A.car | B.engine | C.door | D.window |
13. A.pleased | B.shocked | C.embarrassed | D.amused |
14. A.friend | B.master | C.champion | D.hero |
15. A.escaped | B.stopped | C.continued | D.forgot |