When I was a little girl, my father loved to play catch (接球游戏) with me. I wasn’t very good at it, _________ we would play anyway. He was always telling me “keep your eye on the ball” as I would not be able to _________ even the easiest of throws.
As I got older, we didn’t play catch as much. If I had a problem and would go to my father to ask for his _________, he would try to joke with me and say “keep your eye on the ball”. We would _______ laugh because usually that advice did not apply to (适用于) the problem, but he would try to make me smile.
My father became ill in 1995 when I was 23. There weren’t anymore _________, as he suffered from a stroke (中风). He could not speak. He could only mouth words, which were sometimes hard to _________. I seemed to be pretty good at reading his lips (嘴唇) after a while, even better than the nurses who were _________ him.
During one of our last conversations(谈话), I was telling him about a _______ I was having with my then boyfriend. Once again, I could read his lips: “Keep your eye on the ball.” We both smiled.
That was the last time I saw my father _________ he passed away.
Sometimes, all these years later, when I get in a __________ situation, I just tell myself “keep your eye on the ball”.
11. 12. 13. A.comfort | B.money | C.advice | D.information |
14. A.either | B.neither | C.all | D.both |
15. A.games | B.conversations | C.problems | D.smiles |
16. A.remember | B.record | C.understand | D.trust |
17. A.looking up | B.looking after | C.looking for | D.looking at |
18. A.story | B.problem | C.party | D.pet |
19. A.since | B.after | C.as | D.before |
20. A.stressful | B.surprising | C.wonderful | D.amazing |