阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 Forgiving My Father I grew up on a small farm. My fathe
英语试题 08-15
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Forgiving My Father
I grew up on a small farm. My father worked in the city as a welder (焊工). He was quiet, distant. He was a man made of leather and chewing tobacco who tried to teach me useful things, including respect. He also had a 41 . I did not like him very much.
One day I came home from school. Once inside, I was told by my mother that he didn’t feel well. His back hurt. Multiple myeloma, I 42 , is a type of blood cancer. For the last year of my father’s life, his entire day consisted of rising from his hospital bed in the living room and walking to his 43 to sit and think. He was 44 in that chair when I came home one day during the ninth grade. I do not remember where my mother and brother were, but the two of us were alone. He asked me to sit down.
What followed still 45 me these decades later. He told me about his 46 : his family history, what it was like in the Pacific during World War II, his loves and his heartbreaks. It was as if a pipe had 47 , his inner self rushing out to me in a great flood. He had been speaking for maybe an hour or more when I realized that he was doing more than 48 . He was asking to be 49 . All it took was understanding that that was what he 50 , and I forgave everything, immediately.
When he died, I didn’t 51 to school for a few days. My biggest 52 going back was gym class. It was poorly 53 , and bullies (恐吓) ran the show. On my first day, I was standing there when a (an) 54 voice yelled, “Lensch!” It was a guy who had given many of us a few lumps (包，肿块) over the years. I turned to face him and said, “What do you want?” The other boys didn’t say a word as they waited for the 55 .
“I heard your dad died,” he said. “Is that true?”
I quietly replied, “Yes.”
He didn’t 56 me. He didn’t even move. Instead, he said, “I’m sorry.”
I was 57 . I’m sure I cried. Those two words are how I have remembered that kid ever since. What do you do when your “enemies” reveal that they are also 58 ? I think you either forgive and move 59 or hold on to resentment (怨恨) and live in the past. I’m certainly not glad that my father got 60 , but at the same time, I realize that if he hadn’t, I might never have come to love him.
41. A. temper B. taste C. fame D. nerve
42. A. meant B. doubted C. learned D. felt
43. A. bench B. chair C. bedroom D. balcony
44. A. predictably B. acceptably C. hopefully D. surprisingly
45. A. touches B. annoys C. educates D. encourages
46. A. life B. career C. youth D. achievement
47. A. burst B. leaked C. moved D. frozen
48. A. teaching B. telling C. supporting D. complaining
49. A. known B. forgiven C. mistaken D. forgotten
50. A. found B. received C. needed D. escaped
Forgiving My Father
I grew up on a small farm. My father worked in the city as a welder (焊工). He was quiet, distant. He was a man made of leather and chewing tobacco who tried to teach me useful things, including respect. He also had a 41 . I did not like him very much.
One day I came home from school. Once inside, I was told by my mother that he didn’t feel well. His back hurt. Multiple myeloma, I 42 , is a type of blood cancer. For the last year of my father’s life, his entire day consisted of rising from his hospital bed in the living room and walking to his 43 to sit and think. He was 44 in that chair when I came home one day during the ninth grade. I do not remember where my mother and brother were, but the two of us were alone. He asked me to sit down.
What followed still 45 me these decades later. He told me about his 46 : his family history, what it was like in the Pacific during World War II, his loves and his heartbreaks. It was as if a pipe had 47 , his inner self rushing out to me in a great flood. He had been speaking for maybe an hour or more when I realized that he was doing more than 48 . He was asking to be 49 . All it took was understanding that that was what he 50 , and I forgave everything, immediately.
When he died, I didn’t 51 to school for a few days. My biggest 52 going back was gym class. It was poorly 53 , and bullies (恐吓) ran the show. On my first day, I was standing there when a (an) 54 voice yelled, “Lensch!” It was a guy who had given many of us a few lumps (包，肿块) over the years. I turned to face him and said, “What do you want?” The other boys didn’t say a word as they waited for the 55 .
“I heard your dad died,” he said. “Is that true?”
I quietly replied, “Yes.”
He didn’t 56 me. He didn’t even move. Instead, he said, “I’m sorry.”
I was 57 . I’m sure I cried. Those two words are how I have remembered that kid ever since. What do you do when your “enemies” reveal that they are also 58 ? I think you either forgive and move 59 or hold on to resentment (怨恨) and live in the past. I’m certainly not glad that my father got 60 , but at the same time, I realize that if he hadn’t, I might never have come to love him.
41. A. temper B. taste C. fame D. nerve
42. A. meant B. doubted C. learned D. felt
43. A. bench B. chair C. bedroom D. balcony
44. A. predictably B. acceptably C. hopefully D. surprisingly
45. A. touches B. annoys C. educates D. encourages
46. A. life B. career C. youth D. achievement
47. A. burst B. leaked C. moved D. frozen
48. A. teaching B. telling C. supporting D. complaining
49. A. known B. forgiven C. mistaken D. forgotten
50. A. found B. received C. needed D. escaped
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