"Remember, your father is only one year older than you．" That was Mom's usual excuse when Dad said the
36 things or did something foolish．
Dad
37 drinking exactly one year before I was born．He
38 a group of other people who had also stopped drinking．I loved my dad but I
39 the way his weekly meetings took him away from me．It seemed they were more
40 to him than I was．But with my
41 coming up I thought Dad would make an exception．"Can" t you
42 it just this time? Saturday is my birthday! " I begged him．He
43 , "I'm chairing the meeting this Saturday．We will have your party on Sunday．"
Saturday evening I sat on my bed, feeling
44 for myself．Dad started to leave, then
45 and said, "Why not come with me tonight? It' s an open meeting．All are
46 ．" What would I do at a meeting? But maybe I needed to see why something Dad did every week
47 so much。
After we arrived, Dad announced the
48 of the meeting was going to be gratitude．"Today I'm
49 seventeen years of stopping drinking, " he continued．"One year after quitting drinking I received the most
50 gift of my life, my daughter．I'm so grateful that she has
51 seen me drunk．" Shame washed over me．
Later, a man called Dave also told his
52 ．Only then did I know it was Dad that saved his life from drinking．Dad was the
_53_ he was at the meeting that day．Showing up week after week and
54 with people, Dad was changing lives．I was so
55 of him．
| 小题1: | | A．wrong | B．kind | C．careful | D．serious |
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| 小题2: | | A．considered | B．enjoyed | C．quitted | D．practiced |
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| 小题3: | | A．encouraged | B．joined | C．respected | D．mentioned |
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| 小题4: | | A．forgot | B．explored | C．regretted | D．hated |
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| 小题5: | | A．important | B．funny | C．successful | D．helpful |
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| 小题6: | | A．exam | B．chance | C．fortune | D．birthday |
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| 小题7: | | A．change | B．replace | C．miss | D．finish |
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| 小题8: | | A．declared | B．promised | C．continued | D．refused |
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| 小题9: | | A．sorry | B．ready | C．good | D．guilty |
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| 小题10: | | A．parked | B．paused | C．doubted | D．wondered |
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| 小题11: | | A．surprised | B．prepared | C．welcome | D．excited |
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| 小题12: | | A．benefited | B．required | C．offered | D．mattered |
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| 小题13: | | A．theme | B．result | C．origin | D．secret |
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| 小题14: | | A．facing | B．performing | C．celebrating | D．suffering |
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| 小题15: | | A．precious | B．expensive | C．generous | D．attractive |
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| 小题16: | | A．Ever | B．never | C．nearly | D．seldom |
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| 小题17: | | A．joke | B．puzzle | C．response | D．story |
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| 小题18: | | A．value | B．result | C．purpose | D．reason |
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| 小题19: | | A．living | B．meeting | C．arguing | D．moving |
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| 小题20: | | A．tired | B．proud | C．fond | D．ashamed |
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