"Remember, your father is only one year

"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

小题2:	A．considered B．enjoyed C．quitted D．practiced

小题3:	A．encouraged B．joined C．respected D．mentioned

小题4:	A．forgot B．explored C．regretted D．hated

小题5:	A．important B．funny C．successful D．helpful

小题6:	A．exam B．chance C．fortune D．birthday

小题7:	A．change B．replace C．miss D．finish

小题8:	A．declared B．promised C．continued D．refused

小题9:	A．sorry B．ready C．good D．guilty

小题10:

A．parked B．paused C．doubted D．wondered

小题11:

A．surprised B．prepared C．welcome D．excited

小题12:

A．benefited B．required C．offered D．mattered

小题13:

A．theme B．result C．origin D．secret

小题14:

A．facing B．performing C．celebrating D．suffering

小题15:

A．precious B．expensive C．generous D．attractive

小题16:

A．Ever B．never C．nearly D．seldom

小题17:

A．joke B．puzzle C．response D．story

小题18:

A．value B．result C．purpose D．reason

小题19:

A．living B．meeting C．arguing D．moving

小题20:

A．tired B．proud C．fond D．ashamed