In the process of my growing up I cannot remember hearing the words ‘‘I love you” from my father.When your father never says them to you when you are a child,it gets
for him to say those words as he gets older.In fact,I could not honestly remember when I had last
my love to him either.I decided to
my pride and make the first
.After some hesitation,in our next phone conversation I burst out the words.“Dad...I love you!”
There was a silence at the other end and he
replied,“Well,same back at ya!”
I chuckled and said,“Dad,I know you love me,and when you are
,I know you will say what you want to say.’’
Fifteen minutes later my mother
and nervously asked,“Paul,is everything okay?’’
A few weeks later,Dad
our phone conversation with the words,“Paul,I love you.’’I was at work during this conversation and the tears were rolling down my cheeks as I
“heard’’ the love.As we both sat there in tears we realized that this special moment had taken our father-son relationship to a new
.
A short while after this special moment,my father
escaped death following heart surgery.Many times since,I have
whether l would have ever “heard” the love if I had not taken the first step and Dad had not
the surgery.
小题1: | A.rougher | B.tougher | C.shyer | D.severer |
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小题2: | A.conveyed | B.left | C.passed | D.devoted |
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小题3: | A.get across | B.put up | C.set aside | D.take on |
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小题4: | A.assumption | B.move | C.decision | D.remark |
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小题5: | A.fearfully | B.excitedly | C.cheerfully | D.awkwardly |
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小题6: | A.cautious | B.casual | C.relaxed | D.ready |
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小题7: | A.called | B.dropped | C.removed | D.glanced |
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小题8: | A.continued | B.performed | C.concluded | D.obtained |
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小题9: | A.naturally | B.finally | C.indirectly | D.gradually |
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小题10: | A.1evel | B.situation | C.class | D.rank |
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小题11: | A.slightly | B.nearly | C.narrowly | D.hardly |
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小题12: | A.realized | B.wondered | C.understood | D.believed |
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小题13: | A.operated | B.performed | C.tolerated | D.survived |
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