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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