Growing up, I remember my father as a silent, strict man-not the kind of person

Growing up, I remember my father as a silent, strictman—not the kind of person around whom one could laugh. As a teenager knowinglittle about life, I wanted a father who could  1. themysteries of the human journey. In college, when friends called home for  2.,I would become  3. for what I didn’t have.

Then one night after my move back home, I overheard myfather on the telephone. There was some trouble. Later, he  4. theproblem with me. Obviously my knowledge of law helped him a lot. I talkedthrough the problem with him,  5. the motives of the peopleinvolved and offering several negotiation strategies.

He  6. patiently before finallyadmitting, “I can’t think like that. I’m a  7. man.”

My father is a  8. scientist who hasa good knowledge of the building blocks of nature.  9., humannature is a mystery to him. That night I realized he was simply not skilled at  10. people.It’s not in his  11. to understand human desires.

It was no one’s  12. that my fathershowed no interest in human emotions while I placed great importance on them.We are sometimes born more sensitive, and dreamy than our  13. andbecome more curious, and idealistic than them.  14. I, whoknew my father as an intelligent man, had never understood his intelligencedidn’t cover all of my  15. feelings.

I believe that coming home has  16. meyears of questions and confusion. I nowadays consider my parents as people whohave other relationships than just being my parents, relationships that  17. anddefine them.

Best of all, I nowadays regard my parents as  18.:people who ask me for advice; people who need my  19. andunderstanding. And I’ve come to see my past in a  20. view.Knowing them makes me feel safe in where I come from and where I’m going.

21.               A．think          B．produce        C．explain    D．explore

22.               A．money         B．advice         C．love  D．agreement

23.               A．unhappy        B．unhelpful       C．unknown  D．unpopular

24.               A．exchanged      B．solved         C．found D．shared

25.               A．proving        B．recording       C．analyzing  D．guessing

26.               A．replied         B．learned        C．chatted   D．listened

27.               A．simple         B．weak          C．lazy  D．blind

28.               A．special         B．lively          C．brilliant   D．humorous

29.               A．Therefore      B．However       C．Indeed    D．Anyhow

30.               A．meeting with    B．dealing with     C．talking with D．fighting with

31.               A．nature         B．plan           C．wish  D．major

32.               A．relief          B．secret          C．pity  D．fault

33.               A．relatives        B．classmates      C．parents   D．families

34.               A．Besides        B．And           C．However  D．For

35.               A．strong         B．strange         C．different  D．unique

36.               A．told           B．gave           C．added D．saved

37.               A．raise           B．protect         C．shape D．enjoy

38.               A．friends         B．teachers        C．travelers  D．leaders

39.               A．visit           B．support        C．wisdom   D．knowledge

40.               A．richer          B．harder         C．rougher   D．clearer

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1.C

2.B

3.A

4.D

5.C

6.D

7.A

8.C

9.B

10.B

11.A

12.D

13.C

14.B

15.A

16.D

17.C

18.A

19.B

20.D

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