When I was a little girl, my father loved to play the game of “catch the ball” with me. I wasn’t good at it 21 he didn’t mind at all. He was always telling me to 22 my eyes on the ball; otherwise I would not be able to 23 it when he threw it to me. As I got older, we didn’t play the game as 24 as before. If I had a 25 , I would go to my father and 26 his advice. He would try to make a joke and say, “Keep your eyes on the ball.” We would both laugh 27 that advice was not usually able to 28 the problem, but he would just try to make me 29 . My father became 30   in 1995 when I was 23. There were not any more conversations, as he was   31 from a terrible disease. He couldn’t 32 ; he could only move his 33 without making a sound, which was sometimes 34 to understand. I seemed to be 35 good at reading his lips after a while, even better than the nurses that were 36 him. During one of our last 37 I was telling him about a difficulty I was 38 . Once again, I could read his lips. “Keep your eyes on the ball,” he said. We both smiled. That was the last time I saw my father 39 he passed away. Sometimes now, all those years later when I get into a 40 situation, I just tell myself, “Keep your eyes on the ball.” 小题1: A．and B．but C．so D．or 小题2: A．keep B．leave C．find D．hold 小题3: A．watch B．feel C．move D．catch 小题4: A．quick B．much C．many D．little 小题5: A．surprise B．wound C．danger D．problem 小题6: A．pay for B．send for C．look for D．ask for 小题7: A．because B．unless C．if D．when 小题8: A．settle B．produce C．drop D．realize 小题9: A．worry B．smile C．study D．talk 小题10: A．advice B．ill C．busy D．wealthy 小题11: A．recovering B．thinking C．suffering D．preventing 小题12: A．eat B．see C．speak D．jump 小题13: A．lips B．face C．hands D．eyes 小题14: A．interesting B．boring C．easy D．hard 小题15: A．quite B．nearly C．hardly D．still 小题16: A．waiting for B．thinking about C．caring for D．worrying about 小题17: A．impressions B．experiences C．games D．conversations 小题18: A．looking through B．going through C．coming up D．getting along 小题19: A．before B．after C．until D．as 小题20: A．shocking B．puzzling C．frightening D．troubling