For 52 years my father got up every morning at 5:30 a.m., except Sunday, and went to work. I__41__saw my father home from work ill. He had no hobbies, __42__taking care of his family. For 22 years, __43__I left home for college, my father__44__me every Sunday at 9:00 a.m.. He was always interested in my__45__,or how my family was doing, and I never once heard him__46__about his lot (生活状况) in life. The calls even came when he and my mother were in other states. Nine years ago when I__47__my first house, my father, 67 years old, spent three days__48__my house. He would not__49__me to pay someone to have it done. All he __50__was a cup of tea, a paint brush and to talk to him. But I was too__51__.I had a law practice to run, and I could not take__52__to hold the brush, or talk to my father.__ 53__things happened several times later. The morning on Sunday. January 16, 1996, my father telephoned me__54__,this time from my sister’s home in Florida. But the__55__came again at 4:40 p.m. that day. My father was in the__56__in Florida with an aneurysm (动脉瘤)．I got on an a irplane__57__, and on the way, I__58__of all the times I had not taken the time to talk to my father. I determined that when I arrived, I would__59__for the lost time, and have a nice long talk with him. I arrived in Florida at 11:30 p.m., my father had__ 60__at 9:12 p.m.. This time it was he who did not have time to talk, or to wait for me. 小题1:. ． A．ever B．never C．always D．often 小题2:. ． A．except B．rather than C．more than D．or rather 小题3:. A．becau se B．before C．although D．since 小题4:. ． A．visited B．praised C．telephoned D．met 小题5:. ． A．work B．life C．study D．plan 小题6:. ． A．worry B．care C．talk D．look 小题7:. ． A．built B．found C．bought D．sold 小题8:. ． A．repairing B．painting C．cleaning D．decorating 小题9:. ． A．teach B．order C．force D．allow 小题10:. A．asked B．kept C．ordered D．served 小题11:. ． A．smart B．upset C．busy D．tired 小题12:. ． A．practice B．task C．tea D．time 小题13:. ． A．Different B．Similar C．Funny D．Stra nge 小题14:. ． A．as usual B．in pain C．casually D．finally 小题15:. A．call B．moment C．situation D．scene 小题16:. ． A．church B．school C．home D．hospital 小题17:. ． A．immediately B．happily C．gradually D．carefully 小题18:. ． A．heard B．spoke C．thought D．demanded 小题19:. ． A．take up B．make up C．turn up D．put up 小题20:. ． A．started out B．given in C．passed away D．come back