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  I had not seen my parents for a long time. Last Saturday I drove a long way to visit them,1      neither of them was at home. So I waited patiently at their home 2        their return. Not seeing them made me really3       .

  As I was walking around their bedroom,I4       little reminders of them. Some Christmas gifts were still 5        in boxes. There were 6        on the wall,which I guessed must have a7       meaning to them. What took my bi eath away was seeing my dad's emblems (徽章) from his military service of our country8      he was young. My father never 9        to us about the Korean War. As I looked at those emblems hanging 10        with all the photos that he treasures,I11       that this was an important part of his life,but I never spent the 12        in talking with him about it. The photos of my mum with her close 13        made me realize her life before she was my mum. I had been so 14        running my business to raise my own family that I 15       the chance to know about their past and experiences.

  We sometimes don't realize something is 16        for us until we have lost it,so it's not too late for us to talk to our parents about their past. I am writing my story to 17        everyone who is fortunate to still have their parents 18        to invest some time to learn about them. I am grateful to have 19        of my parents. So I still have time to talk with them. I hope that readers will 20        from my story and find the time to talk about those things in their life that mean so much to their par?ents.

1. A. and   B. but   C. or   D. so

2. A. for   B. to   C. of   D. in

3. A. frightened   B. embarrassed-   C. upset   D. excited

4. A. sought   B. took   C. needed   D. saw

5. A. kept   B. folded   C. hidden   D. covered

6. A. Santa Glaus   B. family trees   C. family photos   D. old clothes

7. A. simple   B. real   C. past   D. special

8. A. if   B. when   C. though   D. until

9. A. talked   B. explained   C. showed   D. referred

10. A. finally   B. clearly   C. proudly   D. openly

11. A. promised   B. declared   C. admitted   D. realized

12. A. courage   B. time   C. chance   D. energy

13. A. friends   B. teachers   C. students   D. children

14. A. strict   B. eager   C. busy   D. blind

15. A. rejected   B. avoided   C. delayed   D. missed

16. A. hopeful   B. important   C. careful   D. original

17. A. encourage   B. demand   C. require   D. warn

18. A. away   B. awake   C. around   D. alone

19. A. one   B. neither   C. either   D. both

20. A. make   B. benefit   C. change   D. recover

Answer 1

[文章大意]作者通過描寫對父母的思念來呼吁讀者多花些時間陪伴父母。作者一直忙于公司事務(wù)和照顧自己的家庭而忽略了他的父母。當(dāng)作者驅(qū)車去看望父母時，他們卻沒有在家，這讓作者有點兒失落。在父母家四處看時，作者看到了墻上掛著父母珍視的照片還有父親當(dāng)兵時候的徽章�？吹竭@些，作者對未能分享父親的光榮事跡，沒能了解母親的過去而感到后悔。好在父母依然健在，作者還有機(jī)會陪伴他們。

1. B根據(jù)”…neither of them was at home."可知，作者去看望父母，但是父母都不在家。前后表示轉(zhuǎn)折，故選B項。

2. A作者耐心地等待父母返回。wait for...等待……。故選A項。

3. C frightened害怕的;embarrassed尷尬的;upset情緒低落的，心煩的；excited激動的。沒有見到父母讓作者有些失落，故選C項。

4. D根據(jù)"Some Christmas gifts were still... in boxes."可知，作者看到了一些引人回憶的東西，故選D項。

5. A一些圣誕禮物還保存(keep) 在盒子里。故選A項。

6. C根據(jù)下文"…with all the photos that he treasures…"可知，墻上掛著照片，故選C項。

7. D作者認(rèn)為墻上掛著的照片對父母有特殊的(special) 意：義.故選D項。

8. B此處指父親年輕的時候在軍隊服役獲得的徽章，故選B項。

9. A父親從未對"我們"提起過朝鮮戰(zhàn)爭。

10. C finally最終;clearly清楚地;proudly肖豪地;openly公：開地，直率地。那些徽章代表了榮譽(yù)，故選C項。

11. D promise答應(yīng);declare宣布;admit承認(rèn);realize意識到。作者意識到(realize) 這是父親很重要的一段生活.故選^ D項。

12. B但是，作者卻從未花時間(time) 跟父親談他過去的光榮：事跡，故選B項。

13. A根據(jù)"...her life before she was my mum."可知，這Si兌的是母親在結(jié)婚之前和朋友的照片，故選A項。

14. C作者二力：忙于管理公司。be busy doing sth忙丁-做某事。故選C項。

15. D作者忙于工作和自家的事情而錯過了 (miss) 與父母相處并了解他們的過去的機(jī)會，故選D項。

16. B我們有時意識不到某些事對我們的B要性，—良到我們失去之后才開始后悔，故選B項。

]7. A作者寫這篇文章是為了鼓勵讀者多花時間陪陪父母，故選A項。

18. C有父母在身邊的人是幸運(yùn)的，故選C項。

19. D父母都健在，這讓作^心懷感激，故選D項。

20. B benefit from...從……中獲益。作者希望讀者能從這篇..... 文章中獲益.多花些時間與父母相處，故選B項。