(    )52. Lin Tao can't be at home. I saw him _______here a few minutes ago.

           A. plays        B. to play        C. playing        D. played

 (   )52. I'll let you know as soon as he _________.

  A. comes back     B. will come back  C. is coming back   D. come back

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 airplane__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．because

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．Strange

【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

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 airplane__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．because

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．Strange

【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

For 52 years my father got up every morning at 5:30 am, except Sunday, and went to work. He returned home at 5:30 pm, for dinner at 6:00 pm. I never remember my father having a night out with his children. All he asked from me as a daughter was to hold his hammer while he repaired something, just so we could have some time to talk to each other.
For 22 years, after I left home for college, my father called me every Sunday. Nine years ago, my father, 67 years old, spent three days painting my house. He asked me to hold the paint brush for him and talk to him. But I was too busy and I could not take the time to hold the paint brush, or talk to my father.
Five years ago, my father spent five hours making a swing（秋千）for my daughter. Again, all he asked me to do was to give him a glass of tea, and talk to him. But again, I had some clothes to wash, and the house to clean.
On January 16, 1996, my father telephoned me as usual, this time from my sister’s home in Florida. I had to get to church, and I cut the conversation short.
The call came at 4:40 pm. That day, my father was in hospital in Florida. I got on an airplane immediately, and on the way, I made up my mind that when I arrived, I would make up for the lost time, and have a nice long talk with him.
I arrived in Florida at 1:00 am, but my father had passed away at 9:12 pm. This time it was he who did not have time to talk, or time to wait for me.
【小题1】
When the author was young, her father ______.

A．was busy with his work	B．disliked his children
C．often talked to his children	D．never cared about his children

【小题2】
How old was the author’s father when he made a swing for his granddaughter?

A．45.

B．67.

C．71.

D．76.

【小题3】
When painting the house, the father asked the author to hold a paint brush because ______.

A．he wanted to make his work easy

B．he was too old to work all by himself

C．he just wanted his daughter to help him

D．he wanted to have a talk with his daughter

【小题4】
The underlined phrase “passed away” in the last paragraph probably means “______”.

A．arrived

B．lost

C．left

D．died