题目内容：

In the process of my growing up I cannot remember hearing the words ‘‘I love you” from my father．When your father never says them to you when you are a child，it gets       for him to say those words as he gets older．In fact，I could not honestly remember when I had last       my love to him either．I decided to       my pride and make the first       ．After some hesitation，in our next phone conversation I burst out the words．“Dad．．．I love you!”

There was a silence at the other end and he       replied，“Well，same back at ya!”

I chuckled and said，“Dad，I know you love me，and when you are       ，I know you will say what you want to say．’’

Fifteen minutes later my mother       and nervously asked，“Paul，is everything okay?’’

A few weeks later，Dad       our phone conversation with the words，“Paul，I love you．’’I was at work during this conversation and the tears were rolling down my cheeks as I       “heard’’ the love．As we both sat there in tears we realized that this special moment had taken our father-son relationship to a new       ．

A short while after this special moment，my father       escaped death following heart surgery．Many times since，I have       whether l would have ever “heard” the love if I had not taken the first step and Dad had not       the surgery．

1.A．rougher              B．tougher              C．shyer              D．severer

2.A．conveyedB．left              C．passed              D．devoted

3.A．get acrossB．put up              C．set aside              D．take on

4.A．assumptionB．move              C．decision              D．remark

5.A．fearfully              B．excitedly              C．cheerfully              D．awkwardly

6.A．cautious              B．casual              C．relaxed              D．ready

7.A．called              B．dropped              C．removed              D．glanced

8.A．continuedB．performed              C．concluded              D．obtained

9.A．naturally              B．finally              C．indirectly              D．gradually

10.A．1evel              B．situation              C．class              D．rank

11.A．slightly              B．nearly              C．narrowly              D．hardly

12.A．realized              B．wondered              C．understood              D．believed

13.A．operatedB．performed              C．tolerated              D．survived