题目内容：

    My father was born in a small town in the US. He wasn’t sure what he      ________from life,   but something  told  him  to  get  out and begin  a(n)  _____.  He  took his  wife  and three daughters with him and went wherever the road took him.

It’s  easy to feel_____when you’re on the road. As my mother said repeatedly,    “We made lots of new friends on our trip – most of them were mechanics ( 机 修 工 )”,  ____we often spent hours in      ________shops. But that was way      ________than sitting by the roadside  while waiting for the engine (发动机) to       _________when it was 40 ℃ outside.

_______on sometimes seemed impossible. There were always a lot of     ________,      especially among us back-seat passengers about who had to sit in the middle.

But even if it was hard, we did learn a lot about_____.

When we were traveling in the Philippines, we drove to Quezon City one day. It should have been a one-hour drive but was nearly three,       _________bad roads and worse traffic. “Did you     put our   _____in the car?” my father asked my mother as we arrived. “No,” she said, slowly turning toward my father. “I thought you did.” That was     ________a seven-hour car trip turned  into a 16-hour car trip, which was mostly        __________in silence.

On occasions like that, we had to learn to_____our anger because we were stuck (困在) in a rolling box with the same people for the     ________of the journey. Even if I sometimes felt  like opening the car door and        __________one of my sisters out, I kept my feelings to myself.

This is why road trips were like       _________universities to us. We earned our degrees in how  to get on just by traveling in that old car.

And if we were     ________given a second chance at life, we would do it all over again. Only this time,        __________would put the suitcases in the car.

1.A. wanted B. gained C. received D. learned

2.A. adventure B. cooperation C. voyage D. business

3.A. curious B. relaxed C. lonely D. exhausted

4.A. until B. since C. when D. if

5.A. corner B. repair C. beauty D. coffee

6.A. less B. more C. worse D. better

7.A. scream B. start C. cool D. stop

8.A. Staying B. Getting C. Going D. Carrying

9.A. discussions B. arguments C. weaknesses D. ideas

10.A. forgiveness B. independence C. balance D. patience

11.A. apart from B. according to C. regardless of D. thanks to

12.A. backpacks B. suitcases C. containers D. handbags

13.A. when B. because C. how D. where

14.A. driven B. spent C. taken D. made

15.A. hold on to B. give way to C. lose sight of D. let go of

16.A. half B. part C. rest D. end

17.A. letting B. leaving C. pushing D. taking

18.A. local B. public C. open D. mobile

19.A. somehow B. therefore C. anyhow D. otherwise

20.A. I myself B. my father C. my mother D. my sister