题目内容：

My father, Danny Thomas, was a famous comedian, singer, actor, and producer with many fans. When I was a child I _______him. Once, my father made a(n) _______with Margaret O’Brien and he often took me to the set. I also wanted to be a movie star. Ten years later, at age seventeen, I got my_______.

I played the lead in Gigi. However, the_________of finally being a real actress was painfully short-lived. All the interviews and all the reviews_______my father.

Would I be as good as my father? Was I as gifted, as funny? Would I be as popular? I was extremely _______.

I loved my father, but my _______was just him.

“Daddy,” I began, “please don’t be _______when I tell you this. I want to change my_______. I love you but I don’t want to be a Thomas anymore.”

I tried not to ________during the long silence. And then he said, “I raised you to be a thoroughbred(优秀的赛马). When thoroughbreds run, they wear blinders to keep their eyes focused straight ________with no disturbance, no other horses. They hear the crowd but they don’t________. They just run their own race. That’s what you have to do. Don’t listen to anyone ________you to me or to anyone else. You just run your own race.”

The next night ________the crowd filed into the theater, the state manager ________me a white box with a red ribbon. I opened it up and inside was a pair of old horse blinders with a little note that ________, “Run your own race, Baby.”

Run your own race, Baby. Dad could have said it a dozen other ways: “Be________”: “Don’t be influenced by others.” But it wouldn’t have been the same. He chose the right words at the right time. And all ________ my life, I’ve been able to come to the point by asking myself. “Am I running my race or ________else’s?”

I thank my father for all his words that continue to live in my ________.

1.A. hated    B. adored    C. feared    D. avoided

2.A. movie    B. album    C. record    D. interview

3.A. position    B. award    C. degree    D. chance

4.A. affection    B. anxiety    C. excitement    D. bitterness

5.A. focused on    B. relied on    C. appealed to    D. attended to

6.A. calm    B. upset    C. touched    D. guilty

7.A. belief    B. limit    C. model    D. problem

8.A. puzzled    B. injured    C. hurt    D. confused

9.A. role    B. name    C. school    D. major

10.A. cry    B. smile    C. scream    D. laugh

11.A. ahead    B. around    C. about    D. aside

12.A. hesitate    B. move    C. shout    D. listen

13.A. leading    B. comparing    C. tying    D. introducing

14.A. until    B. though    C. as    D. since

15.A. delivered    B. handed    C. dropped    D. pressed

16.A. wrote    B. showed    C. printed    D. read

17.A. grateful    B. modest    C. independent    D. considerate

18.A. toward    B. beyond    C. through    D. behind

19.A. somebody    B. anybody    C. nobody    D. everybody

20.A. recognition    B. dream    C. experience    D. heart