题目内容：

If your father never says to you “I love you” when you are a child, it     to be more and more difficult for him to say the words as he grows      ．

I do not     hearing the words from my father when I was growing up．    , I could not recall （回忆） when I had     said those words to him either．

One day, I decided to     the ice and make the first     ．So in our next phone conversation I gathered all my      and let out the words in a low voice, “Dad… I love you!”

There was a    at the other end and he awkwardly      , “Well, same back at you!”

I was unexpectedly     and my voice was raised, “Dad, I know you love me, and I know when you are ready, you will say what you want to say．”

Fifteen minutes later my mother called and       asked, “Paul, is everything okay?”

A few weeks later, Dad      our phone conversation with the words, “Paul, I love you．” I was so moved that tears were rolling down my cheeks as I finally “   ” the love．As I sat there in tears I realized that this       moment had taken our father-and-son relationship to a new      ．Shortly afterwards, my father narrowly      death following heart surgery（外科手术）．Many times      , I have       if I had not taken the first step and Dad not     the surgery, I would have never “heard” the love．

1.A．works out              B．breaks out           C．comes out           D．turns out

2.A．wiser                 B．busier                C．weaker               D．older

3.A．remember            B．enjoy                 C．mind                    D．regret

4.A．Truthfully             B．Fortunately     C．Naturally         D．Obviously

5.A．only       B．last                      C．once                    D．first

6.A．melt            B．break                   C．strike                   D．build

7.A．complaint       B．promise                C．move                   D．impression

8.A．strength      B．ideas       C．words                  D．attention

9.A．sigh         B．silence                  C．voice                   D．cry

10.A．refused         B．shouted                C．replied       D．explained

11.A．touched               B．frightened             C．shocked               D．annoyed

12.A．excitedly             B．nervously             C．willingly               D．sadly

13.A．continued            B．checked               C．concluded            D．interrupted

14.A．accepted              B．expected               C．learned                 D．heard

15.A．quiet         B．difficult                C．special                 D．different

16.A．level      B．idea                      C．world                   D．end

17.A．managed       B．escaped                C．avoided                D．faced

18.A．then           B．ago                      C．before                  D．since

19.A．realized     B．found                   C．doubted                D．wondered

20.A．challenged     B．experienced          C．survived               D．received