For 52 years my father got up every morning at 5:30 a.m., except Sunday, and went to work.

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．neverC．alwaysD．often【小题2】.
．A．exceptB．rather thanC．more thanD．or rather【小题3】.A．becauseB．beforeC．althoughD．since【小题4】.
．A．visitedB．praisedC．telephonedD．met【小题5】.
．A．workB．lifeC．study D．plan【小题6】.
．A．worryB．careC．talkD．look【小题7】.
．A．builtB．foundC．boughtD．sold【小题8】.
．A．repairingB．paintingC．cleaningD．decorating【小题9】.
．A．teachB．orderC．forceD．allow【小题10】.A．askedB．keptC．orderedD．served【小题11】.
．A．smart　　B．upsetC．busy D．tired【小题12】.
．A．practiceB．taskC．teaD．time【小题13】.
．A．DifferentB．Similar C．FunnyD．Strange【小题14】.
．A．as usualB．in painC．casuallyD．finally【小题15】.A．callB．momentC．situation D．scene【小题16】.
．A．churchB．schoolC．homeD．hospital【小题17】.
．A．immediatelyB．happilyC．graduallyD．carefully【小题18】.
．A．heardB．spokeC．thoughtD．demanded【小题19】.
．A．take upB．make upC．turn upD．put up【小题20】.
．A．started outB．given inC．passed awayD．e back. B