When I was growing up, I seldom heard the words “I love you” from my father. If your father never 1 them to you when you are a 2 , it gets more and more 3 for him to say those words as you get older. To tell you the truth, I could hardly 4 when I heard those words from my father. Neither could I remind when I had last said those words to 5 . I decided to 6 my shyness aside and make the first move. 7 hesitating for some time, in our next 8 conversation, I spoke out the words suddenly, “Dad ... I love you!”
There was a 9 at the other end. It wasn’t after a while did he awkwardly(笨拙地) reply, “Well, 10 to you!” I laughed and said, “Dad, I 11 you love me, and when you are ready, I know you will say what you want to say.”Fifteen minutes later my mother called and 12 asked, “Paul, is everything okay?”
A few weeks later, Dad 13 our phone conversation with the words, “Paul, I love you.” I was at work during this conversation and the 14 was (were) rolling down my cheeks as I finally “ 15 ” the love. As we both sat there in tears, we 16 that this special moment had taken our father and son 17 to a new level.
A short while after this special moment, my father 18 escaped death from the following heart surgery. Many times since his return to the usual state of health, I have 19 , if I did not take the first step and Dad did not 20 the surgery, I would have never heard him say those words.
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(答案→)B
解析：本文通过作者与父亲之间的故事，告诉我们一定要珍惜自己的亲人，要勇敢的对他们说你爱他们，不要等亲人不在了，空留遗憾。
【小题1】根据When I was growing up, I seldom heard the words “I love you” from my father. 故选B, says说。
【小题2】根据it gets more and more difficult for him to say those words as you get older.故选C。
【小题3】这里想说当你还是一个孩子的时候，你的父亲从来没有说过“我爱你”，在你长大以后说这句话就变得越来越难，故选D。
【小题4】这里想说我几乎不记得我听到过我父亲说那些话，remember记得，故选B。
【小题5】 根据To tell you the truth, I could hardly remember when I heard those words from my father，故选A。
【小题6】这里想说把我的腼腆放置一边，set aside把……放置一边，故选C。
【小题7】这里想说在犹豫了一段时间以后，After在……以后，故选B。
【小题8】根据A few weeks later, Dad concluded our phone conversation with the words, “Paul, I love you.”，故选A。
【小题9】根据It wasn’t after a while did he awkwardly(笨拙地) reply,可知这里想说电话另一头沉默了，silence沉默，故选D。
【小题10】根据I laughed and said, “Dad, I know you love me, and when you are ready, I know you will say what you want to say.”故选A。
【小题11】根据I know you will say what you want to say.可知这里想说爸爸，我知道你爱我，know知道，故选B。
【小题12】根据“Paul, is everything okay?”可知这里想说15分钟以后我母亲打来了电话，提心吊胆地问，nervously提心吊胆地，故选C。
【小题13】这里想说几星期以后，父亲用语言总结了我们的电话交谈，concluded总结，故选A。
【小题14】根据As we both sat there in tears，故选D。
【小题15】根据To tell you the truth, I could hardly remember when I heard those words from my father.可知这里想表达我最终听到了“爱”，故选C。
【小题16】根据that this special moment had taken our father and son relationship to a new level.可知这里想说我们意识到 ......，realized意识到，故选D。
【小题17】这里想表达父子关系，relationship关系，故选C。
【小题18】根据escaped death from the following heart surgery，可知这里想说在接下来的心脏手术中，他勉强逃脱死亡，故选A，narrowly勉强的。
【小题19】根据if I did not take the first step and Dad did not Survive the surgery, I would have never heard him say those words，可知我在想，故选B。
【小题20】根据I would have never heard him say those words，Survive活下来，故选D。