完形填空。      The sound of the rain hitting the windows wakes me up and it sounds just exactly as it did l5 years ago,
which reminded me of my girlhood.
     It was my second day of    1   and it was raining heavily. I could not    2   the habit I had at home, so I fell
asleep right at my    3  . I woke up to find myself not in the classroom but carried on Dad"s back. We were 
  4   home. It was the last time I felt    5   to him.
     After that, he never carried me or hugged me as other fathers did to their children. I was not bothered
much by this    6  . I was proud of it. for I felt    7   and "grown up". However,there were times when I felt
depressed by not having searched for    8   from him.
     One day. I was writing Chinese characters as homework. I hated doing this more than anything. Dad
came and stood behind me for a moment,    9   me scratching (勾抹) the paper. Then he said,"This kind of
writing needs   10   .Your writing is not strong enough. Press harder." I followed his    11   for the next two
weeks. but   12   I could see little improvement.
     I followed my own method-the    13   way. His advice did not improve my writing but our   14   . As I grew
older, I found out that he had finished his    15   in Grade 6,which was the highest grade in town then, so he
was considered to be a    16   .People used to ask him to write something to put on the walls. but he never felt
very useful.
     He often said to me," As you can see, this family is going to count on (指望) you. We are    17   to improve
you anything for your future. You have to get    18   to change the life for yourself."
     As a result of his    19   , I have    20   it through high school and through college.

(     )1. A. graduation   (     )2. A. develop      (     )3. A. dormitory    (     )4. A. at           (     )5. A. close        (     )6. A. gap          (     )7. A. lonely       (     )8. A. comfort      (     )9. A. guiding      (     )10. A. skill       (     )11. A. introduction (     )12. A. even if     (     )13. A. difficult   (     )14. A. relationship (     )15. A. schooling   (     )16. A. writer      (     )17. A. tired       (     )18. A. an education (     )19. A. help        (     )20. A. succeeded

B. employment        B. resist            B. door              B. already           B. near              B. thought           B. depressed         B. help              B. directing         B. patience          B. manner            B. while             B. slow              B. friendship        B. career            B. scholar           B. glad              B. a rich boyfriend  B. expectations      B. got

C. college        C. follow         C. desk           C. beyond         C. happy          C. action         C. independent    C. support        C. watching       C. time           C. spirit         C. as             C. entertaining   C. thought        C. hope           C. scientist      C. useless        C. a well-paid job C. examination    C. made

D. school            D. break             D. bed               D. halfway           D. relaxed           D. scene             D. comfortable       D. explanation       D. blaming           D. practice          D. advice            D. though            D. fast              D. reality           D. dream             D. specialist        D. ready             D. a good writing    D. watch             D. found