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1、Ineversawmyfatherhomefromworklateorill,nordidIeverseemyfathertakea“nightoutwiththeboys”.Hehadnohobbiesbutjusttookcareofhisfamily.For22years,sinceIlefthomeforcollege,myfathercalledmeeverySundayat9:00am.Hewasalwaysinterestedinmylife--howmyfamilywasdoing.Thecallsevencamewhenheandmymotherw
2、ereinAustralia,EnglandorFlorida.NineyearsagowhenIboughtmyfirsthouse,myfather,67yearsold,spenteighthoursadayforthreedays,paintingmyhouse.Hewouldnotallowmetopaysomeonetohaveitdone.Allheaskedwasaglassoficedtea,andthatIholdapaintbrushforhimandtalktohim.ButIwastoobusy,forIhadalawpracticetor
3、un,andIcouldnottakethetimetoholdthepaintbrush,ortalktomyfather.Fiveyearsago,my71-year-oldfatherspentfivehoursputtingtogetheraswingset（秋千）formydaughter.Again,allheaskedwasthatIgethimaglassoficedtea,andtalktohim.Butagain,Ihadlaundrytodo,andthehousetoclean.ThemorningonSunday,January16,199
4、5,myfathertelephonedmeasusual,thistimehehadseemedtohaveforgottensomethingswehaddiscussedtheweekbefore.Ihadtogettochurch,andIcuttheconversationshort.Thecallcameat4:40pm.ThatdaymyfatherwassenttohospitalinFlorida.Igotonaplaneimmediately,andIvowed（发誓）thatwhenIarrived,Iwouldmakeupforthelost
5、time,andhaveanicelongtalkwithhimandreallygettoknowhim.IarrivedinFloridaat1:00amthenextmorning,butmyfatherhadpassedawayat9:12pm.Thistimeitwashewhodidnothavetimetotalk,ortimetowaitforme.IntheyearssincehisdeathIhavelearnedmuchaboutmyfather,andevenmoreabouteverysingleday.1.Weknowfromtherea
6、dingthatthefather_____.A．likedtopainthousesB．hadnofriendsaroundhimC．wasnothealthyinhisyouthD．thoughtofhisfamilyashisall2.Whenherfatherpaintedherfirsthouse,thedaughter_____.A．couldonlyaffordaglassoficedteaB．wastoobusytotalktoherfatherC．coulddonothingbutholdapaintbrushD．spenteighthoursad
7、ayworkingwithherfather3.OnJanuary16,1996,thedaughterfeltthatherfather_____.A．seemedtobealittledifferentB．hadnotimetophoneherasusualC．becameinterestedinchurchD．hadforgottentodiscusssomethingswithher4.Inthereadingtheunderlinedphrase“gettoknowhim”mostprobablymeans_____.A．gethimtoknowher
