完形填空 At the age of 60, my father was hit by a car when he walked to a nearby supermarket to buy ve

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At the age of 60, my father was hit by a car when he walked to a nearby supermarket to buy vegetables. After ___16___ for two months in hospital, he finally woke up. His waking up ___17___ all our family. ___18___, he didn’t know any of us. Doctors said his brain was hurt so ___19___ that he had lost all his memory. And his mental age(心理年龄) was only five. We were sorry to hear about the bad news.
Since I was his only child, it was my ___20___ to look after him. He forgot___21___ everything, but he did remember he liked sweets. I used the sweets as a way of ___22___ bad behaviors. I would gave him one sweet ___23___ he didn’t sit on the ground, a second for stopping painting on the wall, and another for not trying to put clothes on the dog.
Dad became the ___24___ child in town. He climbed up the tree to catch a bird and couldn’t get down after it ___25___ away. He broke my window with a ball and ___26___ our telephone in water like washing clothes. When I told him he was doing ___27___ things, he would answer smilingly, “I like that!” My son, then aged five, and two eight-year-old daughters, welcomed their ___28___ playmate. He would happily make them real cigarettes, ___29___ his sweets with them, and carry them high in the apple tree to ___30___ apples.
It is eight years since the ___31___. Dad has accepted the fact that he is the ___32___ of his three playmates but not a brother. He has also accepted that they grow taller but his ___33___ stays the same. Though it is still ___34___ to take care of him he brings us a lot of fun. In some way I think it is a(n) ___35___ thing to look after dad like looking after a child. How many people can have the chance to care for a child-like parent?
16. A. lying B. waiting C. staying D. sleeping
17. A. excited B. calmed C. hurt D. protected
18. A. Luckily B. Amazingly C. Unfortunately D. Regularly
19. A. slowly B. strangely C. lightly D. seriously
20. A. turn B. duty C. favor D. habit
21. A. almost B. half C. truly D. simply
22. A. stopping B. performing C. accepting D. planning
23. A. so B. though C. if D. before
24. A. cleverest B. oldest C. bravest D. kindest
25. A. flew B. jumped C. drove D. walked
26. A. repaired B. designed C. answered D. cleaned
27. A. useless B. wrong C. dangerous D. impolite
28. A. foolish B. big C. shy D. foreign
29. A. show B. lend C. share D. sell
30. A. pick B. hide C. buy D. plant
31. A. graduation B. invention C. mistake D. accident
32. A. teacher B. grandfather C. doctor D. uncle
33. A. weight B. age C. height D. look
34. A. tiring B. relaxing C. amusing D. interesting
35. A. perfect B. important C. easy D. happy
【答案】16. D    17. A    18. C    19. D    20. B    21. A    22. A    23. C    24. B    25. A    26. D    27. B    28. B    29. C    30. A    31. D    32. B    33. C    34. A    35. D
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