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　　My Forever Valentine

　　Valentine's Day was the time my father chose to show his love for the special people in his life. Over the years I fondly(天真地) thought__1__him as my “Valentine Man”.

　　My first recollection of the__2__he could bring to Valentine's Day came when I was six. That morning at the breakfast table I found a card and a gift­wrapped package at my chair.

　　The card was__3__“Love, Dad”and the gift was a ring with a small piece of red glass to __4__my birthstone, a ruby(紅寶石). There is __5__difference between red glass and rubies to a child of six, and I remember__6__that ring with pride that all the cards in the world__7__not surpass(超越).

　　__8__I grew older, the gifts gave__9__to heart­shaped boxes filled with my__10__chocolates and always included a __11__card signed“Love，Dad”. In those years my “thanks” became__12__of a perfunctory(敷衍的)response. The cards seemed less__13__，and I took it for granted that the Valentine would__14__be there. I had__15__my hopes and dreams in receiving cards and gifts from“significant others”and“Love, Dad”just didn't seem quite__16__.

　　His final card remains on my desk today. It's a__17__of how special father can be and how important it had been to me over the years to know that I had a father who continued a __18__of love with simple acts of understanding and an ability to express happiness over the people in his life.

　　Those things never__19__，nor does the memory of a man who never__20__being my Valentine.

　　文章大意：提到情人節(jié)，人們可能馬上聯(lián)想到鮮花、巧克力以及年輕的戀人們。其實情人是一個古老而廣泛的概念，包括所有我們深愛的人以及深愛著我們的人，比如我們的父母。

　　1.A.of B.about

　　C.up D.over

　　答案：A　think of...as...是固定短語，意為“把……視為/看作……”。

　　2.A.memory B.magic

　　C.puzzle D.presents

　　答案：B　句意：在“我”6歲那年的情人節(jié)，他給我?guī)�來了第一次“美妙的”回憶�?/P>

　　3.A.read B.written

　　C.shown D.signed

　　答案：D　卡片上有父親的“簽名”。該選項從下文11空后可得到提示。

　　4.A.recover B.resemble

　　C.represent D.replace

　　答案：C　戒指上的紅玻璃“象征/代表”著我的誕生石——紅寶石。

　　5.A.much B.little

　　C.great D.less

　　答案：B　對一個六歲的孩子而言，紅玻璃和紅寶石沒有什么不同。