(一)
My father and I disagreed about curfew(晚間必須在家的時(shí)間). He'd say I was to be in by 9：30 on weekdays, and 11：00 on weekends, no exceptions without my first asking. I told him it made me __1__ like a junior high kid. He explained that while a curfew __2__ sound like a restriction, it's really about people looking out for one another.
The very next Friday after that pretty heated __3__， my dad and I had tickets to see our town's professional football game. On that day he was __4__ to a nearby city to meet with some major clients and __5__ me that his getting home and our leaving for the game would be tight.
To make sure we could __6__ off the moment he walked in, I got everything prepared. When a half hour had passed from the time he said he'd be home, I understood that he was a little __7__. But then, nearly a whole hour passed. I was getting __8__. We were going to miss the kickoff! And why hadn't he __9__ me and let me know he was going to be really late? As I anxiously __10__ the floor, another half hour passed. That's when I got really angry. How inconsiderate of my father! Now we were going to __11__ the whole game! When yet another half hour passed, my anger turned to __12__. What if something terrible had happened to my dad, like he had a heart attack or had been in an accident, or something? I began to really __13__. I'd already called his cellphone about ten times, but no __14__.
I was beside myself, assuming the worst had happened.
Finally, the phone rang, and my dad said __15__，“Son, I'm so sorry about the game, but…there was a terrible accident…on the freeway coming home, and I __16__ to help…and ended up going to the hospital. I __17__ my cellphone in the car, so I couldn't call until now.”
I was so relieved to hear from my father and to __18__ that he was safe that I actually cried. That was __19__ I got the importance of a curfew: Checking in! It's about knowing that someone you love is __20__. It was one more proof of my father's loving me as much as he does.
1.A.go B.feel
C.turn D.grow
2.A.might B.must
C.needed D.should
3.A.speech B.match
C.description D.exchange
4.A.cycling B.driving
C.flying D.walking
5.A.allowed B.advised
C.informed D.ordered
6.A.pay B.hold
C.cut D.move
7.A.late B.lazy
C.forgetful D.careless
8.A.upset B.sorry
C.rude D.puzzled
9.A.warned B.signalled
C.phoned D.showed
10.A.hit B.paced
C.cleared D.measured
11.A.play B.watch
C.miss D.start
12.A.sadness B.surprise
C.doubt D.fear
13.A.envy B.worry
C.regret D.cry
14.A.excuse B.way
C.time D.answer
15.A.strangely B.casually
C.breathlessly D.angrily
16.A.stopped B.forgot
C.failed D.refused
17.A.left B.lost
C.saw D.got
18.A.wonder B.guess
C.expect D.learn
19.A.what B.when
C.whether D.why
20.A.confident B.great
C.safe D.honest
