18．When I was a child，my father had to do three jobs for a family of seven．Every time I saw him come back late，looking tired，I promised myself that someday I would show my （16）A to my father for what he had done．
Over the next twenty years，my father worked hard to （17）D our big family and suffered （遭受）a lot from a heart problem．One morning，my father's old car （18）C and he asked me to pick him up after his medical examination．He had （19）A refused when I offered to replace（取代） his old car．He said that he did not want something that he was unable to pay himself．
As he stepped out of the doctor's office，he looked unusually（20）C．We drove in silence and he made me promise to keep the medical report as a （21）B．I did this with a heavy heart．
At that time，I was（22）D a new car．I asked my father to go with me to pick one out．（23）B I started talking with the salesman，I noticed my father admiring a brown car．I （24）A chose a white car．My father took one final look at the brown car and seemed kind of （25）Cbefore leaving I heard him muttering （嘀咕） to himself，"Really like that car．Wish I could （26）B it．
Several days later，I asked my father if he could go with me to pick up （27）A new car．As we arrived，the salesman （28）C him a key to his new car-the brown one-and explained that it was for him，（29）Bme．My father looked at me in great（30）D．I explained it was my childhood promise and smiled at this man，who had given up everything for his family．
| 16．A．thanks | B．dreams | C．talents | D．regrets |
| 17．A．build | B．save | C．protect | D．support |
| 18．A．set off | B．came back | C．broke down | D．went by |
| 19．A．strongly | B．rudely | C．shyly | D．happily |
| 20．A．angry | B．moved | C．serious | D．friendly |
| 21．A．fact | B．secret | C．decision | D．suggestion |
| 22．A．testing | B．designing | C．checking | D．expecting |
| 23．A．Unless | B．When | C．Since | D．Because |
| 24．A．finally | B．suddenly | C．simply | D．immediately |
| 25．A．worried | B．pleased | C．sorry | D．proud |
| 26．A．borrow | B．afford | C．collect | D．choose |
| 27．A．my | B．your | C．his | D．her |
| 28．A．returned | B．showed | C．handed | D．posted |
| 29．A．to | B．from | C．with | D．for |
| 30．A．fun | B．pain | C．trouble | D．surprise． |
