Question

The pickle(咸菜)jar as far back as I can remember sat on the floor beside the dresser in my parents' bedroom. When Dad got ready for bed, he would empty his pockets and drop his ______ into the jar.

When the jar was filled, we would take the coins to the bank. Each time, as he gave the box of coins to the bank worker, he would say ______ ,”These are for my son's college fund. He'll never work at the factory all his life like me.”

The years passed, and I finished college and took a job. Once, while visiting my parents, I noticed that the pickle jar was______.I stared at the place beside the dresser where the jar had always stood. My father is a man of ______ words and never told me about the values of determination and faith. But the jar had taught me all these virtues (美德)far ______ than any words could have done

When I married, I told my wife Susan about the ______part the lowly pickle jar had played in my life. In my mind, it showed, more than anything else, how much my ______ had loved me. No matter how difficult things got at home，Dad______ to doggedly（堅(jiān)持不懈地）drop his coins into the jar.

The first Christmas after our ______ was born, we spent the holiday with my parents. After dinner, Susan carried the baby into my parents' ______ to feed her. When Susan came back into the living room, there was ______ strange in her eyes. She took my hand, _______me into the room.

“Look, "she said softly, her eyes directing me to a place on the floor ______ the dresser. To my amazement, there, as if it had never been ______ stood the old pickle jar, the bottom already covered with coins. I walked over to the pickle jar, dug down into my pocket, and ______ a handful of coins.

With the strong feeling choking(使... 哽咽)me, I dropped the coins into the jar.

1.A. coins B. money C. pickle D. purse

2.A. seriously B. gently C. anxiously D. proudly

3.A. sold B. gone C. stolen D. broken

4.A. no B. few C. many D. big

5.A. harder B. easier C. less D. more

6.A. important B. dangerous C. fantastic D. humorous

7.A. aunt B. uncle C. mother D. father

8.A. began B. wanted C. helped D. continued

9.A. son B. daughter C. grandson D. granddaughter

10.A. stud B. kitchen C. bedroom D. bathroom

11.A. nothing B. something C. anything D. everything

12.A. leading B. sending C. carrying D. putting

13.A. in B. on C. under D. beside

14.A. removed B. remained C. returned D. . replaced

15.A. handed in B. pulled out C. picked up D. looked for

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