we don’t teach our children how to be alone, maybe they’ll ____80____know how to be lonely in the future. 75. A. opinions B. arguments C. discussion D. conversation 76. A. continued B. talked C. shared D. communicated 77. A. satisfied B. comfortable C. surprised D. sorry 78. A. after all B. more importantly C. at present D. for example 79. A. until B. if C. although D. because 80. A. hardly B. never C. also D. only
C. Read the passage and fill the blanks with proper words (在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给) (14分)
It’s as hard to be a good father as it is to be a good mother—maybe harder.
Does Father’s Day cause anxiety (紧张)? Does it make you wish you had a better relationship with your own father—or with your own children? Was your father your friend? Your e____81____? Or was he just a man doing his best?
Some men are excellent dads but they are not the ones you’ll see on posters for Father’s Day: they are not the smiling men full of energy, but i____82____, they are the tired and underpaid (薪水不高的) men.
My good father was one of those exhausted men. He spent 12 hours working hard every day w____83____ complaint so that we could live in a house and not in an apartment. I never thought he would show up at school plays I was in or attend the award events. Although my father didn’t feel it necessary to be p____84____ to show his support, he encouraged me whole-heartedly. I a____85____ his encouragement in the way he offered it and learned to play in public; it wasn’t his applause (掌声) I was looking for, after all, because I knew I already had it. To him, I had nothing to prove.
A good father loves unconditionally（无条件地）and allows you to understand him by actions. A b____86____ dad always tells you your success is his success, your failure is his failure and he’s not there as a support or a guide but as a j____87____. To my great father, I want to say ―Thank you for what you’ve given us and all you’ve done.‖
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