完形填空(共20小题,每小题1.5分,满分30分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其段落大意,然后从36至55各题所给的四个选项A.B.C和D,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑.
A few days ago,my sister Liz and I talked about Dad,and we decided to get him a little something for Father's Day.We talked about the times when we were36up and how Mom and Dad used to play the ‘good cop,bad cop’
thing on us.Dad has been a person of few words since we were37.He raised us more by38than anything else.When he spoke,though we listened,he was always mysterious and difficult to understand.There was always a(n)
39meaning that I never got,but Liz always40to decipher(破解) him.By the time I got to high school,I had wanted a skateboard and I41I was too old to ask money from my parents,so I worked at a burger joint (美式汉堡店).One day,I was really angry about annoying burgers.I came home huffing and puffing(气喘吁吁).Dad saw me and asked me what was the42.I told him that I was fed up with annoying burgers.He said that we all have to start somewhere,that we may not know it now,but the skills we learn even in a burger joint might come in handy __43____in life,
45‘Who knows,you might end up having to run a44or even own one when you grow up,’said Dad.Heme down and I kept what he said in mind,even though I really didn’t agree with it.
A couple of years later,when I got to college,I worked in a restaurant.During one of the really46days that we had,we were short on kitchen staff.Our customers were getting impatient and the47were getting delayed.We were sure any minute something terrible would48out.I couldn’51t stand the49any more,so I rolled up my sleeves,got myself a hair net and helped out in the hot kitchen.We caught up with the orders50.The owner saw what I did and called me over aroundtime.He said that he was very52.He raised my salary and made me the assistant manager even though I could only go part-time.That was53I realized that what my dad said to me all those years before was absolutely true.
I’ve never forgotten what my dad said that day.And