1. Nine years ago, after Leo had died, people said to me, “I never knew he was your stepfather.” You see, I never called him
. At first, he was no one special in my life. Then he became my friend.
, I felt he was also my father.
Leo married my mother when I was eleven. Two years later we moved into a house in a new suburban development, where we put down roots. At first our lawn was just a mud with wild grass, but Leo saw bright
. “We’ll plant trees there to give us
as well as some flowers,” he said. And just these little touches made our house
from all the others. More importantly, a real family was
. Leo was becoming a full-time parent, and I was learning what it
to have a father.
Weekday mornings when the weather was bad, Leo often drove me to school. Having a father
you off may have been something my classmates took for granted,
I always thought it was wonderful.
mornings, we went to the hardware shop, then stepped into the five-and-ten, buying a sports magazine or something else. Some people might think that doing shopping together is nothing
, but I, who had ever before spent my childhood
other families do their everyday activities, experienced them now with
delight.
, I realized that Leo gave me what I needed most—the
of doing ordinary things together as a family.
【小题2】 | A.In time | B.At the time | C.First time | D.On time |
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【小题3】 | A.necessities | B.possibilities | C.recognition | D.decoration |
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【小题4】 | A.vegetables | B.grass | C.shadow | D.shade |
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【小题5】 | A.beautiful | B.similar | C.same | D.different |
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【小题6】 | A.forming | B.developing | C.growing | D.becoming |
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【小题7】 | A.became | B.meant | C.followed | D.got |
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【小题10】 | A.Monday | B.Weekday | C.Friday | D.Saturday |
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【小题11】 | A.special | B.usual | C.especial | D.different |
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【小题12】 | A.noticing | B.recognizing | C.understanding | D.watching |
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【小题13】 | A.modest | B.extreme | C.deep | D.high |
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【小题14】 | A.Looking back | B.Coming back | C.Looking forward | D.Going back on |
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【小题15】 | A.achievement | B.recognition | C.experience | D.procedure |
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