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Returning from a trip overseas, I sensed that something was wrong between Keith and me. So I asked him,
"Keith, have I done anything that really
1 your feeling?"
Immediately, he said, "Yes. Last Christmas you promised us a special
2 that I really wanted but you
3 gave it to me."
The
4 was that I'd completely forgotten about it. I
5 , "Is there anything else I've done wrong, but didn't
apologize for?"
Again, his
6 was immediate, "Remember last Christmas when Mom said you had to go to the
7 because
Stephen was going to be born? You left us at home and
8 in a hurry. Remember?"
"Well, you left and
9 the suitcase." I couldn't believe he
10 all the details! "After you came back from the
hospital you were
11 . When you got home, the suitcase had been opened and
12 had been thrown all over the
place. And you
13 me."
"And you didn't do it?" I asked. "No, I didn't. I was just searching for my gift."
My heart sank. I felt
14 . I hugged Keith and asked him to
15 me. His honesty made me think of our other
son, Kevin. Maybe I'd hurt his feelings, too. I went to ask him the
16 question. Kevin's answer was as
immediate as his
17 , "Last Christmas you
18 us a special toy, but you forgot about it."
19 Christmas had passed, I took my two sons to the store that day and bought them what I had promised.
The
20 thing wasn't the toy. The problem was I'd made a promise too lightly and didn't keep it as their father.
( )1. A. showed ( )2. A. toy ( )3. A. never ( )4. A. challenge ( )5. A. continued ( )6. A. suggestion ( )7. A. hospital ( )8. A. settled down ( )9. A. replaced ( )10. A. remembered ( )11. A. satisfied ( )12. A. nothing ( )13. A. praised ( )14. A. inspired ( )15. A. support ( )16. A. same ( )17. A. mother’s ( )18. A. bought ( )19. A. Though ( )20. A. strange |
B. attended B. book B. often B. message B. apologized B. blame B. church B. set off B. forgot B. imagined B. worried B. somebody B. punished B. hopeless B. criticize B. direct B. father’s B. borrowed B. Because B. interesting |
C. hurt C. picture C. always C. idea C. complained C. action C. school C. went on C. brought C. discovered C. happy C. everything C. helped C. terrible C. suspect C. easy C. sister’s C. promised C. Since C. difficult |
D. expressed D. candy D. ever D. fact D. explained D. answer D. garden D. got up D. opened D. knew D. angry D. nobody D. educated D. encouraged D. forgive D. funny D. brother’s D. left D. Until D. important |