[简答题]They reminded me of my dad and me when I was a kid.

[简答题]They reminded me of my dad and me when I was a kid.

[单项选择]One day before my final exam, my dad gave me a gift. It completely changed my life.
On that day I had a (16) with my friends and it was a difficult time with my studies. I was unhappy. Then I noticed the gift. I (17) it and saw a DVD inside. Its name was "THE SECRET". However, I was in no mood(心情) to watch it. I sat down to study, but the (18) in my life—the fight, the sleepless nights and my poor health...Everything came to my mind. I wanted an answer but I wondered (19) there was any. Just then,I saw the DVD again. Maybe it would be helpful. I (20) my DVD player. I had no words to describe the feelings I experienced while watching it. The moving(动人的) stories of human beings made me so moved that I wouldn’t (21) any of them.
Thanks to my father’s gift "THE SECRET", I discovered (22) . Everybody has difficulties in their lives. The important thing is that you should be (23) enough to face them. Now I have
A. trip
B. party
C. talk
D. fight

[填空题]
My dad used to drop my siblings and me off at school each morning on the way to work. We’d listen to the radio and chat about our day and I was oblivious to the fact that this was the 1980s and for a man to say to his office that he wouldn’t be in before 10am because he was doing the school run was very unusual. He got a lot of stick for it, but that’s the way it worked in my house.
1. ______
The survey of 2,504 mothers of 17-month old babies and 1,512 of the children’s fathers revealed that dads are now deeply involved in their kids’ upbringing. The proportion of fathers working flexible hours to fit around childcare arrangements rose from 11% to 31% between 2002 and 2005. The number working from home doubled from 14% to 29%. It’s all part, say fathers’ campaigning groups, of a real change in the home and workplace.
"This is evidence that there is a social revolution going on, with fathers not just talking a

[单项选择]
For most of my 15 years, my father usually said very little to my mother and me. He preferred reading the newspaper or watching football matches on television to talking to his family.
Everything changed one morning. As soon as I came downstairs to breakfast, I could see that he wasn’t his usual reserved (缄默的) self. "Can’t wait! FIFA World Cup! Big match! Must see! "I quickly figured out what all the excitement was about: Dad is a big football fan.
I had never been interested in football, but Dad’s excitement that morning made me more and more curious. I had to find out why this sport was making my normally reserved father act like a five-year-old on his first trip to Disneyland.
Dad decided that we should all eat at a little German restaurant so that we could watch the World Cup while eating. Secretly, I think he was hoping to turn Mum and me into football fans.
The match started a few minutes after we e
A. eating in a restaurant with the excited fans
B. his father’s love of football and his explanation
C. watching a top level performance of the players
D. his and his fathers’s common love of German food