I grew up in a community called Estepona. I was 16 when one morning, Dad told me I could drive him into a___36___ village called Mijas, on condition that I took the car in to be ___37___ at a nearby garage. I readily accepted. I drove Dad into Mijas, and ___38___ to pick him up at 4 pm, then dropped off the car at the ___39___. With several hours to spare, I went to a theater. ___40___, when the last movie finished, it was six. I was two hours late!

I knew Dad would be angry if he ___41___ I’d been watching movies. So I decided not to tell him the truth. When I ___42___ there I apologized for being late, and told him I’d ___43___ as quickly as I could, but that the car had needed a major repairs. I’ll never forget the ___44___ he gave me. “I’m disappointed you ___45___ you have to lie to me, Jason. ” Dad looked at me again. “When you didn’t ___46___, I called the garage to ask if there were any ___47___, and they told me you hadn’t yet picked up the car. ” I felt ___48___ as I weakly told him the real reason. A ___49___ passed through Dad as he listened attentively. “I’m angry with ___50___. I realize I’ve failed as a father. I’m going to walk home now and think seriously about ___51___ I’ve gone wrong all these years. ” “But Dad, it’s 18 miles!” My protests and apologies were ___52___. Dad walked home that day. I drove behind him, ___53___ him all the way, but he walked silently.

Seeing Dad in so much ___54___and emotional pain was my most painful experience. However, it was ___55___ the most successful lesson. I have never lied since.

36. A. lonely             B. small                    C. distant                  D. familiar

37. A. kept                B. washed                 C. watched               D. serviced

38. A. agreed            B. planned                 C. determined            D. promised

39. A. village             B. community           C. garage                  D. theater

40. A. However         B. Then                    C. Therefore             D. Still

41. A. realized           B. found out              C. thought                D. figured out

42. A. went               B. ran                       C. walked                 D. hurried

43. A. started            B. left                       C. arrived                 D. come

44. A. word              B. face                     C. look                     D. appearance

45. A. find                B. decide                  C. believe                  D. feel

46. A. turn up           B. drive out               C. go away               D. come out

47. A. questions        B. problems              C. mistakes               D. faults

48. A. ashamed         B. frightened             C. nervous                D. surprised

49. A. nervousness    B. sadness                C. silence                  D. thought

50. A. you                B. myself                  C. me                       D. yourself

51. A. where             B. how                     C. why                     D. when

52. A. meaningless     B. useless                 C. helpless                D. worthless

53. A. asking             B. persuading            C. begging                D. following

54. A. physical          B. practical               C. personal               D. natural

55. A. indeed             B. always                  C. also                      D. almost

【答案与解析】   

36. C。由文中的But Dad, it’s 18 miles可知距离远，且其他三项均未在原文中有所提示，故选C。

37. D。service意为“修理、维修（机器）”，文意指把车送去检修。

38. D。promise意为“承诺、答应”，“我”向父亲承诺下午4点来接他。

39. C。根据上下文中父亲让“我”开车送他去Mijas，然后把车开去修车厂可知这里选C。

40. A。however意为“然而”，由上下文的内容可知此处表示转折，故选A。

41. B。find out意为“发现、查明”，句意：我想若是父亲知道我是一直在看电影，他会生气的。

42. D。由下文说晚了两小时，可知“我”是要急忙赶去，故选D。

43. D。start意为“开始”，leave意为“离开”，不符文章意思，故排除，arrive仅指到达的瞬间动作，也排除。

44. C。look意为“眼神”，由下文父亲再次看着“我”可知上父亲的眼神让“我”难以忘记。

45. D。feel意为“觉得、认为”，文意：我对你认为不得不对我说谎感到很失望。

46. A。turn up 意为“出现、露面”，父亲等了很久，“我”却仍未出现。

47. B。problem意为“问题、难题”，父亲是在担心出了什么问题。

48. A。ashamed意为“惭愧的”，frightened意为“害怕的”，nervous意为“紧张的”，surprised意为“吃惊的”，“我”对父亲说了谎，后来告诉他真相时自然会感到惭愧。

49. B。sadness意为“悲伤、难过”，父亲对“我”采取撒谎的方式而感到很难过。

50. B。根据后句I realize I’ve failed as a father可知父亲是对自己感到生气，故选B。

51. A。where指在哪里，原文中指父亲要反省自己在哪些地方错了。

52. B。meaningless意为“无意义的”，useless意为“无用的”，helpless意为“无助的”，worthless意为“无价值的”，父亲已下决心，我所做的也就变得毫无意义。

53. C。ask意为“要求”，persuade意为“劝说”，beg意为“乞求”，follow意为“跟随”，C项最符合文意，“我”犯了错，想求父亲上车。

54. A。相对于emotional(情感上的)的是physical(身体上)，由父亲采取步行回家的方式可知他还遭受了身体上的痛苦。

55. C。also意为“也……”，这件事是“我”最痛苦的经历，也是“我最成功的教训”。